GriefHelp

National and Local Resources

ADULTS

http://www.alivealone.org/ Alive Alone

http://www.compassionatefriends.org/

The Compassionate Friends

http://www.tcfcmetro.com/ Metro DC chapters of The Compassionate Friends

http://www.griefnet.org/ GriefNet

ADULTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE DIED

http://www.bereavedparentsusa.org/  Bereaved Parents USA

http://www.compassionatefreinds.org/  The Compassionate Friends

http://www.madd.org/ Mothers Against Drunk Drivers

http://www.misschildren.org/ Mothers in Sympathy and Support

http://www.pomc.com/ Parents of Murdered Children

http://www.sids-network.org/ Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

http://www.twinlesstwins.org/ Twinless Twins

AIDS

http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/ Johns Hopkins Aids link 

http://www.wwc.org/ Whitman-Walker Clinic, Maryland,

7676 New Hampshire Avenue, Suite 411 Takoma Park, MD 20912 E-mail: wwcmd@wwc.org

CANCER

Children

http://www.candlelighters.org/ Candlelighters P.O. Box 498 Kensington MD 20895 301 962 3520

800 366 CCC (2223)

Adults

http://www.cancer.org/

American Cancer Society 11331 Amherst Ave Silver Spring MD 20902 301 933 9350    800 ACS 2345

http://www.canceradvocacy.org/

 NCCS National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

1010 Wayne Ave, Suite 770 Silver Spring MD

301 650 9127     877 622 7937

http://www.wellspouse.org/

Well Spouse Foundation (where one is sick, two need help) 63 West Main St, Suite H, Freehold NJ 07728  800 838 0879

http://www.cmbm.org/

Center for Mind Body Medicine 5225 Connecticut Ave., NW Washington DC 20015 202 966 7338

CHILDREN’S GRIEF

see hospice listings

http://www.childrensgrief.net/ Linda Goldman, author, childrens grief expert lgold@erols.com

http://www.fernside.org/ Fernside Children’s Grief Center

http://www.inlovingmemory.org/ In Loving Memory

http://www.rainbows.org/ Rainbows, healing the hurt, restoring the hope – Maryland http://www.rainbowsmd.com/

Tears and Smiles support group 410 465 8311

Allyson Nugent 5430-F Lynx Lane, Suite 246 Columbia MD 21044

CHRONIC PAIN

http://www.outofpain.com/

Andrea Kramer  andreakram@outofpain.com

Shady Grove Hospital Maple Room, 9901 Medical Center Dr Rockville MD 20850

301 670 0134

http://www.pain-connecton.net/ Chronic Pain Connection Outreach Center, 12251 St.James Road, Potomac MD 20854 301 309 2444

http://www.painfoundation.org/ American Pain Foundation

HOSPICE

http://www.jssa.org/ Jewish Community Hospice

http://www.hopsicecaring.org/ Hospice Caring Inc

http://www.holycrosshealth.org/ Holy Cross Hospice

http://www.hospiceonline.org/ Hospices of the National Capitol Region

http://www.montgomeryhopsice.org/ Montgomery Hospice

http://www.hospicecare.com/ International Assoc for Hospice and Palliative Care

http://www.hospice-america.org/ Hospice Assoc of America

http://www.hospicefoundation.org/  Hospice Foundation of America

http://www.nhpco.org/ National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

PET LOSS

http://www.aplb.org/  Association for Pet Loss and Bereavement   

PO Box 106 Brooklyn NY  11230 718 382 0690

http://www.pet-loss.net/ pet cemeteries, counselors and support groups by state

http://www.petloss.com/  sites dealing with pet loss

http://www.rainbowsbridge,com/  Rainbows Bridge

WIDOWED

See hospice listings

 www.aarp.org/griefandloss AARP grief and loss

http://www.youngwidow.com/ Young Widowed

http://www.widownet.org/ Widow Net

SUICIDE

http://www.afsp.org/ American Foundation for Sucide Prevention

http://www.save.org/  Suicide Awareness/Voices of Education

http://www.spanusa.org/ Suicide Prevention Action Network

http://www.suicidology.org/ American Association of Suicidology

http://www.survivorsofsuicide.com/ SOS – Survivors of Suicide

http://www.yellowribbon.org/ Yellow Ribbon – MD Chapter Mary McCausland, Kensington 301 530 4761 yelllowribbonmaryland.@aol.com