Navigating Loss: Grief Support Resources in Massachusetts
Travis LeSaffreGrief doesn’t follow a map. It’s winding, unpredictable, and deeply personal. My journey through loss has been difficult, but important to help me understand what I was blessed with.
Whether your heart is freshly shattered or carrying the weight of an old loss, know that you are not alone. There are spaces—quiet, compassionate spaces—where you can sit with your sorrow, speak your truth, and be met with understanding.
If you’re in Massachusetts and looking for support, here are some resources that can help guide you through the dark:
1. Massachusetts General Hospital – Bereavement Support
Mass General offers a variety of support groups for patients, families, and staff—some tailored to children and adolescents. Their sessions focus on healing through shared experience.
Visit Mass General Bereavement Support
2. GriefShare
This national network connects people to grief recovery support groups near them. Just plug in your zip code, and you’ll find groups meeting in churches and community centers across Massachusetts.
3. Care Dimensions – Grief Support for the Community
Whether or not you’ve used their hospice services, Care Dimensions offers free grief support groups, workshops, and individual counseling. They hold space for grief in all its forms.
Explore Care Dimensions Support
4. Family TIES of Massachusetts
Focused on families with children and youth with special needs, Family TIES also offers grief support groups for those dealing with loss, change, and healing.
5. Great Meadows Public Health Collaborative
This public health initiative offers peer-led groups like One Step at a Time, focused specifically on loss due to substance use—a grief often wrapped in stigma, but no less deserving of support.
Visit Great Meadows Grief Resources
6. Psychology Today – Grief Support Listings
Looking for something nearby? Psychology Today maintains an updated list of grief support groups throughout Massachusetts.
A Final Word
At In Mourning, we believe in honoring grief, not silencing it. You deserve to be held in your pain, not rushed through it. Whether you’re seeking connection, clarity, or just a place to cry without apology, there are resources here for you.
You don’t have to walk this road alone.
– Travis LeSaffre
Owner, In Mourning