Good Grief Central
Six New Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Afternoon and Evening, Loss and Grief Support Groups
Starting in October, 2015.
Support Group For Caregivers
Most Canadians will experience being caregivers at some point in their lifetime. The role of
caregiver can be a daunting one, and more times than not, caregivers do not get the
support they need. Taking care of someone else means taking care of yourself as well. This
eight week support group will provide support and information, along with coping skills for
better self-care, better communication, better health and wellbeing, tips on how to manage
stress and prevent caregiver burnout.
If you are interested in participating in the Support Group for Caregivers, please
call Natalie Segall at 514-222-9668 | goodgriefcentral.com
Space is limited and a nominal fee will apply.
This weekly group is offered every Monday, from October 12 – Monday, November,
30, 2015, from 4:30 - 6:00pm. Place TBA..
Grief Support Group For Survivors Of Suicide
Losing a loved one to suicide may present the grieving survivors with distinct challenges.
Because suicide is still considered a taboo subject, people grieving the death of a loved one
to suicide may experience trauma, feelings of shame, guilt, anxiety, and confusion. The goal
of this support group is to offer participants a place where each can be comfortable
expressing himself/herself, a place to find support, comfort, resources and hope in a
judgment-free environment.
If you are interested in participating in the Grief Support Group for Survivors of
Suicide, please call Natalie Segall at 514-222-9668 | goodgriefcentral.com
Space is limited and a nominal fee will apply.
This weekly group is offered every Monday, from October 12 – Monday, November,
30, 2015, from 6:30 - 8:00pm. Place TBA..
Grief Support Group for Loss of a Spouse
When your spouse dies, your entire world changes. The idea of suddenly being alone can be
overwhelming, difficult, confusing, frustrating, numbing, frightening, and isolating. While
grieving, it may be inconceivable to even imagine that you will ever know how to put your
own life back together again.
The eight week support group will provide support and information, along with structured
activities that are designed to give participants the opportunity to share their feelings with
other members of the group, learn from each other, and honour the memory of the person
who died, in a safe, confidential, and non-judgemental space.
If you are interested in participating in the Good Grief Support Group for Loss of a
Spouse, please call Natalie Segall at 514-222-9668 | goodgriefcentral.com
Space is limited and a nominal fee will apply.
This weekly group is offered every Tuesday, from October 13 – Tuesday,
December, 1, 2015, from 4:30 - 6:00pm. Place TBA..
Grief Support Group for Sibling Loss
This Grief Support Group is offered for adults who have experienced the death of a
sibling.
Adult siblings often suppress their own grief because they sometimes fall into the role of
caregiver for their parents and/or their sibling's surviving spouse and family. They may
sometimes feel as if the family's loss or their parent’s loss was so much greater than their
own loss. Most adults who have lost siblings find it difficult to garner empathy, validation, or
compassion for their grief, from either inside or outside the family. Often adult siblings
suffer in isolation so as not to burden anyone with their grief. When grief is deferred or
suppressed, the individual risks getting stuck or frozen in his/her grief. For those living with
issues due to unaddressed grief, emotional, physical, and mental health problems may
manifest weeks, months, even decades later.
The eight week support group will provide information, educational tools, along with
structured activities that are designed to give participants the opportunity to share their
feelings with other members of the group, learn from each other, and honour the memory
of the person who died, in a safe, confidential, and non-judgemental space.
If you are interested in participating in the Good Grief Support Group for adults
who have experienced the death of a sibling, please call Natalie Segall at 514-2229668 | goodgriefcentral.com
Space is limited and a nominal fee will apply.
This weekly group is offered every Tuesday, from October 13 – Tuesday,
December, 1, 2015, from 6:30 - 8:00pm. Place TBA..
Grief Support Group
For Neonatal and In Utero Death Of a Baby
This group is offered to adults who have experienced the neonatal or in utero death of a
child. The death of an infant is a profound loss. It is out of the order of nature, and it is
important to acknowledge a family’s appropriate need to grieve for their baby. The death of
a baby is especially difficult to endure because parents envision an entire lifetime for their
baby from the moment of the confirmation of the pregnancy, and because their
expectations and vision have been built over time. With the death of their baby, parents
lose an entire future. Parents may also grieve for the loss of their own parenthood. The
neonatal or in utero death of a baby may represent multiple losses to parents, including the
loss of a significant person, the loss of some aspect of the self, the loss of a stage of life,
and the loss of a dream. The death of a baby can be especially difficult and complicated
when proper support and empathy is difficult to find.
This eight week support group will provide information, educational tools, along with
structured activities that are designed to give participants the opportunity to share their
story and feelings with other members of the group, learn from each other, and honour the
memory of their baby in a safe, confidential, and non-judgemental space.
If you are interested in participating in our grief support group for parents of a
neonatal or in utero death of a child.
Please call Natalie Segall at 514-222-9668 | goodgriefcentral.com
Space is limited and a nominal fee will apply.
This weekly group is offered every Wednesday, from October 14 – Wednesday,
December, 2, 2015, from 6:30 - 8:00pm. Place TBA..
Support Group for Adult Orphans
This group is offered to adults who have experienced the death of both parents. We all know
that our parents are going to die one day, but what can be truly shocking is the sometimes
overwhelming degree of loss felt by the adult children who are left to mourn.
Adult orphans are the forgotten grievers. Adult orphans are expected to dust themselves
off, put their pain behind them, and get back to a normal, productive, happy life. While
society recognizes the loss that young children feel when their parents die, adults are
supposed to be essentially different. Adults are expected to quickly deal – within a few
months are even a few weeks - with the grief of losing the very people who raised them
from the cradle. The eight week support group will provide information, educational tools,
along with structured activities that are designed to give participants the opportunity to
share their feelings with other members of the group, learn from each other, in a safe,
confidential, and non-judgmental space.
If you are interested in participating in the Good Grief Support Group for adult
orphans, please call Natalie Segall at 514-222-9668 | goodgriefcentral.com
Space is limited and a nominal fee will apply.
This weekly group is offered every Wednesday, from October 15 – Wednesday,
December, 2, 2015, from 4:30 - 6:00pm. Place TBA.
About the Facilitators
Natalie Segall, M.A, LCC, A.N.N.
Natalie holds a Master in Education, a Certification in the study of Loss, Death, Dying, Grief,
Mourning and Palliative Care, and a Certificate in Emotional Intelligence, and has had
extensive training in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Argyle Institute. Natalie has
spent the last few years as the Cancer Patient Education Coordinator on the Oncology Day
Center at both the Royal Victoria and Montreal General Hospitals. Natalie has worked at the
Mount Sinai Hospital as a palliative care volunteer, and at Hope and Cope at the Jewish
General Hospital as a Coping Skills group facilitator and educator. Natalie is a member of
the Association of Death Education and Counseling, and is in private practice as a Life Cycle
Celebrant, a loss and grief counsellor and therapist, facilitator, consultant, and educator,
working with individuals, families, and health care professionals. Natalie is also a workshop
and volunteer coordinator for Mount Royal Commemorative Services.
Jillian Lucht, MSW, PSW
Jillian Lucht holds a Master's degree in Social Work from McGill University and is a member
of the Order Of Quebec Social Workers and of the Canadian Association Of Psychosocial
Oncology. Jillian has worked at the MUHC for the last five years as a clinical Social Worker in
the Oncology Day Center and the inpatient oncology/hematology unit. For the last three
years, Jillian has also volunteered with Mount Royal Commemorative Services as a facilitator
in the Good Grief Workshop for children. Jillian's past experience also includes internships in
family therapy at The Jewish General Hospital's Child psychiatry program. Jillian's current
work focuses on facing loss on various levels and helping individuals and families cope with
loss, illness and death.