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Some Grief Processes

Time	Characteristics	Special Needs	Tasks

One week to	Cognitive but confused.	Support from loved ones	Maintaining integrity of self.
several months	May not comprehend	but not over-support. Need	Not to fall apart. Carry out
	full significance of loss.	emotional distance and	day-to-day functions.
	Experience like a bad	some solitude and privacy.
	dream. Feeling of numbness,
	trance likeness, blunting of
	feelings, yet sensitive to hurt.

Many Months	Usually most difficult time.	Desire to talk about deceased	Admit and accept reality of
	Shock has diminished.	and details of death. Need	the loss. See the experience
Phase 1: Accepting	People not around like	to be reassured all was done	in the perspective of one's
	earlier. May experience	to help the one who died.	past, present, and future.
	aimlessness, depression,	Importance of support	Renew relationships.
Phase 2: Yearning	loneliness, frenzied activity,	groups and individuals.
	apathy, fatigue, loss of	Begin to normalize life again.
Phase 3: Disorganization	appetite, sleeplessness,
and Despair	poor memory, frequent
	weeping, feelings of
	craziness, self-pity, anger,
	guilt, resentment, death wish,
	hostility toward God. May
	experience hallucinations
	or presence of deceased.

Several Weeks or Months	Greater sence of peace and	Putting "one's house in	Seek work on activities to
(Two or more years possible,	Stability, regaining a sense of	order" (financial, legal, etc.).	give life meaning Restore
especially in suicide or child	a fruitful and hopeful future.	Move toward normalization.	ego integrity. Recognize
death, murder, sudden death)	Painful memories may crop		value of faith.
	up occasionally. Mourning
Phase 4: Reorganization	process reaching completion.

Some Grief Resources

If you would like some information to help you through the grief process, the following is a list of additional

reading materials and web sites:

	•Curry, Cathleen. "When Your Spouse Dies". Notre Dame, IN.
	•Deits, Bob. "Life After Loss." Tucson, AZ
	•Rando, Therese. "Grief, Dying & Death." Champaing, IL
	•Rando, Therese. "Grieving: How To Go On Living When Someone You Love Has Died."
	•Carmaz, Kathy. " The Social Reality of Death"
	•Cook, Alicia S. & Daniel S. Dworkin. "Helping the Bereaved."
	•Grollman, Earl A. "What Helped Me When My Loved One Died." Beacon Press
	•Grollman, Earl A. "Living When A Loved One Has Died".
	•Schiff, Harriet S. "Living Thourgh Mourning." Viking press

	www.counselingforloss.com; www.webhealing.com; www.grief-recovery.com;
	www.grieftalk.com; www.heartlight.org.

Grief Support Groups

General Grief Groups	Widows/Widowers	Bereaved Parents

Garden Grove	Garden Grove	Brea
Survivors of Suicide	Unwelcome Journey	Bereaved Parents/USA Orange
Crystal Cathedral	Crystal Cathedral	County Chapter
(949) 975-8043	(949) 975-8043	Chapter Leader: Sharyn Gailey,
Adult group meets 1st & 3rd Sunday	Group for widows/widowers meets	(562) 697-9480
each month. 1:30 - 3:00 PM	Thursdays 7:00 p.m. except holidays.	Meets at: Brea Community Hospital
		Front - Main Conferance Room
Newport Beach	Laguna Hills	380 W. Central Ave., Brea, Ca.92621
Life Goes On	Saddleback Hospice	Group for adults who have lost a child.
Hoag Memorial Hospital	Saddleback Memorial Hospital	Meets 1st Wednesday of each month at
Presbyterian	24451 Health Center Dr., 92653	7:00 p.m. Facilitators: Claude Stone,
One Hoag Dr., Newport Beach Ca.	Contact: Joan Way, Bereavement	Leah Javadi (909) 622-6485;
92658 - (949) 760-2358	Coordinator	Carmen Vlad (562) 832-7064;
	Support group for adults,	Sally Caning (714) 871-8468
Life Goes On -- Time-limited group	Predominantly seniors who have lost
is scheduled four times a year and	a spouse. Separate groups for men and	Garden Grove
meets for 10 consecutive weeks.	women both meet Mon. 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.	Bereaved Parents/USA Orange
Meets in Hoag Conference Center Bldg.	in Saddleback Memorial Basement, with	County Chapter
Conference Rm. 6, Sat. 9:30-11:30 a.m.	one monthly joint meeting.	Chapter Leader: Sharyn Gailey,
when group is in progress. Facilitators:		(562 697-9480
Chaplain Lloyd Sellers, Hoag Hospital:	Orange	Meets at: Crystal Cathedral Family
Annette Iverson, Ph.D., Clinical	A New Beginning	Life Building, Rm. 234 or 235
Psychologist	St. Joseph Hospital Community	Group for adults who have lost a child.
	Counseling (714) 771-8243	Meets 3rd Mon. each month at 7:00 pm
Growth Through Grief --	Bereavement support group for adults	Enter hospital through Lewis gate.
Bereavement group meets on	widowed last 3 to 24 months. 6-week	Facilitators:
Saturdays 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. in the Hoag	sessions. Meets Tuesday evenings	Rachel Parker - (714) 962-2005
Conference Room. Attendance at Life		Sharyn Gailey - (562) 697-9480
Goes On, Facing Forward or another		Sharon Hansen - (714) 826-6479
bereavement group is a prerequisite for
this group. Facilitators: Mr. & Mrs. Chuck		Laguna Hills
and Sally Miller.		Healing Hearts
		Saddleback Memorial Hospital
		24451 Health Center Dr.,
		(949) 222-6604
		Groups for adults who have lost a child
		immediately after pregnancy. Meets
		1st & 3rd Mon. of each month
		7:30 - 9:00 pm

		Orange County
		SIDS Alliance
		(714) 973-8417 or (800) 369-SIDS
		Monthly support groups

		Tustin
		YMCA
		Meets at YMCA
		13821 Newport Ave. #200
		(714) 665-1342
		Contact: Jane Moonila, x108
		Groups for adults who have lost a child
		Meets Tuesdays 6:30 - 8:30 pm

Let Shannon-Bryan Mortuary be your comfort in times of loss.

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Shannon-Bryan Mortuary Full funeral and cremation services with caring support staff.

Shannon-Bryan Mortuary
Full funeral and cremation services with caring support staff.