Sudden Loss Resources, Claudia Sieber

Resources - Websites

Alameda County Crisis Support
Bay Area Therapy Groups - An online directory of support groups in the Bay Area
Circle of Care - Compassionate Support for Grieving Families. An illness and grief support center for children. Oakland, California
Griefnet - An resource for online peer group support
Growth House - An online resource for bereavment
Survivors of Suicide - An online guide for resources
Suicide Awareness, Prevention & Support
Compassionate Friends - An organization for parents who are grieving
Hope Hospice - Offers tragic loss (unexpected or sudden death) grief groups
Murder Victims - Website for help for family and friends of victims of murder
Kara - Grief support for Palo Alto area and website information on grieving
Sutter VNA & Hospice - Grief support group

24 hour crisis intervention phone number: 1 800 309 2131

The Courage to Grieve: Creative Living, Recovery, & Growth through Grief, Judy Tatelbaum; Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 1980

How to Survive the Loss of a Parent: A Guide for Adults, Lois F. Akner, C.S.W., with Catherine Whitney; William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1993

And a Sword Shall Pierce Your Heart: Moving from Despair to Meaning after the Death of a Child, Charlotte Mathes; Chiron Publications, 2006

Suicide of a Child: For Parents Whose Child Has Completed Suicide, Adina Wrobleski; Centering Corporation, Omaha, NE 68104