Healing Circles: Suicide Support Group 2013

Healing Circles: Suicide Support Group

Group in Dyer: Dyer United Methodist Church 2016 Church Street Dyer, IN 46311 Take Joliet St (Route 30) Turn at the TCBY

Healing Circles uses locations for support groups only.

We are not associated with any university or religious organization.

Contact Information Facilities Provided by: Purdue University Calumet: Couple and Family Therapy Center & Dyer United Methodist Church

Information Gathered from: American Association of Suicideology & Suicide Awareness Voices of Education

Please call or email ahead: Facilitators Karen Lawrence at: clawrence5198@sbcglobal.net (219) 718-2933 or Karen Casey-Keller: (219)845-3119 Find us on Facebook www.afsp.org

Healing Circles is a support group for those in grief over the loss of a loved one or friend to suicide.

May I be at peace May I come to know the beauty of my own true nature May my heart remain open May I be whole and healed - Anonymous

Healing Circles: Suicide Support Groups

About Suicide Grief -Survivors of suicide represent “the largest mental health casualties related to suicide� (Edwin Shneidman, Ph.D., AAS Foundation President).

-The loss of a loved one by suicide is often shocking, painful and unexpected. The grief that ensues can be intense, complex, and long term.

Grief work is an extremely individual and unique processes; each person will experience it in their own way at their own pace.

Group in Hammond: **A safe place to share your experience and work through your grief**

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Shock; Denial; Pain Guilt; Anger; Shame Despair; Disbelief; Hopelessness Stress; Sadness; Numbness Rejection; Loneliness; Abandonment Confusion; Self-blame; Anxiety Helplessness; Depression

-These feelings are normal reactions and the expression of them is a natural part of grieving.

At first, and periodically during the following days/months of grieving, survivors may feel overwhelmed by their emotions. *Child and Teen groups only meet in Hammond*

1247 E. 169th Street Hammond, IN 46324 (219) 989-2027

Healing Circles: Suicide Support Group

Directions

-Dyer Group meets 7-8:30pm the 2nd Tuesday of every month Emotions of Grief

Couple & Family Therapy Center

-Hammond Group Meets 7-8:30pm the 3rd Thursday of every month *Children and Teen Groups available upon Request. Two week advanced notice required.

From Interstate 80/94 take Hammond Exit 2B to Indianapolis Boulevard heading North.

Take Indianapolis Blvd. north to 169th Street.

Go west (left) at 169th Street, past Southeastern Avenue.

The Couple & Family Therapy Center is located at 1247 E. 169th Street, Hammond, Indiana in the Purdue University Calumet Entrepreneurship Center.