Sometimes the voice you need to hear when you're struggling and hurting is that of someone else who's been where you are and who understands first-hand what you're experiencing.

Whatever your situation and circumstance, Hospice of Santa Barbara offers an opportunity for you to connect with others who are facing, or have faced, your situation. All our support groups are co-facilitated by licensed professional counselors and peer counselors -- men and women just like you who have faced their own grief and are now ready to give back to others.

Our facilitators strive to make each group a safe, supportive and healing place.

To register for any of these support groups, or more information, please call Gabriela Dodson, Director of Clinical Services, at (805) 563-8820.

Hospice of Santa Barbara Support Groups
Daytime Widow/Widowers	Grief support for spouses and partners
Evening Widow/Widowers	Grief support for spouses and partners
Live for Now	For people living with a life threatening illness
Survivors of Suicide	For people healing from the death of a loved one by suicide
The Healing Circle	For those grieving the death of someone who has touched their life
Organ Transplant	For people anticipating an organ transplant or who have received an organ transplant
Healing Through Poetry*	For people dealing with a life-threatening illness and their caregivers or for bereavement issues
Laugh Jest for the Health of It*	For people dealing with a life-threatening illness and their caregivers
What Now?	For people dealing with life-threatening illness and their caregivers
Loss Later in Life	For residents of Retirement Communities
Child/Teen/Parent/Family Support Groups
Parent Bereavement	For parents grieving the death of a child
Perinatal Loss	For parents grieving the death of a still born baby, newborn, or infant death under one year
Positive Parenting	For adults who are caregivers of bereaved children and teens
I Count Too	Grief support for children recovering from the death of a parent, sibling, or cherished friend
I Count Too Kids Heal Too Teens Together	Ages 3-6 Ages 7-12 Ages 13-18

* Co-sponsored with the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara