the good grief Club- GGC

The Good Grief Club provides support to children and teens, ages 5 to 18, who are dealing with loss.  It’s an opportunity to help them cope with Family (divorce, alcoholism, stepfamilies and incarceration); Personal (stress, anger and low self-esteem); and Social (peer acceptance, conflict and all loss) problems and issues in their day-to-day lives.

Some topics include, but not limited to:

• Living in a single parent home
• Living with someone who is an alcoholic or drug user
• Living with abuse
• Having an incarcerated parent
• Dealing with bullies in school, home or the neighborhood
• Managing anger responsibly
• Resolving conflict peacefully
• Coping with loss and grief

Participating children and teens can benefit from learning how to self-manage more effectively in such areas of self-esteem, grief, stress management, and social skills development.  Children also learn about themselves and others while grieving and participating in age appropriate games, arts and crafts.

Blueprint for Success – With 24 years of helping children and teens deal with loss and death, The Solace Tree staff and volunteers are well-prepared to help families dealing with the emotional strife caused by death, divorce, incarceration, visitation rights, loss of belonging(s), and remarriage, just to name a few.

Children and teens will:

• Find communality and normalcy;
• Develop coping strategies;
• Feel safe within their group;
• Express their feelings;
• Experience constructive and non-judgmental feedback; and
• Know they are not alone.

For more information, email info@solacetree.org or call 775.324.7723.