West Coast: Virtual Grief Support Groups - MyGriefAngels.org

Welcome to all.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY experiencing any suicidal thoughts; including thoughts of harming yourself or others,

PLEASE CALL OR MESSAGE THE FREE SUICIDE LINE AT 988 IMMEDIATELY,
or if you cannot reach them -call 911. Their Website:
https://988lifeline.org/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=oneboxp
or if you cannot reach them - call 911.

ONLY if you are not in any type of crisis, and have the approval of your mental health professional, please join us for any of the virtual peer-led grief support group meetings.

The support and information provided by all the volunteers in the peer-led virtual grief support groups, online chats - grief chat hours and other free online services are for general informational purposes and are not a substitute for professional mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment - always consult your own mental health professional prior to joining any peer-led grief support group, online grief chat community or any other peer-led grief support services..

Volunteers are not licensed therapists, counselors, or any other type of mental health professional - they are people grieving like yourself and volunteering their time to simply share their own grief journey and be present for others grieving or anticipating the death of a loved one.

Therapy, diagnosis of conditions, and prescription of treatments are NOT offered.

Always consult with a qualified mental health professional for any concerns about mental health or well-being. Please always consult your mental health professionals on whether free open virtual peer-led grief support groups are appropriate for you - as they are not appropriate for everyone.

All the chats, grief chat hours, and groups are OPEN free chats and groups and if now is the right time for you to participate, you are always welcome back when it might be.

This is a free open virtual peer-led virtual grief support group for anyone who has lost loved ones and/or their homes in the California Fires.

The link for the group registration:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/lZTbzJQgReC3Q22jZE7obQ

All of MyGriefAngels.org virtual groups are Open free groups which requires participants to register for each date they would like to attend; be on time for the groups and have their videos on at all times during the group meeting. Participants can attend each week or whenever they are up to it - no minimum requirement or cost of any type.

To share or comment at any of the group meetings, please remember to raise your zoom hand. If you do not know how to use the zoom hand tool, please view the video: https://youtu.be/eESg2cK69xQ

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY experiencing any suicidal thoughts;
including thoughts of harming yourself or others,

PLEASE CALL OR MESSAGE THE SUICIDE LINE AT 988 IMMEDIATELY.
The suicide line website is also provided below:
https://988lifeline.org/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=onebox

EMERGENCY HELP is available from the SUICIDE LINE at 988 - which is OPEN 24/7 and FREE to all or if you cannot reach them - call 911.

ONLY if you are not in any type of crisis, and have the approval of your mental health professional, please join us for any of the virtual peer-led grief support group meetings.

The support and information provided by all the volunteers in the peer-led virtual grief support groups, online chats - grief chat hours and other free online services are for general informational purposes and are not a substitute for professional mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment - always consult your own mental health professional prior to joining any peer-led grief support group, online grief chat community or any other peer-led grief support services..

Volunteers are not licensed therapists, counselors, or any other type of mental health professional - they are people grieving like yourself and volunteering their time to simply share their own grief journey and be present for others grieving or anticipating the death of a loved one.

Therapy, diagnosis of conditions, and prescription of treatments are NOT offered.

Always consult with a qualified mental health professional for any concerns about mental health or well-being. Please always consult your mental health professionals on whether free open virtual peer-led grief support groups are appropriate for you - as they are not appropriate for everyone.

All the chats, grief chat hours, and groups are OPEN free chats and groups and if now is the right time for you to participate, you are always welcome back when it might be.

ONLY IF YOU ARE NOT EXPERIENCING ANY SUICIDAL THOUGHTS;
including those of hurting yourself or others, and ONLY THEN,
please join us for:

## Open Free All Inclusive Virtual Peer-led Grief Support Group: Friend Loss, LGBTQIA Loss, Pet Loss, Disaster Loss & Others

IMPORTANT:
NO Auditors, Student Observers or PROMOTERS of ANY Website, People, Services, Products are allowed. VIDEO must be on at all times during the meeting and No Phone/Audio Only Participants. Thank You.

Must register at link below:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/lZTbzJQgReC3Q22jZE7obQ

## Chat via zoom:

If interested in participating in any of these group meetings, please read next steps below:

1. People Confirmed for any of these groups:

All groups have people who pre-register at the zoom link below, but do not indicate their participation here, so the number of people signed up for the group meeting here is not the total number of people who may have already have signed up for it.

2. Pre-Register & Test Access PRIOR to Virtual Gathering via ZOOM VIDEO:
3. Once you pre-register, you will get a confirmation email with log in information
4. Quiet Setting/Low Visual Motion for Virtual Group Meeting:
5. In order to better enjoy these meetings yourself and the other members of the group,please choose a quiet setting to join the meeting from prior to logging into the meeting. While in the meeting, please keep your speaker on mute and un-mute when you would like to share with the group.
6. If your location setting, due to noise or too much visual motion, is too disturbing for the group leader and/or rest of the group, you will be asked to leave the group and rejoin when you are in a better setting. Thank You.
7. To share or comment in any of the group meetings, please always raise your zoom hand tool, and if you are not familiar with the zoom hand feature of zoom meetings, please view the video: https://youtu.be/eESg2cK69xQ

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY experiencing any suicidal thoughts;
including thoughts of harming yourself or others,

PLEASE CALL OR MESSAGE THE SUICIDE LINE AT 988 IMMEDIATELY.
The suicide line website is also provided below:
https://988lifeline.org/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=onebox

EMERGENCY HELP is available from the SUICIDE LINE at 988 - which is OPEN 24/7 and FREE to all or if you cannot reach them - call 911.

ONLY if you are not in any type of crisis, and have the approval of your mental health professional, please join us for any of the virtual peer-led grief support group meetings.

The support and information provided by all the volunteers in the peer-led virtual grief support groups, online chats - grief chat hours and other free online services are for general informational purposes and are not a substitute for professional mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment - always consult your own mental health professional prior to joining any peer-led grief support group, online grief chat community or any other peer-led grief support services..

Volunteers are not licensed therapists, counselors, or any other type of mental health professional - they are people grieving like yourself and volunteering their time to simply share their own grief journey and be present for others grieving or anticipating the death of a loved one.

Therapy, diagnosis of conditions, and prescription of treatments are NOT offered.

Always consult with a qualified mental health professional for any concerns about mental health or well-being. Please always consult your mental health professionals on whether free open virtual peer-led grief support groups are appropriate for you - as they are not appropriate for everyone.

All the chats, grief chat hours, and groups are OPEN free chats and groups and if now is the right time for you to participate, you are always welcome back when it might be.

ONLY IF YOU ARE NOT EXPERIENCING ANY SUICIDAL THOUGHTS;
including those of hurting yourself or others,
and ONLY THEN, please join us for:

A relaxed afternoon virtual gathering for and by people grieving the

LOSS of PARENT, GRANDPARENT, GUARDIAN or MENTOR

IMPORTANT:
NO Auditors, Student Observers or PROMOTERS of ANY Website, People, Services, Products are allowed. VIDEO must be on at all times during the meeting and No Phone/Audio Only Participants. Thank You.

Please register in advance for this meeting at

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsdOqqrzIuGtfEKEdANcqsl99qA8DWaYSW

If interested in participating in any of these group meetings,
please read next steps below:

1. People Confirmed for any of these groups:

All groups have people who pre-register at the zoom linke below, but do not indicate their participation here, so the number of people signed up for the group meeting here is not the total number of people who may have already have signed up for it. Pre-Register & Test Access PRIOR to Virtual Gathering via ZOOM VIDEO

c. Once you pre-register, you will get a confirmation email with log in information

3. Quiet Setting/Low Visual Motion for Virtual Group Meeting:

• In order to better enjoy these meetings yourself and the other members of the group,please choose a quiet setting to join the meeting from prior to logging into the meeting. While in the meeting, please keep your speaker on mute and un-mute when you would like to share with the group.
• If your location setting, due to noise or too much visual motion, is too disturbing for the group leader and/or rest of the group, you will be asked to leave the group and rejoin when you are in a better setting.
• To Share or Comment on any of the group meetings, please always raise your zoom meeting raise hand tool, and if you are not familiar with the zoom meetings raise hand feature, please view the video: https://youtu.be/eESg2cK69xQ
• Thank you!!!

"Grief Break" - Smaller Group in Casual Interactive Setting

Welcome to all.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY experiencing any suicidal thoughts; including thoughts of harming yourself or others,

PLEASE CALL OR MESSAGE THE FREE SUICIDE LINE AT 988 IMMEDIATELY,
or if you cannot reach them -call 911.
Their Website:
https://988lifeline.org/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=oneboxp
or if you cannot reach them - call 911.

ONLY if you are not in any type of crisis, and have the approval of your mental health professional, please join us for any of the virtual peer-led grief support group meetings.

The support and information provided by all the volunteers in the peer-led virtual grief support groups, online chats - grief chat hours and other free online services are for general informational purposes and are not a substitute for professional mental health advice, diagnosis, or treatment - always consult your own mental health professional prior to joining any peer-led grief support group, online grief chat community or any other peer-led grief support services..

Volunteers are not licensed therapists, counselors, or any other type of mental health professional - they are people grieving like yourself and volunteering their time to simply share their own grief journey and be present for others grieving or anticipating the death of a loved one.

Therapy, diagnosis of conditions, and prescription of treatments are NOT offered.

Always consult with a qualified mental health professional for any concerns about mental health or well-being. Please always consult your mental health professionals on whether free open virtual peer-led grief support groups are appropriate for you - as they are not appropriate for everyone.

All the chats, grief chat hours, and groups are OPEN free chats and groups and if now is the right time for you to participate, you are always welcome back when it might be

GROUP IS LIMITED TO ONLY 15 PEOPLE EACH WEEK, SO PLEASE REGISTER EARLY AT THE LINK BELOW and if you are one of the first 15 to register for that week's meeting, you will receive a confirmation email with that week's meeting link - which you will need to copy and paste unto your browser:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ApEH-S-0RSikDZCtibvE6w

Our virtual peerl-ed grief support meeting provides a safe space for anyone dealing with the pain of losing a loved one.

At the meetings, please always have your video on (no audio only participants) and if you would like to share or comment during the meetings, please always raise your zoom hand, and if you are not familiar with how to use the zoom hand feature, please view the video: https://youtu.be/eESg2cK69xQ