Full Circle Grief Center offers short-term grief consultations to provide immediate support, guidance, and resources for children, teens, adults, and families navigating a sudden or traumatic death. We provide a personalized approach to grief support, working to understand a person’s current needs and offering a place of acceptance to process a sudden or traumatic death and discuss the challenges of such a loss.
The sudden or traumatic death of a loved one can leave individuals and families feeling shocked, overwhelmed, and unsure where to turn for help. Our goal is to meet each person where they are in their grief journey, offering a compassionate space to process a sudden loss while helping to connect them with resources that can sustain healing beyond the initial crisis.
Goals
- Provide a safe and compassionate space for individuals grieving a sudden or traumatic death to begin processing their loss and the impact of the sudden death
- Offer a safe place to tell the story of their loss
- Support the individual in expressing their emotions and exploring the impact of the death
- Offer an understanding of common grief and trauma responses
- Share techniques to regulate trauma responses
- Understand long-term services available at Full Circle
- Provide additional community resources for ongoing support
Facilitation
During this consultation, a member of our professional clinical staff with extensive background in mental health and grief counseling will work with individuals seeking space to share their story of loss, talk about the grieving process, and make suggestions for additional support based on the client’s needs.
Services
- Individual 1:1 consultations with an experienced grief counselor or social worker available to children, teens, adults, and families
- Family consultations with an experienced grief counselor or social worker
- Personalized recommendations and referrals for ongoing support, based on client needs
Specializations
- Sudden Loss
- Traumatic Grief
- Suicide Loss
- Homicide Loss
- Overdose and Substance Use-Related Loss
- Perinatal Loss
- and more…
Location
Individual grief consultations are offered in-person at our center in Henrico, Virginia. Virtual options are also available.
Contact Information
If you or someone you love has experienced a sudden or traumatic death, you do not have to navigate this alone. To learn more about our individual grief debriefings and consultations or other community offerings, please contact Laura McDonald, LCSW, at laura.mcdonald@fullcirclegc.org or 804-912-2947 ext. 104. Please contact us with any additional questions about creating an individualized grief consultation that meets your or your family’s needs.
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