Grief & Loss Support Programs
When you are grieving, it can be hard to know where to turn for help. But you’re not alone.
The Edmonton Healing Centre offers grief and loss support programs that allow you to choose the type of healing environment that is best for you, whether that’s healing together in a group, on your own, or with your loved ones.
Seeking help is an important step to both understanding grief and being able to move forward through its many ebbs and flows.
Grief Support Programs We Offer:
We offer both online and in-person grief programs.
- Individual, couple, and family therapy tailored toward grief and loss
- A free, online, interactive grief course that you can complete on your own
- Grief support groups for death-related loss
- A three-part grief curriculum that supports you through your entire healing journey
- Level 1: Navigating the Rivers of Grief (8 weeks)
- Level 2: Finding Meaning, Finding Me (7 weeks)
- Level 3: Moving Forward, Turning Loss into a Gift (5-7 weeks)
- A monthly drop-in grief support group
- A stand-alone grief presentation for corporations and organizations
- A three-part grief curriculum that supports you through your entire healing journey
If you are interested in one of our support groups, please contact us by phone at 780-454-1194 ext. 230 or email at adminassistant@jfse.org. We will get back to you within two to three business days.
Grief Counselling for Individuals, Families, and Couples
When we experience a loss or a profound life change, our entire world can be flipped upside down. Daily activities can feel unfamiliar, and small things can trigger waves of sadness, guilt, confusion, anger, or shame. Grief counselling can play a vital role in your healing journey.
Feelings of grief often show up after a death, but it can be triggered by anything:
- The loss of a loved one or pet
- A difficult friend, family, or romantic relationship
- Separation or divorce
Injury or illness - Losing a job or retiring
- Infertility
- Transitions associated with aging
- Motor vehicle accident
- Workplace trauma
- Abuse or assault
- Empty nesting
Our licensed therapists all specialize in grief and loss counselling, and are here to help you, your children, your parents, or any other loved ones understand and navigate the grief process.
Free, Interactive Online Grief Course
Navigating the Rivers of Grief is a free online, four-week journey through your grief that you can complete on your own time. Activities, reflections, information sharing, and more will help you learn to ride the waves of your grief into your own unique way forward.
Grief Support Groups
Grief can be a lonely and isolating experience. It helps to move through it together.
Research has shown that sharing the grieving experience with those walking a similar path can bring comfort and promote healing. Together, you can feel less isolated in your grief, gain strength from the stories and perspectives of others, and develop the necessary tools to help you on your own unique path through loss.
We honour, welcome, and respect people from all walks of life. Our support groups are open to any individual bereaved by the loss of a loved one. These groups are not based in any faith or religion and are open to everyone, whether or not you hold spiritual beliefs.
Support Group Topics
Our grief and loss support groups are tailored toward death-related losses, but where there is interest, we can provide groups for other types of loss. Please contact us to inquire about non-death grief group support, including our upcoming pet loss support group.
If you are interested in any of our support groups, please contact us by phone at 780-454-1194 ext. 230 or email at adminassistant@jfse.org. We will get back to you within two to three business days.
Explore our grief and loss support group options below.
Three-Part Grief Group Curriculum
Our grief curriculum gently guides you through your unique experience of grief. In a supportive group setting, participants come to learn more about themselves, their loss, and the steps they need to heal.
Each of the three levels costs $240 and includes 5-8 weekly sessions and are provided either virtually or in person at EPL locations across the city. If cost is a barrier, we offer our groups on a sliding scale, aligning what you can pay with your financial means.
Each person’s healing journey is unique, and we are here to provide you with support for as long as you need. While this three-part curriculum has been designed to help you move through the entire grief continuum, you do not have to commit to all three levels. There is no timeline for completion, and you can repeat levels if you wish.
Eight-session series, virtual or in-person
Navigating the Rivers of Grief consists of eight, two-hour sessions run over consecutive weeks. This series is facilitated by one of our grief specialists. Participants receive support, self-care tools and a better understanding of their grief journey.
In Navigating the Rivers of Grief, participants explore their grief experience through sharing, activities and mindfulness practices. This is a closed group where participants commit to attending all sessions as this greatly supports group cohesion and individual process.
A participant workbook is provided. Topics explored include: self-compassion in the midst of grief; working with guilt, anger and other difficult emotions; remembering and mourning; sharing grief stories; exploring new thinking pathways; and ways to nourish the continuing bond with our loved one.
The group offers a safe, supportive space where participants are able to investigate and deal with the overwhelming feelings that often accompany loss.
The fee for the entire series is $240. Where there is difficulty in managing our fee, we can offer our groups on a sliding scale, which means that the amount you pay is aligned with your annual income and family size.
Seven-session series, virtual or in-person
Finding Meaning, Finding Me (Level II), is a continuation of Navigating the Rivers of Grief (Level I). It is a seven-session series, facilitated by one of our grief specialists, and which more deeply explores your unfolding individual journey through grief, including finding meaning in the loss and a new sense of who and what you are without your loved one.
Group members are invited and supported to find your own individual meaning and new sense of purpose. This course invites exploration and focuses on re-finding balance and connection with our mind, body, emotions, and spiritual aspects so that we can feel more whole again. Together we will explore where you are at in your grief journey and how to nurture the bond with the loved one who passed as well as any unresolved issues that may in the way of healing. Sharing, caring and connection are the core elements of this group.
This series does not come with a workbook, as each person’s journey is unique. However, relevant handouts are provided throughout.
The fee for the entire series is $240. Where there is difficulty in managing our fee, we can offer our groups on a sliding scale, which means that the amount you pay is aligned with your annual income and family size.
Seven-session series, virtual (7 weeks) or in-person (5 weeks)
Moving Forward; Turning Loss into a Gift (Level III) is a further continuation of the Finding Meaning Finding Me (Level II) series.
This course is about turning loss into a gift. Loss becomes a gift when we give our newly found meaning to others and to the world, but firstly to ourselves.
This program is a deep-dive into the transformation and growth that is possible when we discover and integrate the gifts revealed by the experience of profound loss.
The fee for the entire series is $240. Where there is difficulty in managing our fee, we can offer our groups on a sliding scale, which means that the amount you pay is aligned with your annual income and family size.
NEW! Healing Hearts: Pet Loss Support Group
Healing Hearts is a biweekly, drop-in support group for anyone grieving the loss of a beloved animal companion. Whether your loss is recent or from years past, you’re welcome in this space of understanding, connection, and healing.
Each session offers a gentle focus on a unique aspect of pet loss — from navigating guilt and letting go, to honoring memories and adjusting to life after loss. Through open conversation, optional sharing, meaningful activities, and mindfulness-based practices, we create a supportive environment to process grief at your own pace.
No commitment required — attend as you are, when you’re able. This group is open to adults of all backgrounds and experiences with pet loss.
Date: Every second Thursday starting November 6, 2025
Time: 6-7:30 PM
Location: Online
Cost: $15/session
To Register: Email sarahk@jfse.org or call 780-454-1194 ext. 240.
Completion of a short registration form is required for new participants in the group.
Community Presentation and Workshop: Roads to Healing
Roads to Healing is a two-hour, stand-alone presentation for organizations, corporations and community groups, and can be tailored to specific needs and interests.
This single session workshop explores common experiences and aspects of grief, as well as some hidden and misunderstood facets of what happens when we are grieving.
Participants learn basic tools for self-care; how best to support yourself through this deeply painful time.
We welcome enquiries from memorial centers, educational institutes, seniors’ centers, health practitioners, caregivers and other organizations working with the bereaved.
To book a Roads to Healing session for your group or organization, simply contact us by phone at (780) 454-1194 ext. 230 or email at adminassistant@jfse.org.