Resources for Bereaved Families

Resources for Bereaved Families

Parent Support

TEARS – www. thetearsfoundation. org or www. /tearsfoundation

NJ Facebook Page, for updates and events in NJ -

www. /pages/New-Jersey-Chapter-of-The-Tears-Foundation/199287413498888

 Center for Pregnancy and Infant Loss located at 1924 Hwy 35 Suite 9C Wall, NJ (Center is located on the 2nd Floor)

Contact office for additional support, more resources, and/or to borrow materials

www. /groups/TEARSbabyloss/ - Facebook emotional support

NJ Chapter of the TEARS Foundation Emotional Support has a meeting every 1st Thursday of the month

from 7:30 to 10pm (call for details)

Annual Rock and Walk held in Bradley Beach in May www. /events/1444211025812103/

Local NJ office 848-469-8180 email: *****@***org

WA State Office 253-200-0944 email: *****@***org

SHARE – www. nationalshare. org

·  Riverview Support Group – Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, NJ

Meetings every 2nd Tuesday of the month from 7:30-9:30 in the Jane Booker Conference Center

Pam Rossano, RN and Professional Facilitator

*****@***com or call Labor and Delivery at Riverview 732-530-2315

·  New Brunswick Support Group – St. Peters University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ

Meetings every 3rd Thursday of the month at 7pm in the employee cafeteria conference room

Irina Mariano-Brown [phone] ext 5214 or *****@***com

Hands and Hearts – Community Support Group – Community Medical Center, Toms River, NJ

Meetings are the 4th Wednesday of the month from 7-9pm *Please call Donna to register

Donna Jagger, RN and Professional Facilitator

*****@***org or 732-557-8037

Perinatal Bereavement Group- St. Barnabas Medical Center – Livingston, NJ

Meetings are the 1st Wednesday of the month from 7-9pm *Please call Dorothy for more information

Dorothy Kurzweil, LCSW [phone]

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Group- Hackensack University Medical Center – Hackensack, NJ

Meetings are the 1st Thursday of the month Contact – Alyssa Sandler [phone]

Perinatal Bereavement Support Group – Englewood Hospital – Englewood, NJ

Meetings are usually the 3rd Wednesday of the month. Please contact Sue Dzieman [phone]

Pregnancy and Newborn Loss Support Group- Holy Name Medical Center – Teaneck, NJ

Meetings are the 1st Tuesday of the month, 8-9:30pm

Contact – Joanna Gorab, Bereavement Counselor and Coordinator [phone]

Forever in My Hearts – St. Joseph’s Healthcare System, Center for Education – Paterson, NJ

Meetings are the 1st Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm in the Center for Education

Contact – LouAnn Damsma Office:  [phone] Cell:  [phone] *****@***org 

Stillborn and Infant Loss Support Group – Valley Hospital – Ridgewood, NJ

Meeting for Couples and Individuals is held 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:30pm

Meeting for Men Only is held 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7:30pm

For more information please contact Trudy [phone]

UNITE, Inc - www. unitegriefsupport. org

·  UNITE, Princeton Health Care System

Meetings 1st Monday of the month, 7-9pm Contact: Debbie Millar, RN, Community Education [phone]

Facilitator: Bernadette Flynn-Kelton

·  UNITE, Virtua at Voorhees

Meetings 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month, 7-9pm at Barry D. Brown Health Education Center

Contact: Ann Coyle, RN [phone]

·  UNITE, Lankenau Subsequent Pregnancy Support

Meetings 4th Tuesday of the month, 7:30-9pm

Contact: Gerri Wismer 1-888-488-6483 (UNITE Tape)

Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center – Suffern, NY - www. /PerinatalBereavement

This hospital has several support groups including Stillborn/Newborn Loss, Miscarriage/Ectopic Pregnancy Loss, Heartbreaking Choice (Medical Termination Support Group), Multiples Support –“One in your arms, one with wings”, Support for Grandparents, Family, Friends and Pregnancy After a Loss Support.

Please contact Mary Radatovich [phone] or *****@***org for more information, dates and times. Most groups meet once a month at 1 Campbell Ave, Suffern, NY (building behind the hospital).

Central Jersey Family Health Consortium (CJFHC) – www. CJFHC. org

Support for postpartum depression after a loss, phone follow up program, FIMR (Fetal infant mortality review)

Sheryl Dwyer, BSN, RNC-OB Nurse consultant

*****@***org or 732-363-5400 ext.128 Location: 788 Shrewsbury Ave., Bldg. 2, Suite 203 Tinton Falls, NJ 07724

Compassionate Friends Ocean County Chapter www. tcfocnj. (All ages of child loss)

732-730-1726 email: friends. *****@***com

Winding River Park Complex, Toms River, NJ – Building is across from Children’s Memorial Garden

Meetings every 1st Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm

First Presbyterian Church Manasquan, NJ

Office Contact: David Wilenta 732-223-4627

Associate Pastor: Rev. David Cotton 908-489-2051 (cell phone)

He is JSMC Chaplain and Leader in Bereavement Ministry – takes calls and will do individual FREE counseling for families who have lost a child

Bereavement Private Counseling: Ann Hendricks 732-223-9355 Wellspring Counselling Center

Located on Rt. 34 by Brian’s Automotive, Wall, NJ

Susan Scott, LCSW 732-288-0992 Location: 1163 Rt. 37 Suite B3 Toms River

Specializing in Reproductive loss issues: infertility, pregnancy and infant loss, postpartum depression

Andrea McBrearty-Raimann, LCSW [phone] Location: 29 Hadley Avenue Toms River

Individual Counseling with children, adolescents and adults

san Goff, Licensed Psychologist and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist 732-946-6428

Dr. Theresa Jaeger 732-425-3161

Carol Oberle 732-933-8370

Location: 44 Sycamore Ave Little Silver 07739

Jennifer Minnick Brennan, APRN, BC, LLC Clinical Psychiatric Specialist 732-741-5544

Location: 621 Shrewsbury Ave. Shrewsbury

Anna M Hudak, LCSW 908-419-4721

Susan M. Bisaha, NCC, LPC Individual, Couple, Relationship Counseling 732-895-6135

Kate Memoli, LCSW Individual, Couple and Family Therapy 732-986-2880

Location: Old Tudor Village 1924 Hwy 35 Suite 9B Wall, NJ 07719

Lynn Spector, LCSW 732-219-6804 Location: 294 Broad Street, Red Bank

Shari Munch, MSW, PhD, LCSW [phone] Location: Somerset, NJ

Specializes in perinatal loss and other pregnancy issues

Pam Kance-Brolin, PMH, CNS, BC, APRN [phone]

Location: Dayton Professional Center, 395 Ridge Rd, Suite 2 Dayton 08810

Specializes in Perinatal Loss, Genetic Anomalies, Post-Partum Depression, Depression in Women, Infertility

Paula Kaplan-Reiss, Licensed Psychologist [phone] Location: 688A Nassau Street, North Brunswick 08902

Coleen Markey, LCSW Psychotherapist and Life Coach [phone]

Location: 620 Tinton Ave. Bldg A Suite 203 Tinton Falls 07724

Sibling Support

Children’s Art Therapy – Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, NJ

Contact Jane Weinheimer 732-530-2382 or 732-450-2719

Rainbows – www. rainbows. org

A support group for children who have suffered a loss, sometimes runs a parent group simultaneously.

Comfort Zone Camp – fortzonecamp. org/locations

A weekend camp in NJ for children who have experienced a loss (suggested that child be at least 3 months from loss). Send application first, then phone interview approximately 10 weeks from camp date to assess child.

Common Ground Grief Center: A Center for Grieving Children – mongroundgriefcenter. org

Provides services for children, teens and young adults who have experienced the death of a parent, primary caregiver, sibling or friend.

Lighthouse Counseling and Sand Play Training Center – www.

Victoria Plaza, 615 Hope Road, Building 3A, Eatontown, NJ

Individual and Family Therapy, Specializing in Trauma, EMDR and Sand Play Therapy

Contact Gretchen Morgan, MSW, LCSW 732-380-1575 or *****@***com

Colleen Verriest, MSW, LCSW 732-966-2699 Location: 1913 Atlantic Ave. Wall, NJ 08736

Individual, Child and Family therapy

Denise Wegeman, MSW, LCSW 732-359-0240 Location: Brook 35 Plaza 2150 Hwy 35, Suite 250 Sea Girt, NJ

Comprehensive Counseling Services for children, teen and adults

Other related organizations/websites

www. – specifically for bereaved families who lost a baby/babies in utero

through miscarriage or stillbirth. Offering necklace and key chain keepsakes

www. sweetpeaproject. org – offering comfort, support and gentle guidance to families who have

experienced the death of a baby. This organization also donates blankets and founder Stephanie Paige Cole’s book Still to hospitals across the country. They also host an annual Sweet Pea Sisters and Brothers Picnic for surviving siblings in Lancaster, PA.

www. – Carly Marie, who lost her son, Christian, offers empathy, inspiration, and suggestions

for embracing self-care. Offering pictures of your child’s name written in the sand in Australia.

www. – surviving child loss and infertility

www. - RETURN TO ZERO is based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie

(MINNIE DRIVER) and Aaron (PAUL ADELSTEIN) who are preparing for the arrival of their first child. Just

weeks before their due date they are devastated to discover that their baby son has died in the womb and will be

stillborn.

www. – “developed organically and as a result of the film's positive impact, the center helps

others to find hope and healing after the death of their baby through outreach, education, research, and retreats.”

www. - Jewish bereavement support: Nechama Comfort - phone support, guidance, support group

in Teaneck; Knafayim – for observant Jewish – phone support, guidance, free doula services for loss, support

group. Bereavement bag supplied to hospitals and doctors for families

www. hopeshealinghearts. org - Hope's Healing Hearts is about love and comfort. It is our desire to help those mourning

the loss of a child by filling their arms with heart, embroidered with their baby's name, and filled to the child's

weight. We are here to listen. And we are here to offer Hope of Healing. Based in Portland, Oregon.

www. – Special memorial keepsakes for grieving families, your child’s footprints turned into an

image of a butterfly.

www. – Bereavement website offering inspirational stories from parents and Etsy store:

Nora’s Nook and Gifts

www. – loss and grief information provided along with other resources

www. – Local portrait artist in Rumson, NJ who will help create a lasting

memory of your precious child/children

www. – exists to create a positive and comforting impact for families enduring any form

of infant loss by creating weighted teddy bears to help heal your empty arms.

www. – Miscarriage and infant loss jewelry to help mothers feel connected to their babies, to

have something tangible to touch and to lend strength when needed most.

www. nowilaymedowntosleep. org – provides the gift of remembrance photography for parents who

have suffered the loss of a baby

www. michaelsfeat. org - Our mission is to provide comfort and support for families facing a health crisis with

their newborn.

www. the2degrees. org – Supporting Autumn Joy Stillbirth Research and Dignity Act, working to improve stillbirth

outcomes

www. – Remembering Our Babies website provides support, education and awareness for pregnancy and infant loss

www. handonline. org – HAND – Helping After Neonatal Death

www. centering. org – Centering Corporation for Grief Literature -1-866-218-0101

www. climb-support. org – CLIMB – Center for Loss of Multiple Births

www. mend. org – MEND – Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death