The SBSGFN brings together a community of people who are currently facilitating a suicide bereavement support group so they can share knowledge, develop best practices, and support each other. Being involved with this network offers support for facilitators through the sharing of experiences and knowledge transfer and reduces the isolation experienced by individual facilitators in both rural, urban, and isolated regions across Canada.
Are you currently facilitating a suicide bereavement support group?
You’re invited to our next gathering.
“Challenges in Groups; Mitigating Risks, Restoring Balance”
Suicide Bereavement Support Group Facilitators Network’s (SBSGFN) Quarterly Gathering
“Challenges in Groups; Mitigating Risks, Restoring Balance”
Thursday, April 11, 2024, 1:00-2:30 PM EDT (90 minutes) Live via Zoom
10:00 am PDT / 11:00 am MDT / 12:00 pm CDT / 1:00 pm EDT / 2:00 pm ADT / 2:30 pm NDT
Suicide bereavement support groups offer those impacted by suicide loss an opportunity for connection, understanding, belonging, hope and healing. Bereavement support groups, and groups in general, face challenges that can threaten the safety and cohesion of the group. We are pleased to welcome special guests, Aida Cabecinha and Terry Simonik, from the Toronto Institute for Group Studies, and Jocelyne Ludgate, who has lived experience of suicide loss and suicide bereavement support groups, for an interactive discussion about the various challenges that can arise in groups, how to mitigate the risks associated with these challenges and restore balance, safety and continued healing within the group.
Speaker Biographies
Registration is closed.
If you are interested in learning how to implement a suicide bereavement support group, please email us and request to be placed on our waiting list for any future groups we start for new facilitators.
Related Information
