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More about the Mothers’ Grief Support Group
When: Every first and third Saturday, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Where: Voyager Counseling office in North Chesterfield, VA (9327 Midlothian Turnpike, #2G, North Chesterfield VA 23235)
Cost: Free
Can I bring my baby? Yes! If you have a baby that travels easily and can attend, please bring your baby.
My kids are older! Am I welcome? Yes! Even if your children are adults, your voice and your experience as a woman grieving and mothering matters. Our focus is on the intersection of the two, NOT of the developmental stage of the child.
A note on bringing baby: Please use common sense—there will be a room of moms, a Pack-n-Play, so if your baby can bop around and make baby noise, we will all keep an eye out and you and baby are so welcome.
A Supportive, Understanding Space for Women Mothering & Navigating Loss
Your grief is yours alone — but you don’t have to carry it alone, especially while carrying the load of matrescence and motherhood. This in-person peer support group is an intentionally carved out space for women who want to honor the love in their loss, feel their feelings, & lean into an authentic nurturing relationship with themselves and their children of any age. You may arrive on your own or, if you are earlier postpartum (first couple years), with your baby, whichever is possible and/or the supportive choice for you. You might think of this as a whole-person mother-focused space where you can be ALL of you, not just the polite-and-doesn’t-freak-people-out version. :)
Whether your loss is recent or years past, whether it’s the death of a beloved person or pet, the onset or progression of a life-altering illness, a perinatal loss, or another mortality-related loss that changed your life and is bubbling up as you mother your child(ren)—you are welcome here. You are welcome here to receive support for your grief pain, engage in community through the many messy middles of life, and to honor your inner growth and connection in community with others who need that light. You cannot be too much or too little here—you are just where you are, and you as a mother, as a woman, and as a human are welcome here.
What to Expect
Limited group size for comfort and connection
Clear, warm facilitation to support safety and respect in peer group context
Supportive space to speak, listen, or simply be present
In-Person Support Group Format
First 15 minutes - Arrive, settle in, spend some time breathing & slowing down
Middle hour - Sharing “in the I”, connecting with understanding & similarity while respecting differences
Last 15 minutes - Guided practice (sometimes), announcements & wrap up
The Voyager Counseling office is open for 30 minutes before and after each group for tea, borrowing from the Little Free Library, and exchanging contact information.
How to Register
Reserve your spot, which has no cost and requires only your email and phone number. You’ll receive an immediate, automated confirmation email with details and directions to the office as well as a personal confirmation text the day before group from Olga, radically compassionate women’s grief therapist & support group facilitator. If you do not receive a confirmation email: email Olga at olga@voyager-counseling.com! Sometimes the website is funky and your space and presence in the room matters.