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Phone: 479-338-2081
SHARE Parent Support Group
Meeting Schedule
| When |
The second Thursday of every month from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm |
| Where |
Mercy Medical Center, Classroom C |
| Format |
SHARE meetings consist of occasional presentations which address common
concerns of bereaved parents followed by open discussions. On many
occassions, the entire meeting is devoted to open discussion. |
| Contact |
For additional information or help in contacting a SHARE Counselor
please call: 479-338-2081 |
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Child care not available |
SHARE extends its condolences to you on the loss
of your baby and offers you a warm, sympathetic, and accepting environment
in which to cope with your grief.
SHARE is a support group for those who have experienced
a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, neonatal death, or infant death. It is
comprised of parents who are feeling the same pain that you are. By learning
that you are not alone in your grief, your sense of isolation may be relieved.
We hope this intimate understanding may provide you with comfort.
If you attend a SHARE meeting, you will be
welcomed with open arms. You may actively participate in the discussions,
venting your feelings of loss, frustration, and anger. Or, if you wish,
you may just observe and listen. Either way, we will support you and
respect your feelings.
Ground Rules for Meetings
- Each of your experiences is unique and valid. No one is here to
criticize or analyze. Experiences are not to be compared as one
being worse than another. The goal of a parent support group is
to allow for a great deal of variation in grief. Some people
heal quickly, others more slowly. We ask that you accept
another's way of grieving as well as your own.
- Feel free to share or not share your feelings and experiences.
We will not probe. If you have had a similar experience and
care to talk about it, feel free to do so.
- Note pads are available for you to write down any word of phrase,
which comes to mind. It is okay to write while others are
talking; notes are for yourself and you will not be asked
to share them.
- It is okay to cry - tissues are available. We ask that you be
sensitive to your neighbor's needs. We ask your permission
to cry, too.
- If you feel the need to leave, feel free to go. One of us will
follow you out of the room, to be sure that before you leave
you are ready to drive.
- Share your feelings about the meeting with your spouse - we
want to increase communication, not to create a communication
gap.
- The group time is not intended as a time for medical advice.
If you have medical questions, we will respond to them after
the general meeting.
- Should you wish to share a bad experience you have had
with a person or institution, feel free to relate the
experience. We would ask that you not use any names in the
discussion.
- The tape recorder will be on for the speaker's presentation only.
- Any personal experiences are to remain CONFIDENTIAL
within this group.
- Topics change from month to month.
- The meeting ends at 9:30 p.m. You may stay and converse if you wish.
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