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Local Grief Resources

*Information listed is subject to change. Please call to confirm.

Baton Rouge Christian Counseling Center
(225) 387-2287
First Presbyterian Church, 763 North Blvd.
3rd Floor Education Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
http://www.brchristiancounseling.com/
Services: Individual and couple counseling
Fees: Private pay and most insurance accepted

The Compassionate Friends
(225) 752-8314
Contact: Linda Grabski
For families of children who have died at any age and of any cause. Meetings are held every second Sunday from 5:45 - 8 pm at St. Paul's Lutheran Church on the corner of Tara Blvd. and Old Hammond Hwy.
Fees: None

Crisis Intervention Center
(225) 924-1431
4837 Revere Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Services: 24-hour hotline, The Phone, for crisis counseling. Community resource information and referral are available by dialing 211 (land lines) or 923-2114 (cell phones) 8 am - 8 pm seven days a week.

Children's Bereavement Group
(225) 924-1431
Contact: Dr. Marcia Norton

Suicide Survivors Support Group for Adults
(225) 924-1431
Contact: Dr. Margo Abadie
Fees: None

The Family Center
(225) 765-8648
7777 Hennessy Blvd.
Suite 6000
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Services: Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services (Ages 4-18), Outpatient Adult and Geriatric Psychiatric Services
Fees: Private pay and most insurance accepted

Family Service of Greater Baton Rouge
(225) 924-0123
4727 Revere Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Services: Individual, family and child counseling
Counseling sessions offered Monday and Friday from 8 am - 5 pm and Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 8 am - 8 pm. Call for an appointment.
Fees: Most insurance accepted and sliding fee scale for counseling

Grief Recovery Center
(225) 924-6621
4919 Jamestown Avenue
Suite 101
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Services: Individual, family and child therapy by appointment - sessions held from 9 am - 6 pm
Group therapy (Mondays 6:30 -7:30 pm) Adult bereavement support group, free
Fees: Most insurance accepted, Medicare and sliding fee scale for counseling

Area hospice programs provide bereavement programs for the community. To locate a hospice near you go to:

Louisiana-Mississippi Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
http://www.lmhpco.org/ (click on "Find a Hospice")

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
http://www.nhpco.org/templates/1/homepage.cfm (click on "Find a Provider")

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS HAVING A CRISIS, PLEASE DIAL 911 OR GO TO THE NEAREST EMERGENCY ROOM.

CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS

American Cancer Society
(225) 927-0782
10528 Kentshire Ct.
Baton Rouge, LA 70810
http://www.cancer.org/

Cancer Services of Greater Baton Rouge
(225) 927-2273
http://www.cancerservices.org/

Counseling
Individual and family (every Thursday from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm); call (225) 927-2273 for an appointment.

Support Groups
Dates and time are subject to change. Please call to confirm.

  • Community Grief Support Group (open to anyone grieving a death) - every Tuesday (11:30 am - 12:30 pm)
  • Holistic Healing - 1st Friday of the month (12 - 1 pm)
  • Multiple Myeloma Group - 2nd Wednesday of the month (12 - 1 pm)
  • Colorectal/Bladder/Liver Cancer Group - 3rd Monday of the month (12 - 1 pm)
  • Breast Cancer - 3rd Tuesday of the month (12 - 1 pm)
  • Caregiver Support - 3rd Thursday of the month (12 - 1 pm)
  • Lung Cancer - 3rd Friday of the month (12 - 1 pm)
  • Lymphoma/Leukemia/Myelodysplasia - last Friday of the month (12 - 1 pm)
  • Oral/Head/Neck Cancer Group - 3rd Wednesday of the month (12 - 1 pm)
  • Brain Cancer Group - 2nd Monday of the month ( 12 - 1 pm)

Parish Support Groups

  • Ascension Parish (Gonzales, LA - First United Methodist Church) - 4th Wednesday of the month (12 - 1 pm)
  • East Feliciana Parish (Jackson, LA - Jackson United Methodist Church) - 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month (6 pm)
  • St. James Parish (Lutcher, LA - Lutcher Library) - 1st Thursday of the month (5 - 6 pm)
  • West Feliciana Parish (St. Francisville, LA - First United Methodist Church) - 1st Wednesday of the month (12 - 1 pm)

Educational Program
Make Today Count Speaker Series - every Thursday (12 - 1 pm)

Exercise Program
Fit and Fearless - every Tuesday at 9:15 am and every Thursday at 9:10 am and 5:15 pm

Children's Programs

  • Candlelighters - group for children (birth to age 21) who have cancer; parents and siblings are encouraged to attend
  • KidsKare - for children of parents with cancer (ages 4 -18)
  • Teen Program - for teens who have cancer, have siblings with cancer or who have parents with cancer (ages 12-18)