This season can be especially difficult, as we near the 2nd commemoration of 10/27. These resources can help you connect to the support you need at this time.
Free Trauma Counseling at JFCS
Trauma affects people differently, and recovery is an individual experience. To schedule an appointment with a JFCS trauma therapist, please call our office at 412.422.7200.
If you would like to speak to someone immediately, help is available 24/7 from the Center For Victims Hotline at 1.866.644.2882.
For anyone ages 12-22, visit upstreetpgh.org to meet with a counselor for free.
Crisis Hotlines
RE:SOLVE 24/7 Crisis Hotline: 1-888-796-8226
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)
JFCS Support Groups
Trauma Resiliency Group: An Integrative Approach to Healing
Facilitated by Amy Lohr, LCSW in partnership with the 10.27 Healing Partnership
Ongoing, Wednesdays 4-5:30p
Details and link to join
Monthly Open Bereavement Support Group
Facilitated by JAA Bereavement and Volunteer Coordinator, Jan Kellough, MA
Ongoing, Last Tuesday of each month at 3-4:30p
Open Space Support Group
Facilitated by PsyD Candidate, Melissa John
Ongoing, 1st & 3rd (& 5th) Thursday of the month
Registration: jfcspgh.org/virtualgroup/
Partner Support Groups
The Center for Relational Change
Grief & Grieving: A Group for Adults Experiencing Loss
Location: 1789 S. Braddock Ave #350 Pittsburgh, PA 15218
Registration: 412-450-0518
Fee: $5/person, per session
Orenda Counseling Center
Western Pennsylvania Hospital Grief & Loss Support Groups
Facilitated by Martine Saul, MSCP, LPC and Ryan King, MSW, LSW
Second Monday of the month, 7:00pm-8:30pm
Location: West Penn Hospital, 4800 Friendship Ave, Karen Jones Conference Room, 2nd Floor next to the Burn Unit
Living Through Grief: A Spousal Support Group
Facilitated by Rev. Ron Barnes
Every other Wednesday, 1pm – 2:30 pm
Location: St. Sebastian Parish 311 Siebert Road Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237
Registration: 412.324.3164
Mindfulness Apps
Headspace
Helps build meditation and mindfulness into your everyday life and helps with managing stress, anxiety, mind body health and more.
Calm
Using meditation, mindfulness, breathing programs, stretching exercises and relaxing music, Calm helps with sleep, stress and anxiety as well.
CREATE HOPE
CREATE HOPE gallery
We’ve invited the community to submit artwork, poems, songs, projects, and more to inspire hope and encourage connection in honor of the 2nd commemoration of 10/27 and in light of the difficulties many of us are facing during this pandemic. Check out the gallery or submit your own work to create@jfcspgh.org.
Art & Commemoration workshops
Join us for an art-based support group where we will explore art making to help regulate the nervous system, promote playfulness, imagination, help develop insight, connect us more deeply to our bodies, emotions, thoughts, and world views. In the past 2 years since the synagogue shooting, we have responded with “normal reactions to an abnormal circumstance,” experienced many emotions, and strengthened our resilience in different ways.
Facilitated by Kelly Moore & Angelica Miskanin
October 26 @ 2pm & 6pm
October 27 @ 2pm & 6pm
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Music & Self-Care workshop
Please join us for some movement to music activities and self-care breathing exercises, as we take a moment together in solidarity. Also feel free to sing along, share, move, or simply listen to some Jewish folk songs.
Facilitated by Amy Bliss Tenney & Mallika Singh
October 27 @ 12pm
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