About the Good Grief Center (GGC)

The Good Grief Center for Bereavement Support, a new division of Ursuline Senior Services, is the region's first and only comprehensive center dedicated exclusively to bereavement support of all ages. Its service area spansWestern Pennsylvania— as well as any part of the English-speaking world over the phone and through its website, www.goodgriefcenter.com. Its mission is to be a comprehensive bereavement resource and referral center that builds a more compassionate community through grief awareness, education, support and hope; creating a safe place where all who have experienced the pain of death may come to work through loss and learn to manage grief.

The Good Grief Center supports individuals and families as they work through the grieving process by providing free services that include compassionate support, education, a lending library of grief-related materials, and referrals to community resources. Services are available in person and by phone.

The cornerstone of the Good Grief Center is confidential "peer support," where staff and trained volunteers—most of whom have experienced grief themselves— serve as educators, listeners, advocates and coaches while offering empathetic understanding and a healing presence to grieving individuals and families. The Good Grief Center also provides grief-in-the-workplace education, training and support services for business and organizations throughout the region.