support groups
Support Groups at Hope Floats
Our Support Services are free of charge
Registration is required
Loss of a Child Bereavement Group
This group is open to any parent coping with the death of a child of any age. The group will meet every other Wednesday for 4:00-5:30 for five session.
Dates: 4/25, 5/9, 5/23, 6/6, & 6/20
Registration: Denise Brack, 781-936-8068 or Kathleen McAleer, 508-746-0215
Hope Floats Healing Circle
This group is open to everyone. We start the circle with a meditation and then offer mini- treatments such as reiki, healing touch and reflexology.
Meets the third Wednesday of each month, 6:30-8:00 pm
Registration: Denise Brack, 781-936-8068
Evening Partner/Spouse Loss Bereavement Group
This group meet on alternating Thurdays 6:30-8:00pm: Winter Dates: 1/19, 2/2 & 2/16
This group is every Thursday for five sessions from 6:30-8pm: Spring Dates: 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/5 & 4/12
Registration: Kathleen McAleer, 508-746-0215
Suicide Loss Bereavement Group
This is an ongoing group that meet every other Monday from 6:30-8:00pm Dates: 1/30, 2/13, 2/27, 3/13, 3/26, 4/9, 4/23 & 5/7
Registration: Denise Brack at 781-936-8068 or Kathleen McAleer, 508-746-0215
Grief Healing through Mind, Body & Spirit
This six sessions program will offer a variety of healing modalities “samplings”. Come to one or come to all six sessions.
Dates: 3/5 – Sound Healing, 3/19 – Yoga, 4/2 – Treatments (Reflexology, Healing Touch, Reiki), 4/16- Meditation, 4/30 – Yoga, 5/14 - Treatments (Reflexology, Healing Touch, Reiki) Registration: Kathleen McAleer, 508-746-0215
“Three Little Birds Workshop”
This after school program is designed for children and teens dealing with the “tough stuff” (examples: coping with serious illness, living with one’s own serious illness, living with grief and loss, adjusting to major life changes). Snacks provided (please let us know of any allergies). This group will meet weekly on Thursdays from 4:30-6:00pm for five sessions. Dates: 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/12 & 4/19, 4:30-6pm. Registration: Kathleen McAleer, 508-746-0215 OVER
Retreat for Mother’s who have lost children
This retreat is an opportunity for self-care and to meet other moms who understand the difficult journey of losing a child. Offerings include yoga, meditation, discussion group and mini-body treatments such as reiki & healing touch.
Date: April 7, 2012 Registation: Denise Brack at 781-936-8068
Subtance Abuse Loss Bereavement Group
This group meets every other Monday: Date: 6/11, 6/25, 7/9, 7/22 & 8/6 Registation: Denise Brack at 781-936-8068
Our support services are free of charge. Registration is required for all programs and groups
Hope Floats is grateful for our partnership with Cranberry Hospice
For more information please contact:
Denise Brack, Founder and Director, Hope Floats Healing & Wellness Center 4 Elm Street ~ P.O. Box 345 Kingston, MA 02364 ~ 781-936-8068
Kathleen McAleer, MSW, LICSW, Bereavement Coordinator Cranberry Hospice
36 Cordage Park Circle, Suite 326, Plymouth, MA 02360 ~ 508-746-0215
self compassion workshop
Saturday, February 4, 2012
9am-12pm
Facilitator: Lauri Klein
Fee: $45
In this workshop you will be able to explore what healing you need for yourself. You will learn how to practice self-compassion using words and phrases that make sense for your own personal journey.
You will leave with a sense of how to treat yourself with loving- kindness and to hold yourself and your difficulties with tenderness, care and understanding. It is through self compassion that we can learn how to best treat others in our lives with loving – kindness as well.
Lauri Klein, LICSW is a Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience in psychotherapy and teaching. She has a private psychotherapy practice in Hingham, Massachusetts. Mindfulness is a guide in her counseling and therapy with individuals and couples.She is committed to creating a safe, supportive, and deeply engaging learning environment where you can feel comfortable that whatever you bring, you will be accepted and not be judged in any way.
A long time meditator, Lauri regularly attends retreats and workshops that enhance her practice and understanding of mindfulness.
Lauri has trained at “The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare and Society” at U Mass Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts. She has also participated in workshops with Alice Domar, PhD, a pioneer in mind/body medicine for infertility. She holds a certificate from the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy based in Newton, Massachusetts. Lauri is the founder of The Path to Mindful Living www.mindful-path .com
How you help make a difference….Each time you take a workshop, class or get a treatment at Hope Floats you support the Hope Floats Foundation. A portion of fees provide free support groups, hospice programs and grants for individuals facing financial difficulties who need our services. Thank you for your support!
Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center is a non-profit foundation with 501(c)(3) status offering educational, support and wellness services.
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Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center
4 Elm Street ~ PO Box 345
Kingston, MA 02364
781-936-8068
winter events
Pre-registration is required for all events Call 781-936-8068 to register
Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center is a non-profit foundation with 501(c)(3) status offering educational, support and wellness services How you help make a difference….Each time you take a workshop, class or get a treatment at Hope Floats you support the Hope Floats Foundation. A portion of fees, provide free support groups, hospice programs and grants for individuals facing financial difficulties who need our services. Thank you for your support!
Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center is a non-profit foundation with 501(c)(3) status offering educational, support and wellness services
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