Age 13 or older

Hello and welcome to The WARM Place. This is a special section for teens who have suffered the death of someone they love. The person might have been your mother or father, your sister, brother, grandparent or best friend. Your loved one may have died years ago or very recently. Dealing with your grief is never easy, but it is an important step for you to take.

Sometimes it helps to talk to other people your age who have also had someone close to them die. It is important to know there are many teenagers that are going through many of the same emotions and feelings that you are. There is no right or wrong way to grieve. It is just a slow healing process. At The WARM Place we see the healing power of teens helping teens every day. Some of the feelings our teens discuss are:

• I feel like I am the only one this has ever happened to.
• I am mad.
• I am sad.
• No one understands what I'm going through, but they act like they do.
• I just want to be alone.
• I can't talk to my friends about how I feel.
• I can't talk to my parents because I don't want to upset them.
• People want me to talk about my feelings, but I don't feel like it.
• I don't even know how I feel.
• I hate it when people tell me I need to get on with my life.

We would love to have you come and join us for a teen group.

Activities

Books That Help

Straight Talk About Death For Teenagers: How To Cope With Losing Someone You Love (ages 10-18) Grollman, E.A.

How It Feels When A Parent Dies (ages 6-18) Krementz, J.

Memories Live Forever (9-18) Rugg. S.

Fire In My Heart, Ice In My Veins (age 10-18, journal book) Traisman, E.S.