Grieving a Sibling Resource Page
Resources for Coping After the Death of Your Sibling:
Resources for children, teens, and young adults:
If a child, teen, or young adult is impacted by the death, the Moyer Foundation's Resource Center offers a great tool for locating community and online resources.
We also recommend the website for the National Alliance for Grieving Children where you can search for resource listings by state.
"A community of mostly 20- and 30- somethings who've each experienced significant loss and connected around potluck dinner parties to talk about it."
"When Families Grieve is Sesame Workshop’s contribution to those who face the daunting challenge of helping a child cope and heal from the painful reality of a death of a loved one."
Article: How do I find support as a grieving 20-something?
General Online Resources:
What's Your Grief:
If this is your first time on What's Your Grief, take a little time to look around. We have over 500 articles on grief, loss, and coping.
"OptionB.Org is dedicated to helping you build resilience in the face of adversity—and giving you the tools to help your family, friends, and community build resilience too. Here, you can read and share personal stories, join groups for solidarity and support, and find information from experts."
“OpentoHope.com is an online website where people can share inspirational stories of loss and love. We encourage our visitors to read, listen and share their stories of hope and compassion.”
“Healing Blog is aimed at professional and family care-givers who serve the needs of anyone anticipating or coping with significant loss, including animal lovers, the elderly, the seriously ill and dying, and those who are living with disabilities.”
Resources About Coping With Sibling Loss
Grieving the Death of a Sibling via What’s Your Grief
Death of a sibling resources via ADEC
“TTSGI provides support to twinless twins through regional activities, national conferences, and educational resources. As a community of grieving twins, we shed light on difficult questions unique to twin loss: What are normal grief reactions to the loss of a twin or other multiple? Do our feelings change over time? Is this loss different from other losses?”
The Compassionate Friends’ Online Support Community:
TCF’s Online Support Community (live chats) allows you to talk with other bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings from across the country during the Online Support Community sessions held every week. These sessions are limited in number of participants and have trained monitors who are also bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings.
Articles About Seeking Grief Support
Your Guide to Assessing Online Grief Support
Grief Support Groups: Positives and Pitfalls
Seeking Professional Grief Support
Therapist Credentials: What do all those letters mean?
When Grief Goes from Miserable to Problematic
Five FAQs for Seeking Grief Counseling