There are many resources available to people dealing with the loss of a loved one, ranging from anonymous on-line resources to grief support groups, to one-on-one counseling with a licensed therapist. The following is a list of on-line and local resources in our area. Please let us know if you find these helpful or if you have recommendations to add to our list.

Regency Hospice
Towns and Union Grief and Loss Support Group
Mountain Regional Library
698 Miller Street
Young Harris, GA

Meets Fourth Monday of each month at 3:00 p.m.
Facilitators: Elizabeth Miller, LMSW and Sherrill Milne, BSW; the group is free of charge, please call Elizabeth or Sherrill at 800-577-8791, or 706-896-1251 for any information regarding the group.

Larry Casey, Counselor
In association with St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Blairsville - Phone: 781-6636

Focus on the Family's Counseling Department
To speak with a counselor or get a referral to a counselor in your area, call (719) 531-3400, ext. 2700 (9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Mountain Time)

Compassionate Friends, Inc.
P.O. Box 3696
Oak Brook, Illinois 60533-3696
(632) 990-0010
web site: www.compassionatefriends.org
e-mail: NationalOffice@compassionatefriends.org

First United Methodist Church of Blairsville
The church sponsors a bereavement group.

Meets first and third Wednesday, at the church, at 10 a.m.
Call 706-745-2073 for more information.

Caring and Sharing Bereavement Group in Ellijay, Georgia
Call 706-635-3672 for more information.

Hand in Hand Bereavement Group
Meets Monday at Branan Lodge in Blairsville - 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.

We provide aftercare for those who wish to receive grief-care in the privacy of their own home: through daily e-mails and interactive online grief counseling.

Bereavement Support Group
Meets at United Community Bank, Blairsville, Community Room
First Thursday of every month, 4-5 PM
Also meets at Bank of Blairsville, community Room
Third Thursday of each month, 5-6 PM