A free grief community for families who have lost one parent. The sessions are split so that parents and children meet at the same time, each in their own group, so that the adults can process their own grief while the children get support too.
The parents' group is led by Sofie Stavnager Heissel, a teacher and trainee psychotherapist who was herself left as a single parent of two children after her spouse died in 2021. The children's group is led by Randi Munk Hangaard, a pedagogue and trainee psychotherapist, supported by three volunteer adults. Clinical psychologist Gregers Gertsen joins occasionally as an external consultant.
Participants get help putting their grief into words, a safe social circle with others in the same situation, and a space where feelings are welcome as they are. The groups also offer psychoeducation and therapeutic conversation to build self-understanding and self-care. The offer is open to everyone, not only residents of the parish, and it is non-proselytising. If you want a conversation with a priest, the centre can connect you with one in the parish.
