Partner with PSCP · Peer grief helper support
Support the people who support others.
We partner with your organization to design, build, and sustain support for the staff and volunteers offering peer grief support. Across different losses, communities, and workplaces, helpers deserve places to receive care—not only provide it.
01 · Design
Begin with the people doing the helping.
Peer grief helpers may be navigating their own grief while supporting someone else. We begin with your organization’s people, their experiences, and the support already available to them.
Together, we consider what would make meaningful room for connection, reflection, and care within your organization’s capacity.
- Understand who needs supportConsider the volunteers, facilitators, and paid staff offering peer grief support.
- Listen for what is missingLook at where helpers can receive support themselves and where they feel disconnected.
- Shape an approach togetherDiscuss sharing circles, peer networks, or a combination that fits your team and setting.
02 · Build
Create spaces where helpers can receive support.
We help organizations develop, staff, and facilitate supportive spaces for peer grief helpers. Depending on your needs, PSCP can help establish the space and prepare qualified people to lead within your organization.
The focus is on the helper’s own experience—not simply on improving what they offer others.
- Sharing circlesPeer support spaces where helpers can discuss their own grief and reflect on how it affects their work.
- Support networksConnections that bring helpers together and create opportunities to collaborate across organizations.
- Preparation to leadTraining for qualified individuals to lead sharing circles and develop peer support networks.
03 · Sustain
Make care part of how the work continues.
Support for helpers needs attention beyond the first meeting. We work with you to consider ongoing connection, support for the people leading the spaces, and capacity within your organization.
The scope of PSCP’s involvement is something we shape together around your needs and resources.
- Keep helpers connectedUse sharing circles and networks to create continuing opportunities for peer support and collaboration.
- Support those leading the spaceIdentify relevant learning and support for the people facilitating your helper spaces.
- Strengthen internal capacityPrepare qualified people within your organization to help carry the support forward.
Resources in service of the partnership
The right tools.
A human connection at the center.
Training and resources can strengthen your approach. We can help identify what fits your helpers’ experiences, roles, and needs.
Learning for the people holding the space
Learning Hub offerings include grief understanding, the RIVER peer support model, program design, and group facilitation.
See relevant Learning Hub offerings →Education and reflection
Psychoeducational workshops offer learning and coping tools. Topics and intended audiences vary; choose offerings that fit the people you support. Workshops complement helper support spaces rather than replace them.
See psychoeducational workshops →Something to return to between meetings
Free, peer-informed PDF guides give helpers resources for their own reflection and something to share when useful.
Find the right starting point
A partnership shaped around your helpers.
You may be creating support for the first time or strengthening something that already exists. We can begin with either.
Who is this support for?
Organizations supporting volunteers and paid staff who offer peer grief support—including group facilitators and other peer grief helpers. Our work is not limited to one kind of loss.
How is this different from developing a grief support group?
A community grief group supports the people your organization serves. Helper support focuses on the people offering that care: their own grief, connection, and experience of the work. Your organization may need both.
Can PSCP facilitate, or help us prepare our own leaders?
Both are possibilities. PSCP develops, staffs, and facilitates helper support spaces and trains qualified individuals to lead sharing circles and develop networks. We would discuss the approach and scope together.
Do we need a full plan before contacting you?
No. Tell us who your helpers are, what support exists, and where you see a need. That is enough to begin a conversation.
Let’s build support around your helpers.
Tell us about the people doing this work. Together, we can consider how to design, build, and sustain care that fits your organization.