We help organizations respond to grief in practical, human ways.
If grief is affecting the people you serve, the staff you support, or the community you are part of, PSCP can help you figure out what kind of peer grief support makes sense.
You do not need to know whether you need a full program, a training, a group model, staff support, or something else. This page is meant to help you find the right starting point.
Which of these sounds most like where you are?
These are not rigid categories. They are simply ways to help you recognize the kind of support that may fit your situation.
“We need a peer grief support system.”
For organizations, coalitions, agencies, or communities that want to create something comprehensive and sustainable.
- You want a program, not just a one-time training.
- You need help with design, launch, and sustainment.
- You want support that fits your community and culture.
“We need help with one part of this.”
For organizations that already have a direction, but need help with specific pieces of grief support work.
- You may need training, listening sessions, or facilitation.
- You may need help improving something that already exists.
- You want targeted support without building a full system.
“We know grief is showing up, but we do not know what to do.”
For organizations that are seeing grief affect people but are not yet sure what response would actually help.
- You need help naming the problem.
- You want to understand options before choosing one.
- You need a practical first step.
We can help you build, strengthen, or support grief-responsive work
People often arrive knowing the problem better than the solution. These are some of the real ways PSCP can help.
Understand what grief looks like in your setting
We can help you listen to staff, peers, community members, families, participants, or other stakeholders so the response is grounded in real experience instead of assumptions.
Design a peer grief support model
We can help shape the structure, roles, practices, and support pathways for a peer grief support program that fits your community or organization.
Train people to support others in grief
We can train peer grief helpers, facilitators, staff, volunteers, or teams using RIVER and other peer grief support practices.
Support staff and helpers doing difficult work
We can help organizations think through staff grief, helper support, harm reduction worker support, workplace grief, and the emotional impact of ongoing loss.
Launch groups, one-on-one support, or other services
We can help develop practical grief support services such as peer groups, one-on-one support, peer helper support, or other customized offerings.
Improve and sustain what already exists
We can help evaluate, adapt, clarify, and strengthen existing grief support efforts so they become more usable, sustainable, and aligned with the people they are meant to serve.
Peer grief support is not a packaged product
PSCP does not simply hand organizations a generic model and ask them to fit inside it. We help you understand what grief is doing in your specific setting and then build support that is practical, relational, and sustainable.
Our work is shaped by RIVER, lived experience, human-centered design, person-centered care, and trauma-informed care.
A simple path from “we need help” to “we have a plan”
The exact work depends on your needs, but most partnerships move through some version of this process.
We listen
We learn what is happening, who is affected, what already exists, and where the gaps are.
We clarify
We help name what kind of support would actually fit your people, goals, and capacity.
We build
We help design the model, training, services, or implementation plan that makes sense.
We sustain
We support adaptation, reflection, training, and improvement so the work can continue.
Examples of what we may provide
These are examples, not a fixed menu. Some organizations need one of these. Some need several. Some need a full system built around them.
Listening sessions and needs assessment
Learn what grief looks like in your community and identify needs, strengths, gaps, and opportunities.
Model development
Co-create a grief support model that reflects lived experience and aligns with your organization’s mission.
Implementation planning
Clarify roles, map workflows, identify practical next steps, and plan for integration and sustainability.
Training programs
Prepare peer grief helpers, staff, volunteers, facilitators, and teams to support grieving people more effectively.
Guidance and facilitation
Receive guidance and facilitation support as you launch, adapt, and strengthen peer grief support in practice.
Evaluation and iteration
Build in reflection, feedback, data, and continuous improvement so programs can evolve over time.
That is normal. Many organizations know grief is affecting people before they know what kind of response would help. The first step can simply be a conversation.
If you are not looking for organizational consulting and just want trainings, workshops, or guides, the Learning Hub may be the better starting point.
Grief is already there. Support can be too.
Let PSCP help you identify the right next step for your organization, community, staff, or system.