Grief Support

For more about NextSteps' programs, outreach, personnel and contact information, please examine these brochures (in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF):

Next Steps Brochure : A Guide for the Bereaved

Next Steps Brochure: A Guide for Professionals

NextSteps:
Sinai's Outreach Program for Mourners

Sinai's professionals have always provided immediate practical and supportive services to the bereaved, and well understands the trauma that the death of a loved one can incur. They know that grief is a naturally painful, depressing and isolating state that affects every aspect of a mourner's physical, emotional and cognitive life. NextSteps provides highly individualized care utilizing Jewish tradition and accredited clinical practice to successfully help mourners move through their grief, integrate their losses, and reinvest in life.

The NextSteps program is offered at no cost to all Sinai Mourners .

This service is provided by experienced griefcare specialists through telephone consultation, and/or in-person visits with mourning families or individuals who choose to participate. Its goal is to provide assessment, support, basic grief aftercare, and linkage to appropriate healing opportunities.

For further information, or to directly refer a mourner to our program, please contact:

Lee L. Pollak, NextSteps Program Director
Cheryl Bartky, NextSteps Associate Director
Gene Kaufman, Executive Director of Sinai Memorial Chapel
415-921-3636
nextsteps@sinaichapel.org

In addition to one-on-one consultation, NextSteps provides community-based programs for mourners, griefcare professionals, schools, organizations, and lay persons. These programs include Grief&Growing, a professionally guided bereavement retreat, (co-sponsored with the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, Bureau of Jewish Education, and Camp Tawonga), Azkarah Healing Services (co-sponsored with the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center and local synagogues), and the Professional Grief Caregivers' Network, (co-sponsored with the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center).