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 For Mourners

Sinai's professionals have always provided immediate practical and supportive services to the bereaved, and have well understood 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 clinical practice to successfully support mourners as they 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 in an alliance with the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center 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.

In addition to one-on-one consultation, and in collaboration with other community agencies, NextSteps provides community-based programs for mourners, griefcare professionals, schools, organizations, and lay persons. These programs include Grief & Growing, a professionally guided bereavement retreat weekend, Azkarah Healing Services, and the Professional Grief Caregivers' Network.