| Change and loss are natural in the cycle of life.
We experience grief and emotional distress with any significant loss.
Support from those who have experience in dealing with personal loss
can help ease the pain and promote healing. Kara provides a safe place
for those who are grieving or anticipating their own death to express
and normalize their feelings.
Kara is a nonprofit organization serving the San Francisco Bay
Area since 1976. Our services are provided primarily by volunteers
who have experience in healing from personal loss. They are trained
to accompany others on their journey through a life-threatening
illness and/or bereavement. There is no charge for Kara's services.
We are supported primarily by tax-deductible donations from individuals,
corporations and foundations.
To request any of Kara's services below,
please call (650-321-5272) or use this Contact
Form.
Individual Peer Counseling
Individual peer counseling for adults who are anticipating
or grieving the death of a loved one, or anticipating
their own death. Trained volunteer peer counselors
provide one-to-one emotional support. An initial
interview is scheduled to assess the client's need
and determine appropriate service.
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Support Groups
Ongoing (twice-monthly) grief support groups for children, teenagers
and adults who have experienced the death of a loved one. Group
participants share their experience and learn from the experience
of others. An initial interview is scheduled to assess the client's
need and determine appropriate service.
Spouse/partner loss groups for:
Parent/caregiver loss groups for:
Child loss groups for:
- parents whose adult child died
- parents whose child under 18 died
- children whose sibling or friend has died
- teens whose sibling or friend has died
Survivors of another's suicide groups for:
- adults
- parents
- children
- teens
Grief Group for Men who have recently had a significant
person in their life die.
Drop-in groups: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month (1-2:30p)
and 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month (7p-8:30p), at Kara's
office. The drop-in groups are for adults who are grieving any
type of death of someone in their lives (i.e., mixed loss groups).
No appointment or interview is needed.
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Community Outreach & Education
- On-site services: to assist schools, organizations and
corporations before or after the death of someone within their
community. Experienced facilitators help people process their
reactions to the death and find ways to process their grief.
- Programs on death and grief: tailored to meet the specific
needs of a school, organization or business.
- Annual Holiday Candlelight Service of Remembrance: An
interfaith service where members of the community remember family
and friends who have died. The service takes place on the first
Thursday in December.
- Annual grief conference: A one-day conference featuring
speakers who are authorities on death and grief. Co-sponsored
with the Palo Alto VA Hospice Care Center.
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Referral Services
- Resources for individuals, families and caregivers needing help
after a death
- Referral information for professionals and individuals seeking
information on grief support services, both local and out of the
area
- Referral Guidelines for refering
clients to Kara
Contact
Us
457 Kingsley Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650-321-5272
Office hours are M-F, 9AM to 4PM Pacific time.
Here is a map
to our office.
Kara is the Gothic root of the word "care."
It means to reach out, to care, to lament, to grieve with.
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