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Suicide???
HEARTBEAT
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| Support for those who have lost a loved one through suicide |
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SUICIDE IS A HARSH WORD that has devastating significance for those who have suffered a loss as the result of it.
TO THE SURVIVOR suicide means the death of one dearly loved,
A death that is sudden and often violent,
A death that is the result of a choice regardless of how futile, ambivalent, impulsive and unacceptable the survivor judges that choice to be.
THE GRIEF THAT FOLLOWS SUICIDEis extremely difficult. It is magnified, complicated and isolating. The survivor must grieve not only the loss, but also the choice that caused the loss.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE
HEARTBEAT was organized...
- To help survivors absorb the impact of the self-inflicted death,
- To offer the comfort of empathetic understanding and acceptance, and
- To support each other toward healthy resolution of the grief.
We Understand
We Accept
We Support
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HEARTBEAT is a group for mutual support of those who have lost a loved one through suicide.
We understand the conflicts created for you by the cause of this death.
We acknowledge that normal grief reactions are intensified and complicated following suicide.
We relieve isolation by offing the empathy of other "nice people from good families" who have experienced the magnitude of this kind of loss.
We extend support toward resolving your feelings of. . .responsibility, guilt, self-shame, anger, hostility, religioius fears, and your search for answers.
We recognize that great strength and healing are gained by using one's own painful growth in support of others.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE, TOO, HAVE A CHOICE --- TO GROW BITTER OR TO GROW BETTER
We cannot take away your pain, but we can share it in an atmosphere of love, acceptance, and reinforcement and direct you toward healing through this very, complicated brieving process.
It Helps To Talk. . .
It Heals To Share
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HEARTBEAT does not replace theraphy. The healing achieved within these groups is the result of understanding, encouragement and caring among the participants.
We respect the need for privacy and confidentiality. What is shared there. . . stays there.
HEARTBEAT is not affiliated with any religious creed or denomination. We do, however, strongly encourage participants to renew and rely upon their own spiritual resources.
HEARTBEAT/LAKE HAVASU CITY
MEETS: COMMUNITY CENTER
100 PARK AVE., LHC
Room 152
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 7 - 9 pm
October - May
(928) 854-0113 OR
(928) 208-0129
Judy or Dan
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| HEARTBEAT is a nonprofit organization that is facilitated through the sponsorship of Calvary Baptist Church, 1605 McCulloch Blvd. S, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86406, (928) 855-6533. |
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HEARTBEAT is a member of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, a national research organization,
the American Association of Suicidology a national organization dedicated to the study and reduction of human self-destruction,
and Suicide Prevention Action Network
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