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Full Circle Grief Center

Central Virginia's comprehensive grief and bereavement resource. The risk is high for that family to break apart.

Full Circle Grief Center was founded in 2008 in response to the great need in Central Virginia to help families who had experienced the death of someone they loved – most often a father or spouse. Those families and their at-risk children were too often grieving in isolation without support – and often did not have the funds to pursue private counseling or other forms of grief support. Our program

s have touched more than 9,000 lives. Our goals are to help grieving individuals:

• Increase communication with family members so families stay together in grief
• Learn coping skills to deal with traumatic events and grief
• Build support networks to reduce isolation
• Heal through creative expression

Full Circle is very unique in its approach to bereavement care:

- We combine professionally-designed grief support programs with creative expression in the form of art, music, play, dance and journaling to trigger discussions that may not have occurred otherwise.

- We are the only organization in Richmond to provide bereavement groups for extended families along with age-appropriate groups simultaneously. Families learn to grieve together rather than in isolation.

- We are also the only organization in Richmond to provide bereavement support to underserved students at their inner-city school. The need is so high that we are focusing our efforts on traumatic death. We rely 100% on the community to provide these services free of charge to all participants through our three main programs:

Counseling Groups for Families:
• Hands On Healing for children ages 3-18 and their families.
• Perinatal Loss Group for parents who are grieving the death of a baby.
• Suicide Loss Group for adults and school-aged children grieving a loss by suicide. Outreach Groups for Underserved At-Risk Youth at:
• Inner-city schools
• Community partner sites: ChildSavers, Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, etc.
• Richmond City Police Department (Homicide Support Group)

Grief Education:
• Bereavement training for local professionals and community members
• Published the area’s first and only comprehensive grief resource manual

06/08/2026

✨️ New virtual group announcement ✨️ New for Summer 2026, we are offering a virtual session of our Su***de Loss Group for adults. This group is open to any adults 18+ in Virginia who are grieving the loss of a loved one to su***de and meets Thursday evenings beginning July 30.

This group will be offered virtually via telehealth, so participants from across Virginia are encouraged to register. Participants must be located in the state of Virginia at the time of group meetings in order to enroll.

For registration details and more information, please contact Karen Kennedy, MSW at [email protected] or call us at 804-912-2947. Please note that space is limited and groups often fill quickly, so early registration is recommended.

06/05/2026

Congratulations to our many team members at Full Circle who are celebrating their staff anniversary this month! 🎉

Allison Schooley | Operations and Practice Director | 12 years

Carrie Schaeffer | Grief Services Director| 9 years

Karen Coyner | Senior Adult Bereavement Services Manager | 7 years

Susan Patch | Individual Therapist | 2 years

From our group leaders, individual therapists, administrative and clinical teams, we couldn't do it without you! 💙

06/03/2026

In honor of Men's Mental Health Month and the upcoming Father's Day holiday, we're sharing several blogs, articles, and other resources for the difficult emotions that can often accompany the holiday. You can view these in the links below, or we have them all listed in our link in bio. 🔗

Resources for Men's Mental Health Month and Father's Day Grief

💙 Full Circle Grief Center | Men's Grief Initiative
https://fullcirclegc.org/mens-grief-initiative/

💙 What's Your Grief | Help During Father's Day
https://whatsyourgrief.com/help-for-your-fathers-day-grief/

💙 Psychology Today | Surviving Father's Day
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/social-lights/201706/surviving-fathers-day

💙 The Refuge | Conflicted Grief and Loss of A Parent
https://www.therefuge-ahealingplace.com/about/blog/conflicted-grief/

06/01/2026

In partnership with the Virginia Victim Assistance Network (VVAN), Full Circle provides a weekly virtual support group for survivors of homicide loss. This free support group is intended to promote conversation and build support for Virginia residents who have experienced the death of a close friend or family member due to homicide. 💙

For more information on this group and how to register, visit our website at https://fullcirclegc.org/community-partners/ or follow our link in bio. 🔗

05/29/2026

If you've been in our main lobby this month, you may have already met her, but today we are giving an official warm welcome to the newest member of our Full Circle team, Mary Brown! 🎉

Mary joins our team as Practice Manager, providing the bridge between our clinical and operations teams, as well as a warm and familiar presence for our clients and families.
Mary received her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology from Colorado College and a Juris Doctor from Indiana University, Bloomington. With a background in nonprofit organizations and a passion for serving others, Mary is looking forward to working with our clients, clinicians, and community members here at Full Circle. 💙

Welcome, Mary! We are incredibly grateful to have you on board. 🫶

Read more about Mary by checking out her staff listing below.

Full Circle Grief Center | Mary Brown
https://fullcirclegc.org/mary-brown

05/27/2026

If you’re new to the services we provide at Full Circle, we understand that the number of options and specialties available for therapy can seem overwhelming. 💙

Whether you’re an individual, couple, or family, there is some basic information that can be helpful to getting a better understanding of what types of therapeutic services might be the best fit for you. 🧠

In this article, we’ll go over some of the most common services here at Full Circle and how you can make the best decision for your care moving forward. 💙

Check out the link below or our link in bio. 🔗

Full Circle Feature: Support Groups or Individual Counseling, Which is Right for Me?
https://fullcirclegc.org/2026/05/21/support-groups-or-individual-counseling-which-is-right-for-me/

05/25/2026

Memorial Day is more than barbecues and pool openings. A lot more. In fact, Megan Devine of Refuge in Grief famously once tongue-in-cheek called it "National Grief Acknowledgement Day". 💙

Read more about Memorial Day and grief and their shared roots at her blog post (an oldie but still a goodie) from the early days of Refuge in Grief, as well as a personal reflection and timely reminders from one of our own staff members, Kerri on their transition from veteran to civilian at our FC blog, both linked below. 🔗

Refuge in Grief: Memorial Day in the US
https://refugeingrief.com/blog/us-memorial-day

Full Circle Blog: A Personal Reflection
https://fullcirclegc.org/2024/11/10/veterans-day-a-personal-reflection/

05/21/2026

Have you seen these lovely faces out and about in your community? We sure did! Thank you so much to the folks at Kaitlyn’s Sunshine Festival for having us as a part of their event at Dorey Park on May 16th. ☀️

Kaitlyn's Sunshine Festival is an annual event held in memory of Kaitlyn Marie Douglas at Dorey Park with the hopes of promoting mental health and su***de prevention. Her family and friends host a festival every year that is free to the public where local vendors, resource groups, and entertainment comes together for a joint cause. 💙

Full Circle staff members Casey and Karen C. were on the scene, representing FC and spreading the word about our resources. We were so grateful to be a part of the day and enjoy the sunshine! 😎

05/18/2026

Starting this July, Full Circle is proud to offer a new grief support group, Pathways to Parenthood: Navigating Grief Through Infertility, Surrogacy, and Adoption, for adults in Virginia who are experiencing grief during their family building journey. 💙

Are you or someone you know struggling to expand their family? Whether through the challenges of infertility, surrogacy, or the adoption process, grief and loss can be experienced in many ways. This bi-weekly group meets on Monday evenings and begins this summer, open to all and at no cost to participants. 💙

For more information, contact Jess Hoy, MSW, at [email protected] or visit our website linked below or in our link in bio on registration details and more. 🔗

Pathways to Parenthood: Navigating Grief Through Infertility, Surrogacy, and Adoption
https://fullcirclegc.org/pathways-to-parenthood/

05/15/2026

This month's staff blog post comes from Full Circle's Perinatal Loss Training Coordinator and Supervisee in Social Work, Casey Kelahan, MSW. In her thoughtful and resource-packed article, Casey examines the double impact of ADHD and grief, as well as strategies for support. 💙

Full Circle Staff Blog | Grieving with ADHD: Why It Feels Different and How to Cope
https://fullcirclegc.org/2026/05/01/grieving-with-adhd-why-it-feels-different-and-how-to-cope/

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