At Texas Children’s Hospital we live compassionately. We care and sacrifice, celebrate, and sometimes grieve. Grief is one of the primary reasons people access the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Simply defined, grief is the normal and natural reaction to significant emotional loss of any kind. The EAP offers support to those who are suffering from loss.
Grief is individual and unique and as varied as each of our personalities. But, to help move beyond that pain and loss, everyone needs specific tools, many of which can be found through the EAP’s Grief Recovery Group. Sharing your loss with others going through similar feelings is the best way to heal the pain associated with loss.
The free 10-week program is dedicated to helping people find the support they need to move beyond grief, whether it’s over the loss of a loved one, a divorce or a situation at work. Facilitated by EAP staff and open to all Texas Children’s and Baylor College of Medicine employees, the program follows specific tasks outlined in The Grief Recovery Handbook by John James and Russell Friedman.
Anyone who has experienced loss and is ready to move beyond it, should consider joining the next Grief Recovery Group. Meetings are from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays in conference room WC.0150.20 B at Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus beginning Tuesday, March 22 through Tuesday, May 24. Another round of the group will be held at the Meyer Building in HR conference room 1 beginning Tuesday, September 6 through Tuesday, November 8.
To register please contact the EAP by calling Ext. 4-3327 or email eap@texaschildrens.org.