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Massachusetts Suicide Support Groups


Boston
After Suicide Program
41 Concord Square
Boston, MA 02118
Group Name: After Suicide
Contact Person: Dorothy Koerner, LICSW
(617) 738-7668
Leadership Type: Prof
Meetings/Month: 12 week group
Charge: Yes
Newsletter: No

Boston
The Samaritans
Beth Israel Deaconness Hospital
Fifth floor of the Shapiro Building
Group Name: The Boston SafePlace Group
Contact Person: Kim Kates
(617) 536-2490
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 2 - 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month, 7 to 9 PM
Charge: No
Newsletter: No

Cambridge
Focus Counseling & Consult. Inc.
186-1/2 Hampshire Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Group Name: After Suicide
Contact Person: Mimi Elmer, LICSW
(617) 876-4488 ext. 52
Leadership Type: PROF
Meetings/Month: 12 week group
Charge: YES
Newsletter: NO

East Longmeadow
Forastiere Family Funeral Home
220 North Main St.
East Longmeadow, MA 01028
Group Name: Survivors of Suicide
Contact Person: Mary Pat McMahon
(413) 734-9139
Leadership Type: PEER
Meetings/Month: 2 - 1st and 3rd Mondays at 7 PM
Charge: NO
Newsletter: NO

Fall River
Samaritans of Fall River/New Bedford
386 Stanley Street
PO Box 9642
Fall River, MA 02720
Group Name: Safe Place Self-Help Support Group
Contact Person: Del Ferus
(508) 673-3777
(508) 999-7267
(866) 508-4357 (in-state only)
samfrnb@aol.com
Leadership Type: PEER
Meetings/Month: 2 - 1st and 3rd Thursdays
Charge: NO
Newsletter: NO

Framingham
The Samaritans
Farmingham Samaritan Center
235 Walnut Street
Framingham, MA 01702
Group Name: The Farmingham SafePlace Group
Contact Person: Eileen Davis
(508) 872-1780
Kim Kates (617) 536-2460
safeplace@samaritanshope.org
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 2 - 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 7 to 9 PM
Charge: No
Newsletter: No

Medford
The Samaritans
Grace Episcopal Church
160 High Street, Second Floor
Medford, MA
Group Name: Medford SafePlace Group
Contact Person:Kim Kates
(617) 536-2460
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 2 - 1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7:30 to 9:30 PM
Charge: No
Newsletter: No

Norwell
First Parish Church
25 River Street
Norwell, MA 02061
Group Name: Friends and Families of Suicides
Contact Person: Karen C. Kimball
(781) 335-3979
karenk@galaxy.net
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 2 - 2nd & 4th Mondays
Charge: No
Newsletter: Yes

Osterville
Survivors of Suicide
901 Main Street
Osterville, MA 02655
Group Name: In Memory Still
Contact Person: Robert Fournier, Ph.D.
(508) 477-1676
Leadership Type: Prof
Meetings/Month: varies
Charge: Yes
Newsletter: No

Pittsfield
HospiceCare in the Berkshires
369 South St.
Pittsfield, MA 01202-6803
Group Name: Suicide Loss Support Group
Contact Person: Christine A. Waller, Bereavement Coordinator
(413) 443-2994
(413) 528-4786
Leadership Type: Prof
Meetings/Month: closed group
Charge: No
Newsletter: No
Additional Information: Please call for details.

Quincy
The Samaritans
Quincy Medical Center
114 Whitwell Street
Quincy, MA
Group Name: The Shore SafePlace Group
Contact Person: Kim Kates
(617) 536-2460
safeplace@samaritanshope.org
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 2nd & 4th Thursdays, 7 to 9 PM
Charge: No
Newsletter: No

Sherborn
The Family Loss Project
26 Curve Street
Sherborn, MA 01770
Group Name: Suicide Grief Support Group
Contact Person: John R. Jordan, Ph.D. (Director)
(508) 653-1609
Leadership Type: Prof
Meetings/Month: 2
Charge: Yes
Newsletter: No
Additional Information: Please call for meeting times and dates.

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