The Christi Center
Always Here After Your Loss
How We Help
For 25 years, The Christi Center has offered free, ongoing grief support groups to children, teens and adults who are adjusting to life after the death of a loved one. We offer 21 loss-specific support groups a month, including: loss of a child, loss of a spouse, mixed adult loss (parent, sibling, friend, etc.), loss to …
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What to Say
Grief is a common experience that we will all share, but it is still sometimes difficult to know what to say or do to help a grieving person. We can all learn how to better support each other when grieving. There are many things you can say to help comfort and support someone who is grieving, including …
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What to Do
When someone we know is hurting, our first instinct is to want to do something to make that person “ better”. Accept that there is nothing you can do to lessen their grief, but you can make the grieving process less isolating and help healing begin. A few ways you can do this
Reach out – Don’t avoid the person. …
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Where to Go
3,000 Central Texans a year rely on The Christi Center to help them through the grief journey. Different people grieve in different ways and need different kinds of support. Some find being with others who have experienced similar losses is helpful. At The Christi Center we help connect people with others who understand …
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Christi Center Blog
Kids Who Kare Interactive Drumming
At our most recent Kids Who Kare group, our kids along with their parents and guardians had the opportunity to participate in an interactive drumming activity. Kenya Masala, drumming facilitator and Director at X8 Interactive Drumming, provided drums and a variety of percussion instruments and led families in an hour-long drumming program. This [...]
Help For Me
Are you grieving the loss of someone you love? We can help you heal - and teach others in your life how to support you, too. Need help?
Helping My Friend/Family Member
Are you unsure about what to say or do to help a friend or family member who is grieving? We can
I’m a Helping Professional
Are you looking for additional resources to support clients, patients, employees, or others who are grieving?