The following are support groups and counselors who specialize in helping families who have experienced the loss of a pregnancy or a baby at any time. If you know of other groups or counselors that should be added to this list, please contact Amy Carr.
Central Texas-based Support Groups
Covenant Presbyterian Church Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Group
3003 Northland Dr., Austin, Texas 78757 | Phone: (512) 454-5231
Member-led group that meets the second Monday of each month from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Faces of Loss, Faces of Hope
Faces of Loss, Faces of Hope has created Face2Face Friendship Groups as a means of getting women together, face-to-face, who have experienced a loss of a child, whether it was by miscarriage, stillbirth or infant loss. They meet every other Sunday in the greater Austin area at various locations such as coffee houses, restaurants and parks. Their goal is to encourage long-lasting friendships, and to provide a place for safe and open grief sharing in a supportive environment. Please RSVP by emailing the Group Leader, Annette Benavides.
For the Love of Christi
2306 Hancock Dr, Austin, Tx, 78756 | 512-467-2600
A non-profit, non-denominational organization that provides free grief support for anyone who has lost a loved one regardless of circumstances. Library is available. Meetings each Monday from 7:00–9:00 p.m. and Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Hospice Austin
Hospice Austin offers Families in Grief, a 6-week bereavement counseling program, to assist grieving families with children ages 6-18. The program is open to anyone in the community. The meetings are held at Hospice Austin’s offices at 4107 Spicewood Springs Rd, Austin, 78759. The kids will be grouped with others near their age who have experienced similar losses; they will be encouraged to express their feelings through discussion, art, storytelling, and play. Their caregivers will meet separately to learn how to nurture themselves and their children through the grief process.
Other eight-week support groups for adults are available including loss of a spouse/partner, loss of a parent, loss of a sibling, loss of an adult child and a sudden loss.
My Healing Place
405 W 22nd St., Austin, Texas 78705 | (512) 472-7878
My Healing Place is a nonprofit organization whose mission it is to assist children and adults as they move from loss to life through support, therapy, education, training and consultation throughout the greater Austin area. They offer individual counseling, play therapy, support groups and retreats to serve all individuals who are in need of grief, loss, and trauma-related services, regardless of ability to pay.
St. Paul Lutheran Church – Griefshare Support Group
3501 Red River, Austin, Texas 78705 | Phone: (512) 472-8301
Christian-based 13-week support group, which is always open to new members and the community at-large. Services are offered free of charge. Simply call for information about dates and meeting times.
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center - Pregnancy and Infant Loss Groups
2400 Round Rock Ave., Round Rock, Texas 78681 | Phone: (512) 341-1000
Meetings are held the third Thursday of each month in classroom #3 located on the 1st floor behind the gift shop at from 7 PM-8:30 PM. Call for information.
- Pregnancy Loss/Infant Death – First and Third Thursday
- Subsequent Pregnancy after loss – Second Thursday
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome – Fourth Sunday
St. David’s South Austin Medical Center – Pregnancy Loss Support Group
901 W. Ben White Blvd. Austin, Texas 78704 | Phone: (512) 447-2211 or Bonnie: (512) 791-2668
South Austin Medical Center, Support Group for those who have suffered an infant’s death through miscarriage or newborn death. Meets every Sunday starting at 2:00 p.m. Please call for more information.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Austin and Central Texas: Burial Assistance Fund & Bereavement Support
1315 Barbara Jordan Boulevard, Austin, Texas 78723 | (512) 472-9844
RMHC Charities of Austin and Central Texas ensures that families who have lost children due to illness or injury are not left without resources. Their Healing Hearts program provides burial assistance funds and bereavement support groups to families throughout the Austin area.
Central Texas Grief Counselors
Blaine H. Carr, Ph.D.
3215 Steck Avenue, Ste. 100, Austin,TX 78757| Phone: 512-452-2929 x22| Email: bcarr[at]austin.rr.com
Blaine H. Carr, PhD, is a Licensed Psychologist in private practice in North Austin. He specializes in assessment and psychotherapy for adults, children, and couples. Areas of expertise include – but are not limited to – Adjustment Difficulties, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Anxiety, Chronic Pain, Depression, Grief/Loss, Panic Attacks, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Premature Birth of a Child, Medical Rehabilitation. Relationship Issues, Stress and Coping, Substance Abuse, and Trauma. * Blaine is the father to a daughter who was born at 35 weeks and has a unique, personal perspective on the issues affecting our families.
Kelly Boyd, PsyD
400 W Main St, Round Rock, TX 78664| Phone: 512-733-5224
Dr. Kelly Boyd is a licensed clinical psychologist in Austin, Texas. She is the founder of The Center for Counseling and Reproductive Psychology and currently maintains a full time private practice. Her area of expertise involves working with various reproductive traumas including infertility, miscarriage, high risk pregnancy/delivery, pregnancy and postpartum mood disorders, perinatal grief and loss, hysterectomy and menopause.
Worth Kilcrease, LPC
4833 Spicewood Springs Road, Suite 101, Austin, Texas 78759 | (512) 658-2674
Worth Kilcrease is a licensed professional counselor and fellow in thanatology whose practice emphasizes end-of-life, bereavement, and grief counseling in Austin, Texas with a specialty in pregnancy and infant loss.
Online Support Groups and Other Support Organizations
Center for Loss in Multiple Birth Support
Non-profit organization based in Anchorage, Alaska, serving families and others throughout the United States, Canada and beyond. Their mission is to provide parent-to-parent support for those who have experienced the death of one or more of our twins or higher multiple birth children at any time from conception through birth, infancy and early childhood.
Share Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support
St. Charles, Missouri-based nonprofit with chapters around the U.S. whose mission is to serve those whose lives are touched by the tragic death of a baby through early pregnancy loss, stillbirth, or in the first few months of life. Its website lists the location of chapters with support groups, has a message board for parents, in addition to other resources.
Baby and Bump
A site with a number of forums including loss support.
Inspire – Preemie Group
This site has very active online support forums for parents of preemies from birth and beyond. Although it’s not specifically geared to bereavement, a good number of posts appear on the site regularly.
