When a loved one dies, you may experience a wide range of emotions and feel like you aren’t capable of working through them on your own. There is no ‘right way’ to grieve, and your grief journey may not follow the same path as that of your family and friends. Our compassionate staff at Spilsbury Mortuary & Cremation Service wants to help you find grief resources in St. George and Hurricane, UT, that can offer you peace, support, and guidance as you navigate your feelings. We can assist you in locating professional grief support, grief support groups, and support from a spiritual leader in your community. 

Understanding Different Types of Grief

In addition to different grief stages, you may experience one or more different types of grief during your healing process.:

• Anticipatory Grief – This type of grief occurs when you anticipate someone’s death due to an illness, injury, disease, or accident.
• Complicated Grief – Complicated grief is a type of chronic grief during which you cycle through different stages of grief for more than a year after your loss. This type of grief causes physical and mental health issues and can significantly interfere with your daily life.
• Uncomplicated Grief—Uncomplicated grief follows the stages of grief, gets worse over time, and then subsides or becomes more manageable.
• Inhibited Grief – Inhibited grief occurs when you can’t take the time to process your feelings or you repress your feelings. It can cause physical and mental health issues.
• Delayed Grief – This happens when your feelings or stages of grief are delayed or appear later than you would expect them to.

A grief support group is a community resource typically provided by a local community agency or religious organization. A grief support group can also be organized by a person or people who have lost loved ones to a specific disease, illness, or circumstance and who want to provide support to others who are going through the same thing. During grief support group meetings, attendees can share stories, memories, and feelings with others and receive guidance and support. Some groups are very structured and provide formal therapeutic guidance, while others are more casual and allow members to guide the structure of each meeting.

Attending a grief support group might be easier or more manageable than receiving one-on-one counseling or support. If you feel like you can’t handle being the center of attention or don’t want the intensity or formality of individual grief counseling, you should consider attending a grief support group. There are many benefits of group grief counseling, including:

• Sharing feelings, thoughts, and information with others.
• Getting insight and advice from people who are going through the same thing you are.
• Developing coping mechanisms.
• Finding hope.
• Getting emotional release and avoiding the risk of hiding your feelings or masking your grief.

To get the support you need, it's important that you find a grief support group or grief resources that work for you. Otherwise, you may avoid going, or you might not get anything positive from the experience. Our staff can help you explore grief resources in your area, and we can put you in touch with community grief support groups or religious or spiritual grief support resources in your area.

Spilsbury Mortuary & Cremation Service can help you find grief resources in St. George and Hurricane, UT. We understand that grief is highly personal and complex and that any stage of grief can be debilitating. We want to support you in your grief journey and help you explore community resources and grief support groups that can offer guidance and help you understand that you are not alone. Call or contact us online to speak with one of our compassionate staff members about finding support in the grieving process.