Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas
San Antonio's dedicated center for grieving children, teens, and their families.
Grief Support San Antonio, TX
Grief support groups in San Antonio
Real, local places to take your grief in San Antonio — starting with the city's dedicated grief organizations. The San Antonio area has 140 Medicare-certified hospice programs in this metro alone, every one required to offer bereavement support — and the 6 nonprofit ones below are where free community grief groups usually live.
Local & Verified
San Antonio’s dedicated grief organizations
Established local centers whose whole mission is grief support.
The Ecumenical Center — Life After Loss
A free six-week grief group led by trained bereavement facilitators, open to anyone who has lost a loved one.
The Hospice Route
Hospice grief programs open to the San Antonio community
Every Medicare-certified hospice must offer bereavement support, and nonprofit hospices in particular usually run free grief groups open to anyone — whether or not your person was in their care. Call and ask for the bereavement coordinator.
- Hope HospiceNew Braunfels, TX · Nonprofit · Medicare-certified since 1988 · (830) 625-7500
- Guadalupe Regional HospiceSeguin, TX · Government · Medicare-certified since 1990 · (830) 401-7561
- Peterson HospiceKerrville, TX · Nonprofit · Medicare-certified since 2008 · (830) 258-7799
- Blue Skies HospiceSan Antonio, TX · Nonprofit · Medicare-certified since 2009 · (210) 838-6340
- Transcend HospiceSan Antonio, TX · Government · Medicare-certified since 2019 · (210) 994-5388
- EdenhospiceNew Braunfels, TX · Nonprofit · Medicare-certified since 2022 · (830) 500-2435
Plus 134 more Medicare-certified hospices across the metro — every one searchable, with inspection results and family ratings, on Medicare Care Compare. All of them provide bereavement support to families in their care; the nonprofit and government ones above are the likeliest to run open community groups.
Loss-Specific & Meeting Locally
National networks with groups in the San Antonio area
These come straight from each network’s own chapter locator — real groups, run by people who have lived the same loss.
After a suicide loss · Survivors of Suicide Loss groups
- SOLOSSan Antonio, TX
- SOLOS Survivors of Loved Ones' Suicide EspanolSan Antonio, TX
- Survivors of Suicide Loss GroupSchertz, TX
Meeting times and contacts are on AFSP’s support group finder. More support after suicide loss →
For grieving children & teens · NACG member centers
- Cozy Cottage Counseling, PLLCTexas, United States
- Camp Agape- Agape Grief RecoveryTexas, United States
- Hampel-Wuest Hope & Grief Center- Hope Hospice FoundationTexas, United States
Members of the National Alliance for Children’s Grief serving the San Antonio area. More support for children & teens →
By Type of Loss
Groups that fit your specific loss
A widow, a bereaved parent, and someone mourning a dog need different rooms. These pages list the national networks — most with San Antonio chapters or weekly online groups.
Loss of a Spouse or PartnerLoss of a ChildPregnancy & Infant LossPet LossSuicide LossMilitary & Veteran LossChildren & TeensLoss of a Parent
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Questions
What families ask
Are grief support groups in San Antonio really free?
Mostly, yes. Hospice bereavement groups are free — Medicare requires the service — and nonprofit grief centers are typically free or donation-based. If a fee ever blocks you, say so; it is almost always waived.
How do I actually use this hospice list?
Call one nonprofit hospice near you and ask for the bereavement coordinator — that person’s job includes knowing every grief group in the area, including ones no website lists. You do not need to have used the hospice, and there is nothing to sign up for. One call, one question: “What grief groups are meeting near me right now?”
What if I need a group for my specific loss?
Start with our loss-type pages — spouse, child, pet, suicide loss and more. The national networks there run local chapters and scheduled online groups, which is often the fastest route to a room that fits.
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