Grief Support Network Map

How to use it

1. Choose what each node or route will mean for you.
2. Add supports that are actually available, including people, places, communities, routines, and professionals.
3. Mark barriers, strained connections, limits, and unavailable routes without treating them as failure.
4. Add an access plan and backup where possible; keep identifying details private if needed.

Reflection prompts

• Which support is most reachable for the kind of need you have?
• What practical barrier or backup deserves more planning?

Facilitator guidance

Verify availability, role, consent, accessibility, cost, transportation, timing, and privacy rather than assuming a full network. Distinguish companionship, practical help, clinical support, cultural/community support, and urgent local help.

Adaptations & accessibility

• Use initials, roles, coded labels, or a securely stored version.
• Replace the map with a list, calendar, transit plan, or phone menu.
• Include remote, sensory-accessible, language-accessible, and practical supports.

Review considerations

Enhanced licensed grief-specialist, safeguarding, and local-resource review required before use; do not assume family or community connections are safe, available, or wanted.