Kara

Kara Kara provides bereavement support to children, teens, families and adults. Kara is dedicated to ensuring that therapy services are accessible to the community.

Our vision is to see people of all ages compassionately supported on their journey through grief so they can move toward renewed hope and meaning. Kara services offer emotional support and information to those grieving a death or coping with a terminal illness. Kara provides a safe place to express and normalize feelings of grief, to learn to integrate grief and move forward with renewed hope and meaning. Kara offers both peer support and therapy

Kara peer services are provided by volunteers with experience in healing from their own personal loss; volunteers who are carefully screened, trained and supervised. Donations are gratefully accepted as we do not charge a fee for peer support services. Grief therapy services are provided by interns who have completed their course requirements and are working on their client hours for licensing. Therefore Kara provides services for a reasonable fee and program staff will be happy to discuss the fee schedule with you. Kara does not espouse a particular religion or philosophy. We encourage those we serve to draw strength from their own personal spiritual beliefs, family, friends and other community resources to build sustaining support.

NACG's 2026 National Webcast is tomorrow! Join Kara IN PERSON in Palo Alto for an educational day around trauma-responsi...
03/02/2026

NACG's 2026 National Webcast is tomorrow! Join Kara IN PERSON in Palo Alto for an educational day around trauma-responsive grief support.

For more information about the event as well as how to RSVP, please go to our website:

https://kara-grief.org/NACGKaraWebcast26

Exciting news for Kara's upcoming Spring Fundraiser soon! Be on the lookout for our newsletter or social media announcem...
02/28/2026

Exciting news for Kara's upcoming Spring Fundraiser soon! Be on the lookout for our newsletter or social media announcement coming with more info and the website to buy tickets!


Just a few more days until this wonderful webcast from the NACG!Join Kara for the 2026 NACG National Webcast, Trauma-Res...
02/25/2026

Just a few more days until this wonderful webcast from the NACG!

Join Kara for the 2026 NACG National Webcast, Trauma-Responsive Grief Support for Youth & Families Impacted by Homicide Deaths. This in-person gathering invites grief and mental health professionals and paraprofessionals to come together to engage in an interactive national webcast and learn in community with others committed to trauma-responsive care. The program will be presented by Samantha Anthony, MS, LPC; Sam Middleton, MS; and Katherine Streit, MSW, LCSW, MSED, and will offer continuing education credits for an additional fee.


"That is it, I think: the great tragedy at the centre of everything is not that the world is empty or evil or ugly, but ...
02/23/2026

"That is it, I think: the great tragedy at the centre of everything is not that the world is empty or evil or ugly, but that it's full of immeasurably beautiful things that tend towards decay. I'm still unsure if I can accept the idea of grief as a final form of love, but I understand intimately, now, its fundamental truth: horror and pain and loss do not exist in opposition to love, but as affirmation of it. All this terror because of all this beauty. All this just to have something worthwhile to ruin."

- Sisyphus


Grief Chats: Roots & Resilience
02/21/2026

Grief Chats: Roots & Resilience


Kara invites all youth aged 12 through 25 to join us for the next installment of grief work with allcove!
02/19/2026

Kara invites all youth aged 12 through 25 to join us for the next installment of grief work with allcove!


"The stars will go out before I forget you."- Cassandra Clare
02/17/2026

"The stars will go out before I forget you."

- Cassandra Clare


“Grief is a heart-wrenchingly painful problem for the brain to solve, and grieving necessitates learning to live in the ...
02/14/2026

“Grief is a heart-wrenchingly painful problem for the brain to solve, and grieving necessitates learning to live in the world with the absence of someone you love deeply, who is ingrained in your understanding of the world. This means that for the brain, your loved one is simultaneously gone and also everlasting, and you are walking through two worlds at the same time. You are navigating your life despite the fact that they have been stolen from you, a premise that makes no sense, and that is both confusing and upsetting.”

- Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor


Kara is excited to be a local webinar viewing host for the National Alliance for Children's Grief National Webcast. This...
02/11/2026

Kara is excited to be a local webinar viewing host for the National Alliance for Children's Grief National Webcast. This annual event is popular with organizations across the country as it is an opportunity to convene and engage your community. Join us IN PERSON for this NO FEE educational conference.

For more information and to RSVP, please go to:

https://kara-grief.org/news/2026-nacg-spring-webcast/

Este grupo es para adultos que han perdido a un ser querido por causas inesperadas, como por ejemplo homicidio, suicidio...
02/09/2026

Este grupo es para adultos que han perdido a un ser querido por causas inesperadas, como por ejemplo homicidio, suicidio, accidente, sobredosis, etc. Enfrentar estas muertes es muy devastador, confuso, impactante, pero por sobre todo trágico. Nuestra intención es crear un espacio cálido, respetuoso y compasivo para compartir el impacto y las repercusiones que ha tenido la pérdida de un ser querido de manera inesperada. Los invitamos para elaborar este duelo y experiencia, así como recibir herramientas para ayudarle a transitar y expresar su dolor.

https://kara-grief.org/events/grupo-de-apoyo-para-perdidas-inesperadas-invierno-2026/

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457 Kingsley Avenue
Palo Alto, CA
94301

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Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 1pm

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