Helping Parents Heal

Our 28 Caring Listeners are willing to talk in person, by phone, or by Zoom. They each are bereaved parents who have moved forward and want to help others. The Caring Listeners are led by Dr. Mark Pitstick and Lynn Hollahan. We have Spanish-Speaking, French-speaking, Italian-Speaking, Cantonese-Speaking, Romanian-Speaking and Hindi-Speaking and Russian-Speaking Caring Listeners as well.
Our Caring Listeners understand and have been on this path of healing, navigating the way with the help of others. They offer this help to other parents as well, with a shoulder to lean on, a voice of comfort, and resources.
They cannot counsel parents, but they can guide them in a direction that feels safe. Caring Listeners are all available to do whatever we can to provide tools and peace. This service is free of charge.

Helping Parents Heal currently has 130 Affiliate Groups located in the US, Canada, the UK, South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand. The groups are led by parents who have also had children pass. They held in-person meetings until the pandemic, and now continue to hold meetings at least once a month by Zoom. We also have many special-interest Affiliate Groups, including Helping Fathers Heal and Helping Siblings Heal.

The Helping Parents Heal Main Group holds Zoom meetings 3 times a week, MT and Th from 8 - 9 pm EST. These meetings are open to all parents, all over the world, and they are recorded for those who are not able to attend. We invite experts from the Grief and Afterlife communities to present during these meetings, and the YouTube videos are available on our website. We currently have over 200 healing YouTube presentations available to parents, siblings and family members of children who have passed.