All RU and HAN students are welcome. The intention is that you attend all meetings. Our experience has shown that participation in the group makes sense for yourself if it has been longer since your loved one died (at least six months or more ago anyway). If you only said goodbye a few months ago, it is more difficult to participate in this group, because the grief weighs too heavily on your feelings and experience. Expressing them is then also much more difficult. The grief has not really 'sunk in' yet, as it were; the loss has not yet sunk in. The grief you carry with you is still there after a long time (even many years). The further along you are in the process, the more you can benefit from the grief group because sharing experiences and dwelling on them can be very rewarding. Students who have lost someone at short notice often drop out of the meetings, which is very unpleasant for the other members of the group. Therefore, you should only join if the loss occurred at least six months ago or longer.
Of course, there is always the possibility to sign up for a personal conversation with one of the chaplains.
Themes of the meetings
- Meeting 1: your personal experience - grief and mourning in your life
- Meeting 2: vulnerability and obstacles - what do you feel and what do you struggle with
- Meeting 3: identity - are you still the same, how have you changed or are changing
- Meeting 4: positive experiences - what makes you feel good
- Meeting 5: relationship - how are you connected
- Meeting 6: future - how to move forward