Asking is not signing anything
A conversation can help you understand what is happening, what options are available, and what support may be helpful.
You do not have to carry grief alone.
Treasure Coast Hospice provides professional grief counseling, support groups, and community programs for adults, children, and families navigating loss — open to anyone in Martin, St. Lucie, and Okeechobee counties, regardless of whether your loved one was in our care.
You do not have to know if it is time before you call
Hospice care supports people with advanced illness when comfort, quality of life, and time with family become the priority. Choosing hospice is not giving up. It is a specialized benefit that brings pain management, symptom relief, emotional support, spiritual care, and practical guidance to the patient and family.
The plan is personal
Care is guided by the patient's goals, faith, family structure, culture, and definition of comfort.
Rooted in the Treasure Coast
As a community-based not-for-profit, Treasure Coast Hospice cares for local families regardless of ability to pay.
Expert care brought directly to you
Most hospice care is provided wherever the patient lives. When symptoms require short-term intensive management, Treasure Coast Hospice also offers dedicated inpatient settings close to home.
Private Homes
Clinical visits, medications, equipment coordination, caregiver teaching, and emotional support are brought into the familiar setting of home.
Assisted Living and Nursing Facilities
Our team partners with assisted living residences and nursing facilities to add specialized hospice support around the patient and their caregivers.
Dedicated Inpatient Units
The Hay-Madeira and Harper Inpatient Units in Stuart and The Lynch Pavilion in Fort Pierce provide short-term care for acute symptoms that cannot be managed at home.
Counselors who have dedicated their careers to this work.
The grief support team at Treasure Coast Hospice includes licensed mental health professionals with deep, specialized experience in loss, trauma, and bereavement. They are clinicians who chose this work because it matters. When a family picks up the phone for the first time, there is always a person on the other end who is ready to listen.
Licensed grief counselors
Individual sessions for adults, teens, and families navigating any type of loss — from anticipated and long-expected to sudden and traumatic. Our counselors hold licensure as LMFTs, LMHCs, and LCSWs.
Trauma specialists
Clinicians with backgrounds in trauma, crisis intervention, and EMDR — a clinically validated approach for processing grief tied to sudden loss, accident, or suicide.
Bilingual counselors
Grief counseling is available in both English and Spanish. Ask about Spanish-language services when you call.
Children's grief specialists
Counselors with specific training in working with children and teens affected by loss, supporting Good Grief peer groups and Camp Good Grief throughout the year.
Bereavement specialists
Dedicated staff who serve as the first point of contact for families reaching out, helping people understand what is available and feel confident taking the next step.
Types of support
Grief is personal. Support can be too.
There is no single right way to grieve, and there is no single right form of support. Our team works with each person to understand what has happened, what they are experiencing, and what kind of help feels right.
01Individual counseling
One-on-one support, at your pace.
Individual sessions offer a private space to process what you are going through without judgment and without a script. A counselor listens, helps you make sense of your experience, and works with you at whatever pace feels right.
Available for adults and teens navigating any type of loss, including sudden, traumatic, or complicated grief.02Support groups
Shared experience can reduce the isolation grief creates.
Support groups bring together people navigating similar losses in a safe, facilitated environment. Participants often find that their most confusing emotions — guilt, anger, relief — are not unusual, and hearing others puts words to feelings that were hard to name alone.
Groups are available for different types of loss and life stages. A counselor can help identify which group may be the right fit.03Children and teen support
Grief looks different at every age. So does healing.
Children and teenagers process loss differently than adults, and they need support that meets them where they are — through play, conversation, and connection with peers who understand. Good Grief youth and teen groups are open to young people across the community.
Good Grief groups are open at no cost to siblings of Little Treasures patients and to young people in the community who have experienced a loss.
Community-based. Nonprofit. Here long before you call, and long after.
Agnes Palmer, Executive Director, Treasure Coast Hospice FoundationAn 82-year-old man came to our Lakeside Stroll and told me it was the first time in his life he had ever been given an opportunity to grieve. His culture was: you lose somebody, you bury them, and that's it. That moment is why we do this.
Who we serve, and how to reach us.
The Thomas Counseling Center serves adults, children, and families in Martin, St. Lucie, and Okeechobee counties who have experienced any type of loss — anticipated or sudden, recent or long past. No referral is required before you call, and no family is turned away due to financial hardship.
Call or reach out
Call 772-403-4530 to speak with our team. There is no form to complete before your first call, and speaking with us is not a commitment to counseling.
Talk with a counselor
A licensed counselor listens to what you are going through, answers your questions, and helps you understand what kinds of support are available.
Find the right fit
Based on what you share, the team recommends individual counseling, a support group, Camp Good Grief, or a combination of approaches.
Begin at your pace
Whether you start with a single session or a longer-term commitment, the counseling team works with you on your timeline and your terms.
Receive ongoing support
Grief does not end on a schedule, and neither does our support. The team remains available to clients for as long as support is helpful.
Going further for the community we serve.
Through the Treasure Coast Hospice Foundation and long-standing community programs, the grief support team reaches beyond individual sessions to offer meaningful experiences, group connection, and educational resources to anyone in the Treasure Coast navigating loss.
Camp Good Grief
An annual overnight weekend retreat for children and teens ages 8 to 18. Grief activities are woven throughout alongside traditional camp experiences. No family is turned away due to financial hardship.
Call to ask about the next sessionGood Grief Youth and Teen Groups
Year-round peer support groups for young people who have experienced a loss, including siblings of Little Treasures patients. Groups meet regularly and are open at no cost to all eligible participants.
Learn moreCommunity Remembrance Ceremonies
Throughout the year, Treasure Coast Hospice gathers the community to honor those who have passed. The Lakeside Stroll and other remembrance events at the Stuart and Fort Pierce campuses offer a space for collective grief and communal healing.
About the FoundationGrief Resource Library
Educational materials on anticipatory grief, traumatic loss, supporting children through loss, and navigating the holidays after a death. Ask a counselor about available resources when you call.
Contact us
Whenever you are ready to talk, we are here.
Our grief counselors are available to anyone in the Treasure Coast community who is navigating loss. No referral needed. No commitment to start. Just a conversation with someone who genuinely wants to help.