Pet
Grief Counseling by phone
(Updated 06/30/11)
Our Beloved Pets Counseling
Renee Terry, M.Ed. LPC
Counseling by phone
520-603-8319
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine support line.
Monday-Friday 9am – 6pm.
(865)755-8839
Ohio State Universtiy College of Veterinary Medicine
(614) 292-1823.
Monday -- Friday 6:30 PM -- 9:30 PM and Saturday and Sunday 10 AM -- 4PM.
Hotline coverage is dependent on volunteer availability.
Pet Loss Support Hotline
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
(607) 253-3932
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
6-9pm EST
http://www.vet.cornell.edu/Org/Petloss/
The Iams Company maintains a special toll-free number
for grieving pet owners.
The Iams Pet Loss Support Center & Hotline can be reached at:
1-888-332-7738 Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm Eastern Time.
Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital Pet Loss Support
Services.
Providing free pet loss support groups in the Portland, Oregon area since
1986.
24 hour message line (503) 234-2061.
Long distance calls will be returned collect.
E-mails can be sent to grief counselor, Director of Pet Loss Support Services,
Enid Traisman, MSW at etjournl@teleport .com.
Visit their website at www.dovelewis.org
In New Jersey
St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center
Meg M. Struble
Vice President of Operations
575 Woodland Avenue
Madison, NJ 07940
(973) 377-7094.
For the past 8 years they have offered pet loss support group sessions
at no cost every Tuesday evening at their facility.
Individual sessions are also available for a nominal fee.
The Rainbow Passage - Pet Loss Support and Bereavement Center
Charlene Douglas
1528 E. River Rd.
Grafton, WI 53024
The telephone number for The Rainbow Passage is (414) 376-0340 (please
leave a message on the voice mail and your call will be returned as soon
as possible).
http://members.tripod.com/~Cheyene/rainbow.html
Email: douglasc@execpc.com or douglasc@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu
Telephone, written correspondence, and Internet pet loss support is free
of charge.
Also a Pet Loss Packet of information is available free upon request.
Individual and group support sessions are also available.
Charlene has a MS in Counseling, is a Ph.D. candidate in Psychology, and
has been doing pet loss counseling for the last 8 years.
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
Pet loss support program hotline:
Phone (877) 474-3310
College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois
Website - http://vetmed.illinois.edu/
The C.A.R.E. Helpline is staffed by veterinary students who have have
received training by professional grief counselors and receive ongoing
supervision by a licensed psychologist.
People who are either grieving the loss of a companion animal, or are anticipating
a loss are encouraged to call our toll-free line at : 877/394-CARE. If
you are in the Champaign-Urbana area, our local telephone number is 217/244-CARE
(2273)
The Animal Medical Center
New York City, (212) 838 8100
Chicago Illinois VMA, (630) 325-1600 anytime,
Calls will be returned 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
(Long distance calls will be returned "collect")
University of Florida Pet Loss Support Hotline, Gainesville,
(352) 294-4430.
Calls will be returned between 9 and 4 Monday through Thursday.
Website - http://neuro.vetmed.ufl.edu/alt_med/petgrief/petloss.htm
This hotline will call back anyone, anywhere, at no cost to the
caller.
Michigan State University School of Veterinary Medicine,
From 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM Eastern Time Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (517)
432 2696
Iowa State University Toll-free Pet-Loss Support Hotline
1-888-478-7574 (toll-free)
Hours of operation: September-April: 7 days a week, 6:00- 9:00 p.m. CST
May-August: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 6:00-9:00 p.m. CST
Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine Pet Loss
Support Hotline
(508) 839-7966 Monday through Friday. 6-9 PM EST 24-hour voice-mail.
The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Philadelphia, (215) 898 4529
The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Tuesday, Thursday, 6-9 PM Eastern Time (540) 231 8038
Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Pet Loss Partnership, Pullman, WA (509) 335 5704
Phones are Staffed Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 6:30 - 9:00 PM and Saturday
1:00-3:00 PM Pacific Time
Messages can be left 24 hours a day. All messages will be returned as soon
as possible
Jean
Griffin
Registered Psychologist
Strathfield
Sydney NSW
Australia
Telephone (02) 9763 1104
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