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Online Murder-Suicide Support Groups
Losing someone to murder-suicide is a life-changing experience that can leave survivors feeling isolated and misunderstood. MSL Network offers online murder-suicide support groups where survivors can connect with others who truly understand this unique type of loss. Our groups provide a safe, confidential, and compassionate space to share experiences, receive encouragement, and begin healing together.
What Is a Murder-Suicide Support Group?
We offer peer-led groups run by a member of our board. Any of our members can join us for 1.5 hours where we hold space for all to talk, or just listen.
Our groups are:
confidential
supportive
judgement-free
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Who Can Join?
Anyone who is a survivor:
- spouses
-parents
-children
-siblings
-extended family
-friends
-co-survivors
-community members
What to Expect During a Meeting
We do a round of introductions so everyone is familiar with each other and their stories.
We offer a place to share stories, ask questions, listen and hold space for each other.
Members can provide resources that have worked for them.
Why Specialized Support Matters
Murder-Suicide loss grief is different than suicide loss, homicide loss, natural, or accidental death.
Our losses are complex because we often love someone that was violent in their last moments. It can be helpful to be in a space with other survivors so that we can feel free to talk about the complicated nature of our grief with people who understand us because they have experienced similar tragedies.
Murder-suicide survivors often feel like no one else can really understand what they are going through. We understand.
Upcoming Support Group Meetings
How To Join
We begin by booking an intake Zoom call for you with two members of our team. After you meet with us and agree to our community guidelines, we will send out invitations to join our support group. You will then be provided with the password to access the website's member area.
MSLN Support Group Rules
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Must be 18 years of age or older.
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Understand we are not an early crisis or trauma group.
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Must be willing to share contact information with the group leads for emergency use only.
We offer peer-support groups. These groups are not meant to replace professional therapy, but rather to be a safe, compassionate place where we can share our stories openly, without fear of judgment.
Here, we are each other’s witnesses, companions, and supporters. By listening to one another, we can begin to find meaning, strength, and even small moments of healing in the midst of our grief.
Our intention is to offer gentle, constructive ways to grieve, cope, and care for ourselves. Together, we can challenge the feelings of shame or stigma that so often accompany this type of loss, and instead move toward compassion—for ourselves and for each other.
By participating in group you are agreeing to respect the confidentiality of everyone here. Members of the group and what they share should not be repeated outside of this meeting.
We ask our participants to respect everyone’s feelings and opinions, even if they are not the same as your own. The group works best when participants stick to sharing their own experiences and listening with compassion to the experiences of others. Please avoid giving unsolicited advice when speaking to one another, but please feel free to share what has or has not worked for you.