Every day we have more families experiencing mourning generated by homicides, accidents and violence, and this has caused some psychological problems for people in this situation. This study is a report of the professional experience at Hospital Mauá with a self-help group for bereaved patients, aiming to share the experience and disseminate this work. Through fifteen meetings pre-structured according to the demand of the group was possible to work various topics related to the loss, which have influenced the participants and at the same time provided comfort and a possibility of identification and exchange, and hence the resurgence of self-confidence in the participants. By means of the link theory with practice, it is evident that the group care for people in grief is a viable alternative that has brought positive and inspiring results, and its dissemination is important to broaden horizons and create new possibilities.
Death; bereavement; group