An Open Letter to Pediatricians

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August 2011

In your busy practice, assisting patients and parents with difficult news must be challenging. One of the hardest situations for new parents to face is the loss of their child for inexplicable reasons. I am writing to inform you of an on-going support group for families who are grieving the death of child due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Begun three years ago by parents in the community who have faced this loss, and facilitated by an experienced therapist, this group is free. It is run on a drop-in basis at Greenwich House, 27 Barrow Street in the Village area of Manhattan on the second Monday of every month at 6:30pm (with a break in July and August). Our next meeting is on September 12th. An outpouring of generosity from the community through direct contributions and through the First Candle Organization has resulted in the group being fully-funded for the next two years.

By way of introduction, I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in private practice for over eight years. I have been the group facilitator of the Sudden Infant Death Bereavement Support group for three years and have been the Director for over one year. I offer psychotherapy to adults in a private practice located on Fifth Avenue and 20^th Street for those who prefer individual attention and offer sliding scale fees for those services on a case-by-case basis. I have post-graduate training in psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis and specialized training and experience working with those who have endured a trauma. Please visit: www.jneely4psychotherapy.com for more information about my practice.

I sincerely hope that you never need to refer anyone to the group, but should you need to, please know that this resource is available.

Feel free to contact me directly at 212-946-5052 with questions or referrals. I am at your service as is the group.

Warm best regards,

Jennifer A. Neely, LCSW