HEARTBEAT is a non-profit organization created by LaRita Archibald following the loss of her son to suicide in 1980. We are a peer support group offering empathy, encouragement, and direction following the suicide of a loved one.
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"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear."
~CS Lewis
OUR MISSION
To offer empathy, comfort, relief from
isolation, and to role model healthy
adjustment to the loss in a safe,
judgment-free environment to anyone
touched by suicide.
OUR PURPOSE
To resolve the grief for the cause of
the death in order to achieve healthy
reconciliation with the loss, to restore
hope, joy and wholeness within the lives
of suicide bereaved.
WHY IT WORKS
All participants are survivors, normalizes suicide grief, validates suicide loss,
defines grief work after suicide,
role models resolution, assures
suicide is survivable.
Disclaimer: HEARTBEAT is not a substitute for professional mental health assistance. If you or someone you care about is suicidal, call your physician, your local mental health agency, 911, or 1-800-SUICIDE immediately.
SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS
Heartbeat - Colorado Springs
Our Survivor Support Group meetings take place the 1st Tuesday and 1st Wednesday of every month. All are welcome. There is never a fee.
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1st Tuesday, 7pm - 9pm (in person meeting)
4811 Bliss Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO
1st Wednesday, 7 pm - 9 pm (Zoom meeting)
Please contact us via this form for the Zoom link.​
​Heartbeat - Denver/Lakewood/Littleton
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Meetings: 2nd Thursday of every month,
7 - 9 PM
Location: Office of Kim Moore
2750 S. Wadsworth Avenue,
Suite D102
Denver, CO 80227
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​Heartbeat - Aurora and Wheatridge Chapter
Meetings: Meet via Zoom only:
1st and Last Tuesday every month
Angela Rouse and Judee Rosenthal. (facilitators)
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Contact:
Kevin & Betty Van Thournout
Meeting Facilitators
719. 229.9657
Contact:
Lisa Sjoden 720-272-3753 text only please.
Alexandra Wyman
Greg Hilbert
856-325-9421
SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS
Heartbeat - Colorado Springs
Our Survivor Support Group meetings take place the 1st Tuesday and 1st Wednesday of every month. All are welcome. There is never a fee.
​
1st Tuesday, 7pm - 9pm (in person meeting)
4811 Bliss Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO
1st Wednesday, 7 pm - 9 pm (Zoom meeting)
Please contact us via this form for the Zoom link.​
​Heartbeat - Denver/Lakewood/Littleton
​
Meetings: 2nd Thursday of every month,
7 - 9 PM
Location: Office of Kim Moore
2750 S. Wadsworth Avenue,
Suite D102
Denver, CO 80227
​​​
​Heartbeat - Aurora and Wheatridge Chapter
Meetings: Meet via Zoom only:
First and Last Tuesday every month
Angela Rouse and Judee Rosenthal
Meeting Facilitators
Contact:
​
Kevin & Betty Van Thournout
Meeting Facilitators
719. 229.9657
Contact:
​
Lisa Sjoden 720-272-3753 text only please.
Alexandra Wyman
Greg Hilbert
856-325-9421