Mutual support groups whose members are husbands, wives or other individuals who have experienced the loss of their marriage partner or significant other. Groups may also be structured for the surviving spouses of people in law enforcement, the military or other specific high-risk professions. The groups meet in-person, by telephone or via the Internet; and focus on helping participants accept their loss, express their grief, and move through the bereavement process. The groups also help members put their lives back together by providing practical information about legal issues, financial arrangements and other responsibilities of daily living.

Mutual support groups whose members are adults and/or children who are experiencing the trauma of a divorce or a broken relationship. The groups provide an opportunity for participants to understand their relationships past and present; work through feelings of grief, loss, rejection, guilt and other emotions related to their experience; and gain a sense of their own identity. Meeting formats may include in-person, telephone or Internet options.

Men whose wives or partners have died and whose patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by the loss.

Women whose husbands or partners have died and whose patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by the loss.

Previously married individuals who are now divorced or in the process of divorcing whose patterns of personal, social and familial coping have been significantly affected by the dissolution of their marital relationship.

Organizations and individual practitioners who provide services in a way that reflects a commitment to religious beliefs and values.

Any of a group of religious faiths that are based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as described in the New Testament of the Bible.