LOSS TEAM

LOSS Team Mission Statement

To instill hope for healing in Survivors of Suicide through resources, guidance, and connections from compassionate community members and those who have experienced a suicide loss.

What We Do

LOSS (Local Outreach for Survivors of Suicide) Team is a response program designed to assist family members, friends, and loved ones (referred to as “Survivors of Suicide” or “SOS”) of people who have died by suicide. The program utilizes a postvention method to help SOS make connections and find community resources as close to the time of their loss as possible. The program consists of mental health professionals as well as community members who have experienced suicide loss themselves. All contact is made in a safe, comforting, and confidential manner to instill hope for healing to our SOS community members.
Contact Jennifer Potter, LOSS Team Coordinator at (806) 342-2549 or JPotter@fss-ama.org for more information.

Where can I find resources for Suicide Prevention and Grief & Loss?

  • Family Support Services (806) 342-2500
    • Individual Counseling
    • Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapy
    • Equine Assisted Therapy
    • Eye Movement Desensitization Resolution (EMDR) Therapy for trauma

    Texas Panhandle Centers (806) 337-1000
    •     Toll-Free Hotline 800-692-4039

    BSA Hospice of the Southwest (806) 356-0026
    •     Grief Support Groups
    • Online services including educational videos, articles, and current grief support activities

    Crisis Intervention Team through Amarillo Police
    •     Department: referrals for local mental health programs and wellness checks 806-378-3038

    The Hope & Healing Place: Programs
    •     806-371-8998 and 806-381-4606

    Amarillo VA Health Care System
    •     Nathan Bradley 806-355-9703 ext. 7537

  • Hope and Healing Place (806) 371-8998
    • Survivors of Loss Peer Support Group
    • Family Bereavement Groups

    Wesley Community Center (806) 372-7960
    • “La Esperanza” – Spanish Grief Support

    Group Bereaved Parents of Amarillo:
    • Peer Support Groups for parents, grandparents, and siblings who have lost a child, grandchild, or brother/sister. Contact Greg Tucker, 806-341-8641, gtuck777@gmail.com

    Grief Share Peer Support Groups: Bereavement groups at local churches:
    St. Paul United Methodist Church (806) 352-5615
    St. Mary’s Catholic Cathedral (806) 376-7204
    Hillside Christian Church (806) 679-2929
    Paramount Baptist Church (806) 355-3396

    Suicide Grievers “SOS” Support Group (806) 342-2549

  • ServPro: 24/7 service, 806-331-4555

    ACT Remediation Services: 24/7 service, 1-888-477-0015

    PuroClean Services: 806-318-9700
    •     Also provides Hoarding cleaning services

    Chad House Construction and Remodeling: (806) 382-7090

    Carpet Tech: carpettech.com/amarillo/ (806)-331-5142

  • Suicide, Finding Hope: articles about suicide, grief, resources, as well as an SOS blog for questions or testimonies.

    Loss Community Services: GriefWords Library: books and articles about grief and loss

    LOSS Team Postvention Training: Dr. Frank Campbell and Associates’ website regarding LOSS Team

    American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Get Help

    What’s Your Grief: grief support for grievers, supportive grievers, and professionals through articles and blogs

    Heal Grief: website for national and local grief resources, child and teen camps, and virtual support chat rooms
    • Actively Moving Forward (AMF) App: online platform for young, grieving teens

    and adults

    Facebook Support Groups:
    • “Mothers of Suicide”
    • “Mothers Grieving Suicide”
    • “Mothers of Suicide”

  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
    • 1-800-273-TALK

    Crisis Text Line
    • Text “Home” to 741741 to connect to a trained Crisis Counselor

    Military Veterans Suicide Hotline:
    • 1-800-273-TALK 8255 (Press 1) Suicide
    • Hotline in Spanish: 1-800-273-TALK 8255 (Press 2)

    LGBT Youth Suicide Hotline:
    • 1-866-488-7386

  • Local Resources:
    • Family Support Services: Counseling Services
    • BSA Hospice of the Southwest: Grief Support

    Online Resources and Books:
    • Revolution Resource: Resources
    • Suicide Finding Hope: Coping With Loss
    • American Foundation For Suicide Prevention: Books For Loss Survivors
    • Survivors of Bereavement By Suicide: Books

  • Local Support:
    • Family Support Services: Counseling Services
    • National Alliance on Mental Illness: Texas Panhandle

    Online Resources:
    • Grief.com: Grief After Loss of a Loved one to Suicide
    • Speaking Grief
    • Revolution Resource: Resources
    • Alliance of Hope

Please note: The FSS LOSS Team website page is not intended to provide help in a crisis. If you are feeling suicidal or need help for yourself or someone you know, please call toll-free 1-800-273-TALK (8255) for a free suicide prevention service or text HOME to 741741 or online: SuicidePreventionLifeline.org.

Interested in joining the LOSS team? Please fill out the application below:

FSS LOSS TEAM VOLUNTEER APPLICATION