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Pet Loss Counseling and Support Services in Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Best Friend Gone Project
Address: LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, South Stadium Rd., Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: (504) 346-5710
Fax: (504) 346-5702
Email:
friendgone@vetmed.lsu.eduContact: Stephanie W. Johnson, BCSW
The Best Friend Gone Project is a program of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. Stephanie is a Board Certified social worker trained in issues of grief and loss. The program offers telephone counseling, private counseling, support group meetings, referral reading list and information on pet loss. Office hours are 8 a.m.- 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Referrals and phone consultations are welcome.
Y.A.N.A. (You Are NOT Alone) Pet Loss and Grief Support Group of Metro Baton RougeAddress: P.O. Box 45783, Baton Rouge, LA 70895
Phone: (225) 505-3768
Website:
www.YouAreNOTAlonePetLoss@yahoo.comContact: Rosemarie Samuels, M.Ed., DAPA
The Pet Loss and Grief Support Group meets the third Thursday of each month, at the YMCA - A. C. Lewis Branch located at 350 South Foster Drive, Baton Rouge, LA from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The meetings are FREE and open to anyone coping with the loss or anticipating the loss of a beloved pet.Pet owners may bring photos of their beloved pet, read poems and share stories.
Rosemarie Samuels holds a Master's degree in counseling with several years of counseling experience including bereavement counseling in a church environment. Ms. Samuels is a lover of animals and has personally experienced the loss of a beloved family pet. In memory of her beloved pet daughter.