The Hope Floats Mission

We are a bereavement and educational center for individuals and families who are grieving or facing other life challenges. Our mission is to help people cope with loss, support their healing, and nurture their physical and emotional well-being.

Bereavement Services

Our support services are free of charge and open to the community. Hope Floats offers peer-led support groups for adults in a safe environment where people are able to share and process their grief with others facing similar losses. Our facilitators are trained volunteers who often have experienced a loss similar to the group members. We believe that the peer-led groups for adults help members move forward in their grief journeys as they connect with group leaders in meaningful ways.

Hope Floats also offers Mike’s Club, support groups for children, teens, and parenting adults coping with death related loss. We offer a group for sibling loss and one for loss of a parent/caregiver. The children process their grief through activities, arts and crafts, and games with the help of trained support staff, therapists and social workers.

Our day-long support retreats enable people with similar losses to gather together. These retreats include yoga, meditation, group discussion and mini-body treatments. We also host a variety of guest speakers throughout the year.

Hope Floats is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) public charity. All of our funding comes from grants, fundraisers and private donations.

About Hope Floats Healing & Wellness Center

In 2008 Ken and Denise Brack created Hope Floats in memory of their son Michael, who passed in 2002. Having learned how such a loss is devastating and isolating, they wanted to offer support and resources to others going through a similar crisis. Today the center offers a variety of free support groups, support retreats and complementary wellness classes, body treatments and workshops.

– Psychological, educational, and neuropsychological evaluation and consultation
– Individual Psychotherapy (Telehealth – Ages 10-21)
– Family therapy and consultation

Are you or someone you know:
Feeling more sad or anxious lately?
Grieving the loss of a loved one and just can’t seem to move forward?
Finding that life just feels a little harder these days?
65 years or older?

If you are finding that the answer to some of these questions is yes, I may be able to help. My name is Elisabeth Wallace and I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years of experience working with older adults. I provide in home counseling services in and around the Lexington MA area that include evaluations, short and long term treatment, emotional and family support as well as community provider coordination. I accept most health insurances including Medicare.

Please call me and let me know how I can help you start feeling better and enjoying life again.

Elisabeth Neelon Wallace, MSW, LICSW
Geriatric Psychotherapist
Private Practice
lisbeth@rcn.com
781-354-7327
seniorpsychathome.com

Individual psychotherapy for adults of all ages, specializing in the resolution of trauma and grief.

Individual therapist, 15+ years experienced Independently licensed clinical social worker, Clinical Supervisor, Individual holistic psychotherapist and 200-hour certified Yoga Teacher. Has a trauma-informed approach that is gentle, direct, compassionate, and strongly informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS). Integrates mindfulness-based practices and Reiki into traditional talk therapy to encourage clients to access and utilize internal resources that support their process of change and healing. Clinical experience and expertise include anxiety, depression, grief/loss, chronic stress and trauma.