New this Fall: CareGivers’ Support Group. 
Saint Luke’s Caring Connections will offer a group designed for those who find themselves the primary caregivers to aging parents, ailing spouses, or have otherwise had their lives impacted by the care needs of others.  The group will meet for 8 weeks on Wednesdays 10:45-Noon beginning Oct 22 and be led by Dedee Rigg, an experienced pastoral counselor and long-time caregiver to her husband Jerry.  If this group might be a blessing to you, please contact Susan Wyper at [email protected] for more information and to register.

Bio:  Dedee Rigg graduated from Union Theological Seminary and was ordained to pastoral counseling ministry at the First Congregational church of Old Greenwich in 1981.  After clinical training, she practiced psychotherapy/pastoral counseling in Greenwich both at Mead Counseling Center and in private practice for 40 years. Dedee initially worked with adults and couples suffering from both individual and marital issues and later, after the death of one of her sons at age 23, she specialized in grief counseling. For the last nineteen years she has been the primary caretaker for her husband Jerry who died of Alzheimer’s disease in January of this year. She offers her experience as a therapist and a caretaker in this fall support group.