Read our posts about Bereavement

25Jan

Boarding School Syndrome: The Psychological Trauma of the ‘Privileged’ Child

Joy Schaverien

bereavement, boardingschool, books, childhood, depression, education, school, therapy, trauma

Mind

Therapist Joy Schaverien believes that boarding schools have a negative and lasting influence on those who pass through them when they are young and vulnerable
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11Jan

Why Do We Grieve for People We Don't Know?

Karin Sieger

bereavement, psychology, therapy

Soul

The death of David Bowie has shocked and saddened many people today. Therapist Karin Sieger looks at what it says about our relationship with our own mortality
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04Mar

Suicide Prevention: How You Can Help

Gill Green

bereavement, depression, suicide

Mind

What can we do to help if we suspect someone we know is thinking of suicide?
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21Oct

What To Do When A Friend Is Bereaved

Markie Robson-Scott

bereavement, care, counselling, family, friendship

Soul

Markie Robson Scott offers advice and support about the best way you can offer support to a bereaved friend. Show up, don't shut up.
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08Sep

How Creativity Can Help With Grieving

Sarah Royle

bereavement, creativity, death, therapy

Mind

Employing creativity and craft techniques can help people overcome loss and grief says Sarah Royle
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18Aug

Partners of Miscarriage Feel Ignored

Julia Bueno

bereavement, family, men, miscarriage, women

Therapists

We must also recognise the grief experienced by partners of miscarrying mothers so they have the space and support for their loss to be noted.
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23Jul

What We Don't Know About Death

Patricia Pearson

bereavement, death

Soul

I’ve heard ghost stories about death before, but, until the spring of 2008, I didn’t realise that in reality they were usually love stories. No one in my family realized that until, one March morning, my father unexpectedly died in his sleep. My beloved elder sister Katharine happened to be awake in her bedroom one hundred miles east, that night. All of a sudden, she sensed a presence with her, and felt hands gently cupping the back of her head. Tender, loving hands; an inexplicable swirl of energy. It was an utterly uncanny sensation that she’d never had...
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16Jun

Losing My Twins at 23 Weeks

Anonymous Therapist

bereavement, family, miscarriage

Therapists

Grief never really goes away completely. The best we can do is live at peace with the memories of our loss, or maybe even be lucky enough to derive nourishment and pleasure from them. But even if you reach such a hazy resolution in this way, it can re-emerge at full force when you least expect it to knock you down again. Or at least that's my experience of losing my two babies 12 years ago, born too early to survive in the world outside my womb. I'd had a time of it getting pregnant in the first place, with irregular menstrual cycles from polycystic ovary syndrome,...
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04Jun

Learning to Grieve

Maddy Paxman

bereavement

Soul

No-one wants to grieve. I remember a moment at the hospital with my husband, who had collapsed that morning with what turned out to be a brain haemorrhage. Things were going from bad to worse, and then worse again; it was becoming clear that he might not survive. My mind rebelled, in advance, against what I knew I might have to go through – the shock, the sadness, the painful work of rebuilding my life. It felt completely daunting and I simply did not want it to start. Grieving is about coming to terms with loss and change, and we humans are creatures of habit. We...
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31Mar

Broken Heart: How To Cope With Bereavement

Dr saira

bereavement, counselling, loss, therapy

Therapists

New research shows that in the first month after the bereavement, partners are at much higher risk of heart attack and stroke, literally broken-hearted.
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