Emotional Issues...
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Bereavement Counselling: What to Expect
Bereavement counselling is a specialised type of counselling that involves supporting individuals who have experienced the loss of a loved one. This...
Bereavement Support
When an individual has lost a loved one (s)he is said to be bereaved. This is an emotional time, and often one that can be surprising and even frightening to both the...
Celebrating a Child's Life
The death of a child can be particularly painful for family and friends especially adults who feel that they should not have outlived such a young person. The death of...
Children Losing a Parent
The loss of a parent is a great blow to anyone, but for children it may be particularly emotional. Children may not be able to understand exactly what is happening...
Coping With A Loved One's Terminal Illness
Coping with a loved one’s terminal illness may be one of the hardest challenges that you face in your life. Terminal illnesses are those from...
Coping with Bereavement: Still Births
Stillbirth or an incident in which a fetus has died either in the uterus (after 24 weeks of pregnancy) or during delivery, is sometimes described as...
Coping with Loss
Everyone copes with loss differently and there is no right or wrong method for dealing with the grief that accompanies the loss of a loved one. People will experience...
Coping With Other People's Grief
Everybody experiences grief differently so knowing how to respond to other people's grief can be difficult, especially if you're also dealing with your own....
How Grief Affects Your Relationships
Usually when someone dies those close to him or her will feel intense emotions that can often unsettle their own personal relationships. Grief, or the emotions felt due...
Questionnaire: Do You Need Bereavement Counselling?
In the aftermath of a death it is perfectly normal to cycle through many different emotions. Feelings of sadness, frustration, anger, denial,...
Talking to Children About Death
Talking to children about death can be uncomfortable and very often parents don’t think about talking to their children about this subject until a close relative, friend...
The Stages of Grief
It is now commonly accepted that grief involves a five stage cycle of denial anger, bargaining, depression and finally acceptance. Often this five stage cycle is...
What is Bereavement?
Bereavement sometimes also referred to as grief, is a term used to describe the sense of loss felt when a loved one passes away. This sense of loss may contain a host...
