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Grief & Bereavement Support

There is no blueprint for how to handle bereavement and no timescale for grief. Bereavement can bring out strong feelings of guilt, intense anger, frustration, numbness, exhaustion and immense pain. Some, can even feel isolated after the loss of a loved one. On reflection, we know that it helps to share some of that journey with someone who has an understanding of the grief process and can offer support.

If you think yourself, or anyone close to you would benefit from this type of support, we can offer you bereavement management or counselling services.

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What is grief ?

Grief is a natural response to losing someone important to you. There's no right or wrong way to grieve and it feels different for everyone. There's also no timescale for grief. So how long it takes for you to feel like you're beginning to both grieve and live again, will be different for everyone too.

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What is grief  management/counselling?

Grief counselling is support from a professional counsellor who is trained and qualified to help with your feelings of grief. You can talk to them about the person who has died, about how their death is affecting you and how you are coping. Using counselling skills, the grief and bereavement counsellor will help you to understand your feelings. And they can help you begin to adapt to life without the person who has died.

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Do I need Grief Management or Counselling?

If your emotions are intense and you would like to learn to deal with these, or they are so intense that you feel you cannot go on, or if you are struggling to cope with your day-to-day life in the way that you did before, then you may need grief & bereavement management or counselling.

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How do I get grief management, counselling or support?

You can either submit a message in the form below, or contact us on 07810104881 for advice.

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Immediate support

If you require immediate support please contact the Samaritans on 116 123, they are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Available Support Contacts & Groups

A little bit about Grief

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Advice and Specialist Supports Available

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Take time to grieve

Allow yourself the appropriate amount of time to grieve, there is no specified time frame as each loss is unique. The important thing is to allow yourself to grieve.

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Don't succumb to steriotypes about loss

Don’t succumb to stereotypes about loss, as sympathetic as they are, others will never know what you’re experiencing, grief is unique to the individual.

Don’t allow other people’s opinions or experiences to influence you about what to feel, think, or do.

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Self Care

Take care of yourself and expect that all of your inner resources will be fully spent over and over again, over a long period of time. Be aware of your limitations while you are mourning and grieving and beyond. Don’t pressure yourself to do or be anything other than who and where you are. Don’t undertake too much. Save important decisions for a later time.

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Welcome & Create Support

Create a support system, friends and family who truly understand you and what you’ve gone through. Include those who you know will be truly there for you when you need them, people who listen, who are compassionate, who will support and encourage you.

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Healing

Allow yourself to heal, it may be the hardest thing you will have to do. 

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Specialist Support Contacts & Groups

  • ​Petal – supports families and friends of murder and suicide victims. Phone 01698 324 502.

  • Child Bearvement UK - gives help and support when a child grieves or when a child dies, tel 0800 028 8840

  • Winston's Wish – find advice, coping tips, blogs and information for bereaved young people, tel 08452 03 04 05.

  • The Scottish Cot Death Trust - is a charity dedicated to the sudden unexpected death of babies and young children, tel 0141 357 3946

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