Read our posts about bereavement

27Mar

This is Why We Need to Talk More about Grief

Alice McGurran

bereavement, family, grief, men

Relationships

Bereavement counsellor Julia Samuel and marital therapist Andrew G Marshall were two speakers at a ground-breaking event on grief
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14Dec

Coping with Memories of Grief and Loss at Christmas

Lyn Reed

bereavement, Christmas, family, grief

Therapists

Christmas can stir up painful memories of grief and loss, old and new. Therapist Lyn Reed explores how you can best cope, through self-care and self-compassion
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06Oct

Dad Committed Suicide: Now I'm Trying to Help Other Men with Depression

Fixers

bereavement, depression, family, father, grief, suicide

Mind

When Emma and Toni's dad committed suicide, it came as a shock to the whole family. Now they are working to increase awareness of depression in men with Fixers
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06Sep

What If I Don't Feel Sad When a Loved One Has Died?

Joshua Miles

bereavement, family, grief, relationships

Therapists

What happens when you have ambivalent feelings about the person who has died? Therapist Joshua Miles explores ambivalent grief and loss
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18Aug

How Music Helps Me Cope with Death Anxiety

Fixers

anxiety, bereavement, death

Mind

When close family members died in quick succession, Aidan Furlong developed death anxiety. He explains how music helps him cope
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14Aug

How Silence Supports Us in Times of Grief

Annie Broadbent

bereavement, grief

Relationships

When dealing with grief people often rush to fill the silence. But says therapist and author Annie Broadbent, sometimes silence is just what's needed
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07Aug

Should We Welcome Death in Our Lives?

Frank Ostaseski

bereavement, cancer, death, illness, mindfulness, self, society

Soul

A more peaceful relationship with our own mortality has the potential to improve our daily lives, says author Frank Ostaseski
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13May

End of Life Care: Why it Should be Everyone’s Concern

Michelle Brown

bereavement, death, family, illness, society

Relationships

To mark Dying Matters Awareness Week (May 8-14), Michelle Brown, Deputy Head of Department for Healthcare Practice, explains why everyone – young or old – should make sure they know what end of life care planning involves
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01May

OCD and Irrational Thoughts: There is a Life Beyond

Helen Mayor

anxiety, bereavement, OCD, therapy

Therapists

By describing the months she spent treating OCD-sufferer Mark, therapist Helen Mayor explains how obsessive-compulsive disorder can affect people in their daily lives
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17Apr

How Prince Harry Was Helped by Bereavement Counselling

Louise Chunn

bereavement, counselling, counsellor, death, grief, parent, therapist, therapy

Mind

Prince Harry opens up to Telegraph's Bryony Gordon about why he sought bereavement counselling almost 20 years after the death of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales
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