Sooner or later we all come to grief, but how are we supposed to make sense of our experience? J Worden has written eloquently about bereavement, and here I have summarised some of his ideas. Just as the body needs … Read more
In the mourning process the mind works through all of the connections that made up the relationship. You go over a myriad of memories and associations of the lost person stitch by stitch. It is both conscious and an unconscious … Read more
A traumatic bereavement leaves a permanent mark, nothing can take away the loss. But it is important that questions can be asked about what happened, why did it occur? To limit the bereaved from thinking about what has happened or … Read more
A death cannot be told as a single story, everyone involved loses someone in a different way. These losses cannot be shared, instead the bereaved find themselves adrift upon different currents. “One of the consequences of my bereavement was that … Read more
Bereavement therapy losing a parent When a parent dies unexpectedly the loss is profound. The world as we knew it has ended without warning, and everything about our lives is suddenly plunged into chaos. With luck bereavement therapy will be … Read more