Grief and Loss

Grief is the emotional process your mind and body go through when someone or something deeply important to you is lost. Grief and loss can impact daily functioning, relationships, sleep and overall wellbeing. It can bring waves of sadness, confusion, anger, guilt, anxiety, or even numbness as you try to make sense of a world that suddenly feels different. Over time, grief doesn’t disappear, but most people learn to carry it with more ease as they rebuild life around the loss.

Counselling can provide support in processing these experiences, developing healthy coping strategies, and adjusting to life changes over time.

Websites / Helplines

• National Centre for Childhood Grief  https://childhoodgrief.org.au

• www.grief.org.au

• https://griefline.org.au

• www.griefasssist.com.au

• https://rednose.org.au

You Tube / TED Talks 

• We don't 'move on' from grief. We move forward with it - Nora McInerny  

• Grief is to feel, not fix - Brennan Wood  

• How to find meaning after loss - David Kessler  

• The Paradox of Grief - Julia Samuel  

• Every kind of grief counts - Here's why  - Megan Shen  

Podcasts

• Grief out Loud 

• Grief 2 Growth 

• Good Mourning 

• Open and Honest Conversations About Grief 

• There’s no Right Timeline For Grief 

• Grief line -Life after loss 

Books

• "How will I Ever get through this?" Dr Lucy Hone

• "How to Carry what Can't be Fixed" - Megan Devine

• "It's OK That You're Not OK" - Megan Devine

• "I Wasn't Ready to Say Goodbye" - Brook Noel, Pamela D Blair

• "When Breath Becomes Air" - Paul Kalanithi

• "Bittersweet" - Susan Cain