Good Grief Therapy

14/07/2020

Today I found myself re-reading 'Supporting those who are left behind'. This document is a go to for anyone working with clients experincing ambigious loss. Ambigous loss is the term given when a loss that isn't clear. When we don't know what happened to the person we lost or when a person is still in our lives but no longer as we once knew them.
Closure is hard and families are often divided in the way they process and react to this type of loss. While reading this I came across an all too familiar quote from the wonderful Judith Herman about processing trauma.

Link to More about Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman: https://www.bookdepository.com/Trauma-Recovery-Judith-Herman/9780465061716
Link to Supporting those who are left behind: https:// .gov.au/sites/default/files/PDF%20-%20Publications/NMPCC/Factsheets/Supporting%20those%20who%20are%20left%20behind.pdf

14/07/2020

09/07/2020

09/07/2020

Love this and love the ACGB, wonderful resources always.

People always ask us, "What should I say to someone who's grieving?" So we asked our readers to share the best and worst things they heard in their grief.

09/07/2020

Have you checked in with where your at in this roller coaster today?

As we pass 100 days of lockdown, we need to take a moment to heal.

09/07/2020

Beautiful article highlighting the struggles we are all facing. Heart going out to our brothers and sisters from down south.

In the 1101st episode of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, Rogers tells the audience about the death of his childhood dog, Mitzi, and the consequent confusion and sadness he felt. “I was very sad when she died, because she and I were good pals,” he said. “When she died, I cried.” He said he didn’t ...