Category: Articles and Media

“The challenge facing Guidance Counsellors is to discover how best to help the bereft student by finding out what helps them most. No single model of bereavement or grief is recommended above any others, as all have various components that may be useful. An important aspect of the Guidance Counsellor’s role is to listen and

Advice from Jannah Walshe, psychotherapist, on helping a young person to deal with grief.  Click here for more                    

Christmas can be a particularly difficult time for some people.  Watch Susan Delaney talk to the    journal.ie on how to support someone who is bereaved at Christmas.   If you or someone you know might need support over the Christmas period the following supports are available:  www.samaritans.org      

A moving interview with Brid Carroll, ICBN Chair, about working with bereaved children.  Click here for full interview                  

Winner of the  St Patrick’s Mental Health Services Short Film competition Jason Reddan’s piece looks at the story of a young woman’s struggle after her brother’s death.  Watch here                  

  Dr Susan Delaney is a clinical psychologist and the bereavement services manager with the Irish Hospice Foundation. She recently sat down with TheJournal.ie to discuss grief and give advice on topics such as what to say to a bereaved person.  Form more click here                        

Written by Holly Webb From Michael Rosen’s Sad Book to Patrick Ness’s A Monster Calls, Holly Webb, author of A Tiger Tale, shares the most touching books that help us talk and think about loss of a loved one. These are such amazing books, and I feel so strongly about them all. Writing this list has