Bereavement

Person Centred Grief Support

Grief is different for every adult and child. The relationship between the person and the deceased is unique to them and determines the grief experience they have. Grief can feel a lonely and difficult place and often the struggles of a child are not as visible as with an adult. Children move in and out of grief as much or as little as they need to. They will often have times where they are sad, move away from this to play and return to their grief later, dipping in and out as they process the loss. This can also happen at different developmental stages as they grow and have more questions about death and bereavement.

Adults sit in their grief in a different way to children and this is often raw and visible. Adults can move between states of grief and every day routine, but the extreme feelings remain as part of their day. If a person gets stuck in either of these, their grief journey can become complex.

Grief is a natural process that helps us come to terms emotionally and physically with the loss of someone significant. Moving through grief with acknowledgement and support is a valuable process that helps us not to internalise the grief and experience delayed grief in the future.

Accessing support for yourself, someone else or a child is an important choice that can make a significant difference to how you grieve and your awareness of the grief process. Children learn how to grieve from the adults around them, so having an adult who supports an open grief process is a valuable asset to help them grieve positively in the future. We naturally want to protect children from the distress and reality of death and loss, however a positive experience of how to grieve, express feelings, ask questions and feel heard helps them with the natural cycle of life and death.

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