Support
Support and Self-care
Where can I get support?
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There are several different organisations offering support for different types of bereavement. For example:
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- Cruse Bereavement Care
Bereavement Care - offers face to face, telephone, email and online support for anyone who has experienced a loss.
- BEAD (Bereaved through Alcohol and Drugs)
https://www.beadproject.org.uk/ provides information and support for anyone bereaved through drug or alcohol use.
- Child Bereavement UK
https://www.childbereavementuk.org/
Provides support for anyone who has lost a child, and for children themselves who are bereaved.
- Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity (SANDS)
Provides information and support for anybody affected by the death of a baby.
- The Compassionate Friends
Offers a range of services supporting bereaved parents and their families.
- Suicide
Helps people who have experienced a bereavement due to suicide. The service provides access to specialist information and advice.
- Widowed and Young
https://www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/
Offers support to people under 50 who have lost a partner.
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Talk to a therapist
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Talking with a trained professional can help you become more aware of, and address your thoughts and feelings following a loss. It can be useful to have a continuous focused source of support that goes beyond the level of support that friends or family may be able to provide.
Talking to a specialist grief counsellor may be appropriate and could help you with:
- Understanding the grieving process
- Identifying and expressing your feelings relating to the loss
- Exploring ways of coping
- Moving towards acceptance
- Coping with birthdays and anniversaries of the loss.
Cruse Bereavement Care also have a local bereavement services directory,
with some regions providing grief counselling.
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