

Bereavement may be one of the most overwhelming and difficult experiences we ever have to face. When a person close to us dies we have to endure a long and painful recovery. Sometimes there may be factors which hinder our grieving; there may be particularly traumatic circumstances surrounding the death, we may have had a difficult relationship with the person who has died, we may have experienced a number of losses making each difficult to mourn and adding to the burden of unre solved grief.
Loss does not have to be a bereavement we can experience similar feelings with any loss to a greater or lesser extent. The loss of a relationship, miscarriage, abortion, retirement, redundancy, loss of a job, the list goes on.
We can experience the effects of unresolved grief many years after the death and there are many ways this can manifest itself including; anger, depression, physical symptoms. It is important we recognise the underlying causes of our pain so we can grieve appropriately for our loss.