Our LivingGrief team are hear to listen and help you navigate your bereavement.
Talking to others who are going through similar experiences of bereavement can be enormously beneficial.
Group support is on offer in both Ipswich & Beccles, as well as one to one support.
Hearing people talk openly about grief made it feel relatable to me and it was comforting to know I wasn’t alone in what I was experiencing
LivingGrief Sessions provide group support for 1 hour 30 minutes, facilitated by members of St Elizabeth Hospice’s emotional and spiritual wellbeing team.
We are currently offering these sessions in Ipswich and Beccles – to any hospice patient’s family members over the age of 18.
The purpose of the LivingGrief Sessions is to:
By joining the one-off session you may:
You only need to attend one session, but you can always attend again if you wish.
To register your attendance for one session, simply:
Monday 20 January 2025, 3pm-4.30pm
Monday 3 March 2025, 3pm-4.30pm
Monday 14 April 2025, 3pm-4.30pm
Monday 2 June 2025, 3pm-4.30pm
Monday 14 July 2025, 3pm-4.30pm
Monday 8 September 2025, 3pm-4.30pm
Monday 20 October 2025, 3pm-4.30pm
Monday 8 December 2025, 3pm-4.30pm
2025 dates coming soon
Sharing experiences made me feel less alone.
It was good to connect with other people who are also grieving.
The LivingGrief Sessions have been very informative, clear and concise.
One to One Sessions
After completing an online referral and self-assessment, you will be placed on a waiting list. Our trained and accredited professionals will contact you when we have space available to see you. People are usually offered 6 sessions with a review which can then be extended to 12 sessions.
Some people just need a few sessions – others need longer. Particularly if you have had multiple losses, your relationship with the person who has died was complicated, or if there was trauma around the death, you may need extra support to process this most recent loss.
You can also explore your bereavement through creative counselling, art or music therapy or by speaking to a member of our spiritual care team.
GriefChat
By clicking on the GriefChat box below, you can talk directly with a specially trained bereavement counsellor.
GriefChat counsellors are highly experienced in supporting bereaved people. They will listen to your story, explore how grief is affecting you and help you to find additional support.
GriefChat is a free service and is available Monday to Friday, 9am-9pm.
Please be aware, GriefChat is a third party service and not a St Elizabeth Hospice employee.
The service is available to all St Elizabeth Hospice website users over the age of 18. Where it may be identified that a service user is under the age of 18, GriefChat counsellors will outline the terms of service provision and direct the child/young person to other appropriate provision.
Bereavement support volunteers
Sometimes people do not need in depth counselling but may benefit from regular supportive phone calls from one of our bereavement volunteers.
Our bereavement volunteers are trained in listening and providing general support in bereavement and can call you on the telephone at a time to suit you.
Bereavement volunteers can support you through the natural process of bereavement as you adjust to a different life.
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