Grief Centre

Since 2009 The Grief Centre, has been providing support, resources, community talks, support groups and counselling to help those affected by loss and grief. Losses or changes can shift the whole foundation of our life. Nothing is as it was. Even what was most familiar, seems in a strange way unfamiliar. It is as though we have to learn a new language, a new way of being. Even the face in the mirror sometimes seems the face of a stranger. We are fortunate that we have a team of counsellors who are passionate in helping others and willing to give their time to support the development of the Grief Centre. All our counsellors are specialised in grief and loss, and belong to a professional organisation, adhering to a professional code of ethics. We support every person, regardless of financial circumstance, through their individual loss and grief journey by providing quality counselling and support groups, appropriate training and resources, and effective community engagement. Since 2016 the Centre has run training programs for professionals and community workers who are working with children, young people, adults, and families. These programs were based on paid research into training needs of health professionals and community workers who are supporting clients who’ve experienced some form of loss. In 2019 the Centre will also release a new online training program for work environments such as aged care where workers cannot easily be released for off-site training. All our programs are interactive and practical and will remain affordably priced so that NGO's and volunteer-based organisations can still access them. The Grief Centre’s talks and seminars on loss and grief are conducted by staff that are either clinicians or who have a vast amount of hands-on experience in supporting people through loss.