Loss needs to be processed for our physical and mental health and wellbeing. Unresolved grief can also affect our attitudes, relationships and attainment.

The Bereavement Journey® is a place to talk - seven online sessions of films and discussion for anyone, whether grieving a death now, or wanting to explore a previous bereavement that may be unresolved.

This course is for bereaved staff and students to do their own grief work. It is supported by a Guest Manual and facilitated online by Chaplaincy volunteers.

Attendance is recommended for all the Sessions. It is most beneficial to attend at least a few weeks after the death – ideally after the funeral, but this is not essential and The Bereavement Journey can benefit those in anticipatory grief, also pregnancy loss.

Topics include:

• Attachment, separation and loss
• The pain and responses of grief
• Anger and guilt
• Coping with others’ reactions
• Delayed and suppressed grief
• Adjusting to change
• Moving forward healthily

Faith is reserved for the final, seventh session on Faith Questions in Bereavement, which is optional, making the course suitable for anyone of any faith or none.

Course Dates

All sessions will be delivered online

Week 1: Thursday 2 November, from 2pm-3.30pm

Week 2: Thursday 9 November, from 2pm-3.30pm

Week 3: Thursday 16 November, from 2pm-3.30pm

Week 4: Thursday 23 November, from 2pm-3.30pm

Week 5: Thursday 30 November, from 2pm-3.30pm

Week 6: Thursday 7 December, from 2pm-3.30pm

Week 7: Thursday 14 December, from 2pm-3.30pm (Optional Session on Faith Questions)

Sign up to the course here.