How to Help Others Through Grief, Loss and Bereavement with Ataloss: Session 4
Host: Dr Roger Greene, Deputy Chief Executive, AtaLoss
If you’ve been or are currently affected by loss, grief or bereavement, you’ll know that it can be difficult to talk about your experiences and to process how you’re feeling.
From May-July, Dr. Roger Greene, Deputy Chief Executive at AtaLoss, the bereavement support charity, will be hosting a new series of supportive twilight sessions that we hope you’ll find helpful.
Roger will be exploring different dimensions of bereavement, strategies to manage different emotions, how to help others and the language we use to do that, and the importance of supporting our personal health and wellbeing during this difficult time.
Catch up on Session 1: Understanding Grief, Loss and Bereavement here.
Catch up on Session 2: The 7 Dimensions of Bereavement here.
Catch up on Session 3: Navigating and Processing the Pain of Grief here.
The fifth and final session is on 16th July at 6pm.
In Session four Roger explores How to Help Others Through Grief, Loss and Bereavement:
- Practical ways to help others through grief
- What to do and say to help others
- What to avoid doing or saying to help others
Video time
30 minutes
About Roger
Roger’s wife died of COVID-19 in a care home during the pandemic after contracting early onset dementia. He has a professional background in behavioural science, with extensive experience of front-line leadership in the public, commercial and charitable sectors over 30 years.
He was Chief Executive of two NHS Trusts in the south-east of England over 12 years, part-time CEO of a charity for three years, followed by 14 years as a co-owner and Director of a commercial consultancy.
As well as being Deputy CEO, Roger is leading engagement and partnership with the public, health and bereavement sectors for AtaLoss, as well as its training services.
Session 3
Session three explored navigating and processing the pain of grief. Roger discussed:
- Ways to navigate and process the pain of grief
- The many emotions triggered by bereavement
- With a focus on guilt and anger that arise during grief
