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Bromley Bereavement Support
Bereavement is a unique experience, but it can sometimes be a help to talk to someone or meet other people going through a similar experience. The Bromley Community Bereavement Service offers group or individual support in safe and welcoming surroundings. Advice and information can be provided by phone during office hours and the service is free. In addition to telephone support they have support workers for individuals and groups at their office in College Road Bromley. They can advise people how to deal with the varied problems experienced during bereavement including guilt, anxiety, sadness, sleeping and eating problems. They are at Church House 61 College Road Bromley BR1 3QG, Telephone 020 8290 6293
Beckenham Bereavement Support Service
When someone dies, it is their close friends and relatives who find life
difficult to bear. These difficulties may be apparent in feelings of anger,
guilt and shock. It can be a time of very painful and confusing emotions.
Although people react differently, because grief is a personal thing, many
find life difficult at this time of bereavement and feel they cannot talk
about their loss to those closest to them. What is needed is trained help from
people who understand the need for individual support.
There has been a growth of interest recently in bereavement counselling, which
recognises that after a death people need an outlet for their grief, and it is
important that they should be allowed to grieve in their own way. Beckenham
Bereavement Support Service is a local group of trained committed and caring
volunteers who have time to listen to people who have lost a friend or
relative.
As each person reacts differently to the loss of someone close to them, so
their needs will be different, and all the volunteers have been fully trained
to respond to the individual requirements of each client. There is no
universal pattern to grief, and no universal answer to coping with loss.
The volunteers will give help and support while the clients work through their
grief process. This may be done through individual counselling in the
client's own home or on "neutral" premises, or a more appropriate referral.
The Beckenham Bereavement Support Service will take referrals from the clergy,
doctors and social services as well as individuals.
For further information about bereavement support you can telephone them
Saturday to Monday on 020 8650 6313.
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