Alex James
Alex James, MBACP is a professional bereavement counselor/consultant, agony aunt, and author who has worked with bereaved individuals and families for many years. Specializing in sudden traumatic bereavement, Alex has worked for agencies as a trauma support worker, trainer and voluntarily for a charitable trust supporting those impacted by road death. Alex, who lives and works in the UK, is currently based at a hospice, developing specific services for children, supporting children and their families pre- and post-bereavement. Alongside this much-needed work, she continues to manage a bereavement website where she offers confidential e-mail support 365 days a year and also publishes an online bereavement magazine. Alex has appeared on national and local radio and is the author of Living with Bereavement.
Articles:
Mother Leaves Memory Box to Grateful Daughters
The following is based on a true story: Some time after our mother’s death, my sister and I arranged to meet at our mother’s home to begin the process of […]
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Self-Torture Legacy for Many Grieving Suicide
Families and loved ones of those who choose to end their own lives are all faced with the unanswerable question, Why? We may assume that for those families where the deceased […]
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Healthy Grief Expression Can Happen in Many Forms
Many who grieve find it difficult to express how they are feeling. As time passes, the opportunity to talk about their deceased loved one becomes less frequent whilst inside them […]
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Don’t Stop Others From Crying
I often use visualisation when working with my clients. I talk with them about the feelings that they are holding in, feel unable to share, or in some cases feel […]
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After a Loss, Answering the Question: Who Am I Now?
Death affects and changes everything. The circumstances and impact affect not only the obvious areas of life but every area and simple tasks that used to be easily undertaken can […]
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Death of Child Affects Relationships Throughout Family
When anyone we love dies our lives are changed; things we had planned will no longer be the same. The death of a child is often the least expected death, […]
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Is There Life After Death?
When someone we love dies, it leaves us with the unanswered question: “ Where are they?” There is a huge gaping void that they once filled. Where is my mother — her […]
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