Grief Demystified

Caroline Lloyd is a bereavement researcher, facilitator and trainer. In addition to delivering training, Caroline's focus is on researching for a PhD in bereavement at Trinity College, Dublin. She is active on Twitter as @thegriefgeek, and blogs at thegriefgeek.com.

Caroline Lloyd has written a definitive guide to grief and grieving. By explaining the history of grief and the cultural and political impact on how we grieve, the book gives a useful social context for how we grieve today. Importantly the book also explains the origin of many of the myths surrounding the grieving process, creating a space for a far better understanding of the topic. Grief is not a definable process, nor is there a right and wrong way to grieve. There is no roadmap. However this book will help those who are grieving as well as the people who are supporting them understand how to navigate and communicate through grief and how to reach out to others.

• 1. What is Grief? 2. What do you say to the bereaved? 3. What is the best way to grieve? 4. Is grief 'traumatic' or a mental health problem? 5. How do you support the bereaved? 6. Conclusion.