Emotional and psychological support

Living with a life-limiting illness is emotionally challenging for everyone. Individuals and families have their own resources and resilience, but sometimes it can be helpful to talk to someone outside the family. We offer patients and their loved ones a safe supportive space and the time to talk when they need it most.

How can we support you?

Our team of specialist counsellors is there to provide the emotional and psychological support people may need to grieve the losses they are facing, to address difficult personal issues, to talk about their fears around death and dying and try to find the way to live knowing that they or their loved one is going to die.

Families have to weather this storm together, yet at the same time every individual faces their own emotional journey and can find themselves grappling with bewildering and painful feelings.

Dorothy House Podcast

Psychological support for both adults and children

Psychological Support Lead Anne Montague shines the spotlight on how our Family Support Team are there to ensure that no one faces death alone. In this episode, Anne’s joined by Senior Social Worker Rachel Burns to talk about the importance of psychological support for both adults and children.

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Creative Therapies at Dorothy House

Psychological Support Lead Anne Montague  talks to Creative Therapies Co-ordinator Ros Gardiner about the power of Creative Therapies for patients and families. Ros tells us about the types of creative therapy we offer at Dorothy House and how we’ve adapted these services throughout the pandemic, as well as sharing some very moving stories.

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Bereavement Services

In this edition, Anne is chatting with Bereavement Service Co-ordinator Linda Owens about the different types of bereavement support we offer at Dorothy House, the process of grief, and how we all experience it differently.

Listen here.

Contact

We offer face to face, online and telephone counselling for individuals, couples and families.

Your Nurse Specialist or Dorothy House contact can refer you to the Family Support Team or you can contact us on 0345 0130 555 for more information.

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