Ten footballers have sought help from the Sporting Chance Clinic to help them come to terms with the death of former Welsh manager Gary Speed. The Sporting Chance Clinic was established in 2000 in a bid to provide a support network to sporting figures with problems including gambling and drinking. The organisations chief executive Peter read more »

Last week, five-year-old Luca Giovannini passed away just 24 hours after suffering a rare reaction to a treatable virus. Despite the doctors’ best efforts to save his life, it soon became apparent that the child’s chances of survival were slim. It was at this stage that his parents, Mr and Mrs Giovannini, were forced to read more »

A Buckinghamshire based charity that was facing closure following cuts to council spending has been saved by a supermarket giant after they said they would help to raise the funds to save it from the axe. The Milton Keynes Bereavement Service was due to close in 2012 after it had its £7,000 funding cut. However, read more »

According to a recent British and US study which has been published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, the psychological effects of losing an unborn baby can last for a period of years. The study of 13,000 women tracked the progress of around 14,000 children born in the 1990s and their parents. The results of read more »

According to the Sun newspaper, the cast of EastEnders are being offered counselling after struggling to film sensitive scenes from Ronnie Mitchell’s storyline which see’s her loose her baby to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The plot, which is to air around New Year’s Day, see’s Ronnie, played by Samantha Womak wrap up the body of read more »

According to a recent study conducted by experts at the University of Sydney, recently bereaved people experience heart rhythm changes which may put them at an increased risk of health problems. Australian experts asked people whose relatives had died in hospital two weeks earlier to wear a heart monitor for 24 hours a day in read more »

A stillbirth charity survey has found that over half of all maternity units still lack a bereavement support midwife. Stillbirth charity Sands recently conducted a survey looking into the care of bereaved parents involving 80 labour units around the U.K. 52% of the units which responded did not have a midwife who specialised in bereavement read more »

Each month Counselling Directory sees thousands of keyword searches from people looking for something specific. Every month we have a look at the top five search terms so we and our counsellors can better understand the issues for which people are seeking help. Last month 9%, which was the highest amount of searches, were conducted read more »

Throughout life most of us will experience the loss of someone close to us and in response will go through a period of grieving. Bereavement is a natural response to death, but what about grieving for someone who is still with us? Dementia is a debilitating illness which will dramatically change the person you once read more »

Each month Counselling Directory receives numerous visitors to our website, each one as important as the last. Every visitor counts, whether they are searching for a counsellor in their area or simply looking for information or news, either way we want to make sure we are providing them with the information and help they are read more »