Good Grief

Dr Sadhbh Joyce
Senior Psychologist (MAPS, AAPi), Co-Founder of Mindarma, Meditation Teacher, External Fellow, Black Dog Institute/UNSW Medicine & Health

Expert Speaker:

Rev. Sarah Day-Weaver
Senior Chaplain & Professional Supervisor, NSW Ambulance

Hayley Russell
Specialist Grief Practitioner, Grief Australia

Support Services & Help Lines

• Grief Australia – helps people understand grief, develop coping skills, and navigate life after loss | 📞: 1300 845 745
• StandyBy Support After Suicide – free, personalised support for people and communities affected by suicide | 📞: 1300 727 247
• Cancer Council Australia – helps people reduce their cancer risk and supporting those affected throughout their cancer journey | 📞: 13 1120
• Pink Elephants – peer support, counselling, and community programs for people affected by miscarriage and early pregnancy loss| 📞: 1300 726 306
• 13YARN – 24/7 crisis support service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people | 📞: 13 9276
• Lifeline – Free, 24/7 crisis support, suicide prevention, counselling, training, and community services for people going through emotional distress | 📞: 13 1114
• Medicare Mental Health Centres – free, walk‑in mental health clinics for all ages. No referral, no diagnosis, no Medicare card required | 📞: 1800 595 212

Resources & Downloadable Factsheets

• Griefline Resources
• Grief Australia Resources
• Understanding grief & loss
• Coping with grief
• Caring for someone who is grieving
• Loneliness and grief
• Anticipatory Grief & Loss
• My Grief Assist Factsheets

• The New Sociology of Bereavement
• The integrated process model of loss and grief – An interprofessional understanding
• The phenomenon of bereavement anniversary reactions: An integrative systematic review
•  “I have accepted my father’s death; I was not sad but relieved.” Adaptive grief responses for bereaved dementia family caregivers: A scoping review.
•  When a parent dies: A scoping review of protective and risk processes for childhood bereavement.
• Understanding the psychodynamics of bereavement anniversary reactions: a systematic review of the clinical case literature
• The Impact of Voluntary Assisted Dying on Grief and Bereavement for Family Members and Carers in the Australian State of Victoria: A Qualitative Study

• Familial Loss of a Loved One and Biological Aging
• Grief trajectories and long-term health effects in bereaved relatives: a prospective, population-based cohort study with ten-year follow-up
• Grief: A Brief History of Research on How Body, Mind, and Brain Adapt
• Risk factors for depression, anxiety, and PTSS after loss: A systematic review and meta-analysis
•  Mindfulness in adaptation to bereavement: A systematic review.

•  Components of grief and bereavement supports and programs in Australia and New Zealand: A rapid scoping review.
• The effectiveness of web-based grief intervention for adults who lost a loved one: A systematic review and meta-analysis
• The role of technology-based interventions in older adults experiencing spousal bereavement: A systematic review of clinical trials.
•  Effectiveness of interventions on anticipatory grief, caregiver burden, and depression in informal caregivers of individuals with dementia: A systematic review.
• Informal social support following bereavement: A scoping review of provider and recipient perspectives of helpful and unhelpful interactions.
• Effectiveness of group therapy for prolonged grief symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 
• Psychological interventions for grief in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
• Coping and wellbeing in bereavement: two core outcomes for evaluating bereavement support in palliative care