Trina Parker

Loss and Bereavement Specialist

Based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Provider of confidential, compassionate and sincere therapeutic emotional and practical support for:

- those who have been bereaved

- those experiencing their end of life journey

- carers and families of loved ones with an illness for which there is no cure

- anticipatory grief

- historical or prolonged grief

- those who have experienced the loss of a relationship through divorce or separation

- those who are struggling to come to terms with the loss of a pet

Private Consultancy

Home Visits by appointment

Corporate/Company Training for Directors, Managers and HR Professionals on how best to support employees who have suffered loss or bereavement

Specific, applied techniques to help sportsmen and women who have suffered loss or bereavement

Support Group Facilitation

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Whilst some of the theories and techniques used originate from a psychodynamic or person centred counselling perspective, I am able to offer more by way of therapeutic emotional support and offer pragmatic and practical ways in which one can look ahead to the future.

The first consultation is free. It is important when embarking on support that you feel trust can be fostered and built upon and this can be discussed during the first session.

Home visits by arrangement.

The Elephant in the Room

by Terry Kettering

There’s an elephant in the room.
It is large and squatting,
so it is hard to get around it.

Yet we squeeze by with,
“How are you?” and, “I’m fine,”
and a thousand other forms of trivial chatter.

We talk about the weather;
we talk about work;
we talk about everything else—
except the elephant in the room.

There’s an elephant in the room.
We all know it is there.
We are thinking about the elephant
as we talk together.

It is constantly on our minds.
For, you see, it is a very big elephant.
It has hurt us all, but we do not talk about
the elephant in the room.

Oh, please, say their name.
Oh, please, say their name again.
Oh, please, let’s talk about
the elephant in the room.

For if we talk about their death,
perhaps we can talk about their life.
Can I say, their name to you
and not have you look away?
For if I cannot,
then you are leaving me alone
in a room—with an elephant.

Proud to work in Partnership with the Bereavement Care Standards

Member of the Dying Matters Coalition