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John Wilson

@drgrief.bsky.social

Grief counselling specialist. Therapist, researcher, teacher and author. Rock drummer. Visiting Fellow of York St John University. Web: johnwilsononline.org

368 Followers  |  345 Following  |  23 Posts  |  Joined: 15.11.2024  |  1.8256

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When did you last see a conference ticket for ยฃ15?
When did you last see a. conference with such wide appeal?
When did you last see a conference as important as this?

I will be talking about the importance of appropriate bereavement support for children and young people 11 to 18

20.03.2025 10:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I love a round number. Cooies get shared around families and friends, so that's many thousands of grieving people helped.

17.01.2025 00:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How chronic illness affects families โ€“ and how to cope when you know your loved one is going to die Life-limiting illness affects the whole family. Navigating a path through the confusion is hard, but you donโ€™t have to do it alone.

Here's my latest article on loss and grief
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04.01.2025 09:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Remember to ask your bereaved friends and neighbours.

21.12.2024 10:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Coping with Grief at Christmas | John Wilson PhD

Anyone who has been bereaved in December knows how difficult Christmas can be. Here's one of my blog posts from 2022
johnwilsononline.org/2022/12/10/c...?

16.12.2024 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Those in marketing call it a "USP". I call it "helping others."

06.12.2024 10:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oops no- FOURTH time, we did 2022, 2023 and 2024 already. Time flies!

04.12.2024 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Training for Bereavement Counselling The course is open to all counsellors and counselling support volunteers. You can join any workshops you like or all of them, it's up to you. Register for each session individually so you can use th...

My next bereavement counselling training begins in January. This is the third year we have run these workshops, which have attracted large audiences from all over the world.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/training-....

04.12.2024 10:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
John Wilson PhD | Counsellor, Teacher, Author, Researcher

My latest blog post on a recognised hazard in grieving.
johnwilsononline.org

02.12.2024 20:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Playground stuff is not okay. This needs grownups

25.11.2024 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'Iโ€™ll always think of him as โ€˜Dr Deathโ€™' - Meet the Yorkshire bereavement expert helping hundreds through Covid grief A Yorkshire bereavement expert affectionately known as โ€˜Dr Deathโ€™ is helping hundreds of people come to terms with losing loved ones during the pandemic. Chris Burn reports.

Four years ago. How time flies www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/...

24.11.2024 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cats have it sussed.

22.11.2024 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ooh, not come across those. These are my favourite biscuits.

20.11.2024 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Let in snow, Sainsbury's have delivered the biscuits.

20.11.2024 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cold but sunny. Writing or gardening? Perhaps I can do both.

20.11.2024 08:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is what I do when I'm not being a terribly serious therapist and academic.

16.11.2024 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

BS Algorithm

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14.08.2024 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Delighted to have found you Dwight.

16.11.2024 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The hardest part of leaving x will be losing 2.6K followers. However, ethically, it must be done.

16.11.2024 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Delighted to read this. My first (unrequited) love at 18 steered the course of my life.

16.11.2024 11:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a fugitive from X , I'm looking for #counsellors and #psychotherapists to network with. Follow me and I'll return the favour.

16.11.2024 10:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Another fugitive from the former platform known as Twitter, that now puts the X in toxic.

15.11.2024 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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