Clients are self-funding for up to 24 sessions
The amount paid per session is based on income and agreed prior to the counselling commencing.
The City and East London Bereavement Service (CELBS) has been delivering specialist bereavement services to residents of Tower Hamlets and the City for over 30 years.
The service was founded by Dr Colin Murray Parkes OBE, MD, FRCPPsych., LLD an internationally renowned expert in the field of bereavement and a Consultant Psychiatrist who was working at The Royal London Hospital at the time in the 1980s. He felt there was a need to support those who had been bereaved to find ways to cope with their loss. The needs Colin identified then and the needs today remain, and we continue to deliver high quality bereavement services to residents of Tower Hamlets and people whose loved one died in a Barts Health NHS Trust hospital.
How we can help
The CELBS has many years of experience in supporting individuals and couples who are grieving. The cause of loss may be varied and include:
- Sudden and traumatic deaths, such as murder, road traffic accidents and when someone has ended their life
- Cancer
- COPD
- Multiple losses
- Miscarriage
- Neonatal loss
- Still birth
- The loss of a child
- From the effects of alcohol and recreational drug use
We can only offer a service to over 18’s. (We can give you information about where to access bereavement services and specialist support for children and young people).
Up to 12 sessions of free bereavement counselling
If your family member or friend has died in one of the Barts Health NHS hospitals you can access up to 12 sessions of free bereavement counselling.
Pre-bereavement
When a family member or friend has a life-limiting illness or when a family member or friend is expected to pass away soon.
