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Free guides for grief and loss
Practical, psychologically grounded companions written by Dr Chloe Paidoussis-Mitchell, Chartered Counselling Psychologist and author of The Loss Prescription. Free to download, and you can type straight into them or print them.

Free companion guide
Where to Begin
Gentle first steps for living with loss. The free companion to The Loss Prescription: a whole-being guide for the early days of grief, with seven reflections from Go Gently.
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Free guide
Why Can’t I Stop Going Over It?
When grief feels like a broken record, and what helps. For the months after everyone else has moved on: why grief keeps circling back, and how to work out what yours is asking for.
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Free guide
The Grief No One Sees
A guide to invisible loss. For the losses nobody sends flowers for: divorce, baby loss, childlessness, illness, a career, a country, the person you used to be.
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Free guide
Joy in the Depths of Grief
Making room for life alongside loss. Why joy and grief belong together, what gets in the way, and gentle practices for letting life back in without guilt.
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Free guide for parents
Handling Divorce
A guide for parents. Helping your children, and yourself, through separation: what children feel at every age, how to tell them, and keeping them out of the middle.
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The Anchored Letter
Dr Chloe’s weekly letter on grief, loss and finding your way back to yourself, every Wednesday.
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