How a systemic approach was used to support families affected by the loss of a parent. Using nature to connect with a family’s journey of hope.

During the Autumn of 2023, therapists and volunteers from the Forget Me Not Centre bereavement service based at St John’s Hospice Lancaster were involved in a research project to explore how families could connect with each and through the medium of nature based systemic therapy.  

Useful links:
https://www.labyrinthpark.gr/en/history-of-labyrinth

https://narrativetherapycentre.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Tree-of-Life-by-Ncazelo-Ncube-2006.pdf).

Forget Me Not Centre – St John’s Hospice

Other scales derived from the RRL and AAG – Mapping Grief

SCORE Resource Pack – Association for Family Therapy and Systemic Practice

Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS)