You Don't Need Perfect Words. But You Need the Right Tools.
Evidence-Based Training That Builds Confidence in Grief Support
Have You Ever...
- Crossed the street to avoid someone who's bereaved because you didn't know what to say?
- Said "I'm here if you need anything" but felt completely helpless when they actually did?
- Worried you made things worse by saying the wrong thing at the wrong time?
- Watched a colleague, student, or client struggle with grief and felt completely out of your depth?
You're not alone. And you don't have to figure this out by yourself.
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Our Vision
Who This Training Is For
What Makes Grief Guides Training Different?
Evidence-Based, Not Outdated
We don't teach the Five Stages of Grief. Instead, you'll learn cutting-edge frameworks like:
The Dual Process Model (Stroebe & Schut) – Why people swing between intense grief and getting on with life, and why both are healthy
Tonkin's Growing Around Grief – Understanding that grief doesn't shrink; life expands around it
The Grieving Brain (Dr Mary-Frances O'Connor) – How neuroscience explains yearning, "brain fog," and sensing the presence of the deceased
The Window of Tolerance (Dr Dan Siegel) – Recognising when someone is too dysregulated to process their grief and knowing how to help them regulate
Practical Tools, Not Just Theory
Three elements make up the Grief Guides concept: engaging live training sessions, expertly crafted self-learning content and resources, and our innovative paper-based Grief Map. Watch this introduction to Grief Guides, from co-founder Martin Roddis, then get in touch for a chat about how Grief Guides could work with your organisation. Book a meeting. Or contact Martin on: 07593 790399 / martin@grief-guides.co.uk
Become A Grief Guide
Take a tour of the innovative Grief Map
In this video, you'll get to see what's inside the Grief Map, and how the content has been designed for maximum impact in a pocket-sized resource that can be carried everywhere.
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What do our students say...
It was an amazing session with so much thought-provoking information. It has certainly given me a deeper understanding of grief. You are both very inspiring and your knowledge exceptional… to have that practical information and guidance was amazing.
Adult Social Care & Health Team, Derbyshire County Council
Thank you for these two sessions, they were so informative, and something I am sure we will all be using in our client work going forwards. Trudie’s delivery was first class, I am a qualified counsellor, but I learnt so much. The content was very thought provoking.
Pathway Counselling Service
The session really was fantastic, I wasn’t too sure what to expect and I’m so happy I decided to join, it was really helpful and thought provoking and fantastically delivered. It’s always so valuable and appreciated learning from someone so knowledgeable and with lived experience.
Community Team, St. Luke’s Hospice
Grief Guides is an innovative, affordable and scaleable solution
Due to the flexible modular components of Grief Guides, we are able to ripple the knowledge and skills right to the edge of your workplace and deep into the community.
The map is a tool to build upon, refer to and use as a guide throughout your supportive conversations, giving you confidence and insights to share.
The self-learning modules will continually grow and evolve, remaining accessible and contemporary.
The trainer-led sessions will be conducted at flexible times, to meet your needs and schedule, providing an opportunity to deepen the learning, connect and ask questions.
The map is a tool to build upon, refer to and use as a guide throughout your supportive conversations, giving you confidence and insights to share.
The self-learning modules will continually grow and evolve, remaining accessible and contemporary.
The trainer-led sessions will be conducted at flexible times, to meet your needs and schedule, providing an opportunity to deepen the learning, connect and ask questions.
This compliments, rather than competes with, existing support structures
The ability to empower people on the frontline of your organisation means that the knowledge is not limited to a few core people, it is equally distributed.
This means that support, if offered in a timely and empathic way, by someone you know will make an incredible difference to the healing process.
Your clients, service users and customers will all benefit from a grief aware workforce.
This means that support, if offered in a timely and empathic way, by someone you know will make an incredible difference to the healing process.
Your clients, service users and customers will all benefit from a grief aware workforce.

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