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Therapist Aid Grief Resources

Comprehensive tools for grief for therapists and mental health professionals.

Navigating grief can be overwhelming for clients and challenging for therapists. That’s why our TherapistAid Grief Resources are specifically designed to empower mental health professionals with evidence-based tools to guide clients through their grief journey while supporting your own well-being.

Whether you’re addressing grief processing, anxiety, disrupted sleep, or even suffering from compassion fatigue yourself, our resources provide practical strategies to foster healing and resilience.

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Online Grief Training 🎥
Anxiety + Sleep Handouts 😴
Grief Handouts 📝
Compassion Fatigue Toolkit 💼
Grief Meditation🎧

Online Grief Training

Deepen your grief support

💛 Practicing Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) in Grief Work

Learn how to apply compassion-focused techniques and evidence-based practices to help individuals navigate grief with kindness and resilience.

🧠 Formulating Grief –Psychological Models

Explore key grief theories, anticipatory grief, and real-world case studies to strengthen your therapeutic approach and support practice.

🌱 How to Lead a Grief Support Group

Expert-led online training designed to help you confidently run grief support groups.

What You’ll Learn:

✔️ Recognise the unique value and purpose of grief support groups
✔️ Create inclusive spaces that honour individual grief experiences
✔️ Apply key psychological models to guide group understanding
✔️ Facilitate sessions with confidence from opening to closing
✔️ Manage group dynamics and challenging moments sensitively
✔️ Adapt facilitation techniques for both online and in-person groups
✔️ Maintain your own resilience and wellbeing as a facilitator

🌱 More online courses…

Grief Processing Worksheets

“Navigating the complexities of grief can be challenging. These worksheets have been designed to support you in guiding your clients through their grief, offering tools to help them process their loss, while also caring for your own wellbeing as a therapist.

Dr Erin Hope Thompson MBE – Founder and Director of The Loss Foundation

Grief Journey Workbook

Grief is not a linear journey, and everyone experiences it differently. This workbook provides guidance and helpful tools for the journey.

📖 73 pages, 20 supportive activities & 8 audio meditations
🧠 Created by our Clinical Psychologists
✍️ A blend of reflection, practical exercises & coping strategies
💛 Designed for those grieving or supporting others

Worksheets to help your client process their grief – supportive activities to gently guide them through their grieving process.

Dr Erin Hope Thompson discussed how to get the most out of your sleep worksheets

Grief Processing Worksheet Bundle

Our Grief Processing Worksheet Bundle offers 13 expertly crafted tools to help clients navigate the complexities of grief, honour their loved ones, and find clarity amid loss.

Key Worksheets:

  • A Home for Grief: Guide clients to create a personal space for processing grief.
  • Healing Goals: Help clients set meaningful intentions to move forward.
  • Treasured Memories: Celebrate and reflect on cherished relationships.

Each worksheet blends psychological insights with practical activities, making it easy for therapists to integrate into sessions or recommend as homework.

Preview of some of our Grief Therapy Worksheets…

Letters to Their Loved One

This six-page worksheet offers guided prompts to help clients write letters to their loved ones, fostering connection and emotional release.

Tonkin’s Model of Grief

Introduce your clients to this three-page worksheet based on the renowned Tonkin’s Model of Grief. It encourages reflection on how grief remains constant while life expands around it.

Dual Process Model of Grief

This worksheet introduces clients to the Dual Process Model, helping them balance grief with life’s daily demands.

Guided Grief Meditation Pack

Meditation can be a powerful addition to therapy, offering clients a way to process grief gently. This guided meditation pack is designed with mental health professionals in mind, enabling seamless integration into therapy or self-guided practice.

Meditation Tracks Include:

  • Making Space for Noticing: Encourage clients to observe and honour their emotions.
  • Self-Compassion in Grief: Foster self-kindness during difficult moments.
  • Gratitude Alongside Grief: Balance sorrow with moments of gratitude.

Therapist Aids – Anxiety and Sleep Worksheets

Grief often brings heightened anxiety and disrupted sleep. Our resources target these common challenges, providing therapists with tools to help clients regain emotional balance and restorative rest.

Dr Erin Hope Thompson discussed how to get the most out of your anxiety worksheets

Our Anxiety Worksheets feature a carefully curated selection of tools, including the following and more…

  • Prompts to Challenge Anxiety: Encourage clients to reframe anxious thoughts.
  • Behavioural Experiment: Support clients in testing new coping strategies.
  • Daily Trackers: Help clients identify thought and activity patterns for greater self-awareness.
Dr Erin Hope Thompson discussed how to get the most out of your sleep worksheets

Our Sleep Worksheets provide a thoughtfully designed collection of tools, including the following resources and many others…

  • Nightmare Protocol: Guide clients in processing grief-related nightmares.
  • Sleep Goals & Journal: Offer actionable steps to improve sleep habits.
  • The Wheel of Self-Care: Promote holistic self-care during grief.

Preview of our sleep worksheets…

Preview of our anxiety worksheets…

“This toolkit of resources has been thoughtfully collated to support the most pressing needs for people who are grieving. There’s something for everyone with these evidence-based strategies that have been designed with The Loss Foundation’s ethos in mind. The toolkit is a collection of the most relevant psychologically informed resources for bereavement, so I would highly recommend other psychologists and therapists make use of these too.”

– Dr Emily Shaw, Clinical Psychologist

Compassion Fatigue Kit for Mental Health Professionals

Therapists often experience emotional fatigue as they support others.

The Compassion Fatigue Workbook is designed to help professionals restore resilience.

What’s Inside:

  1. Understanding Compassion Fatigue: Identify the signs of emotional exhaustion.
  2. Self-Discovery Tools: Assess stressors, satisfaction, and self-care habits.
  3. Managing Stress: Grounding techniques, mindfulness exercises, and relaxation strategies.
  4. Setting Boundaries: Worksheets and guidance to establish healthy boundaries in caregiving roles.
  5. Building Resilience: Reignite compassion and restore emotional well-being.

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Holiday Grief Workbook: A Therapist’s Guide to Supporting Clients During the Festive Season

The holidays can intensify grief, making it a particularly challenging time for clients. Our Holiday Grief Workbook, designed by Clinical Psychologists, is an evidence-based resource to help therapists support clients navigating loss during the festive season.

Packed with 50+ tools, worksheets, and guided practices, this workbook empowers mental health professionals with structured interventions to foster resilience, honour grief, and promote self-care for your clients.

This comprehensive workbook is a valuable tool for therapists to guide their clients through the complexities of holiday grief, helping them honour their emotions, connect with loved ones, and create a season of meaning.

Suggested Donation: £15 – Help us provide grief resources to more individuals—every donation supports an online support group meeting.

Key Sections of the Holiday Grief Workbook

1. Grief at Christmas – Support your clients in creating personalised plans to navigate the holiday season with practical tools like a Christmas Wellbeing Plan, 5-Minute Daily Journal and Crisis and Coping Plan.

2. Mindset & Finding Meaning – Assist clients in reframing their holiday experience with resources such as Positive Affirmations and Gratitude Practices.

3. Connecting with Others – Help clients navigate social interactions and set boundaries during the holidays with tools like the Holiday Social Plan and Boundary-Setting Worksheets.

4. Celebrating Their Loved One – Empower clients to honour their loss in meaningful ways using tools including Holiday Traditions Reimagined and Letter to Your Loved One.

5. Self-Care & Stress Management – Address the heightened stress of the holiday season with worksheets and exercises, including a Daily Self-Care Checklist and

Box Breathing & Mindful Moments.

6. Restful Nights During the Holidays – Support clients in achieving better sleep amid holiday stress with tools like

Sleep Tips and Goals and Decluttering Your Mind Before Bed:

Frequently Asked Questions about TherapistAid Grief Resources

What are TherapistAid Grief Resources?
TherapistAid Grief Resources are comprehensive, evidence-based tools specifically designed for mental health professionals to support clients through their grief journey. These resources provide worksheets, meditation packs, and holiday-specific tools to guide clients in processing grief, addressing anxiety and sleep disruptions, and managing compassion fatigue. Developed by clinical psychologists, these resources are crafted to be easy to use in therapy or as part of a home care plan.

How can TherapistAid Grief Resources help therapists and mental health professionals?
These resources are designed to help therapists manage the emotional and physical toll that grief can take on clients, as well as their own well-being. With a range of practical strategies—including worksheets for grief processing, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and compassion fatigue—TherapistAid Grief Resources support therapists in providing effective, compassionate care while preventing burnout and supporting resilience in both clients and professionals.

What kinds of worksheets are included in the TherapistAid Grief Resources bundle?
The Grief Processing Worksheet Bundle offers 13 key worksheets aimed at helping clients navigate grief and loss. Notable worksheets include:

  • A Home for Grief: Encourage clients to create a space to process their grief.
  • Healing Goals: Help clients set meaningful, positive intentions for their grief journey.
  • Treasured Memories: Guide clients in reflecting on and honouring the memories of their loved ones.
    Additionally, individual worksheets are available, such as:
  • Letters to Your Loved One (£1.50): Writing prompts to help clients connect with their emotions and process loss.
  • Tonkin’s Model of Grief (£1.50): A practical worksheet exploring how grief evolves over time.
  • Dual Process Model of Grief (£1.50): Tools for balancing grief with everyday responsibilities.

How do the TherapistAid Anxiety and Sleep Worksheets help?
Grief often brings increased anxiety and disrupted sleep, so these worksheets are tailored to help therapists guide clients through these common challenges:

Anxiety Worksheets include prompts to challenge anxious thoughts and behavioural experiments to test new coping strategies.
Sleep Worksheets include a Nightmare Protocol, a Sleep Goals & Journal, and tips for promoting better sleep hygiene and reducing grief-related insomnia.
These tools help clients regain emotional balance and restorative rest while making it easier for therapists to address the emotional and physical impact of grief.

What is included in the TherapistAid Guided Grief Meditation Pack?
The Grief Meditation Pack is designed to complement therapy sessions and provide clients with a gentle, reflective way to process grief. Key meditation tracks include:

  • Gratitude Alongside Grief: Promote finding moments of gratitude while navigating sorrow.
  • Making Space for Noticing: Help clients pause and observe their grief with acceptance.
  • Self-Compassion in Grief: Encourage clients to practice kindness toward themselves during difficult times.

How does the Holiday Grief Workbook support therapists working with clients during the holidays?
The Holiday Grief Workbook is a vital tool for therapists helping clients navigate grief during the holiday season. It includes over 50 worksheets designed for grief at Christmas, mindset, self-care, connection with others, and more.
It also includes:

  • Personalised journals for reflection, gratitude, and emotional resilience.
    This resource provides therapists with ready-to-use worksheets and exercises that guide clients through the unique emotional challenges that arise during the holiday season.
  • Well-being and coping plans for managing grief over the holidays.
  • Tools for setting boundaries and connecting with others during gatherings.

What is the Compassion Fatigue Kit for Mental Health Professionals?
The Compassion Fatigue Kit is designed specifically for therapists and caregivers to address the emotional exhaustion that can arise from supporting others in grief. The kit includes worksheets on:

  • Identifying signs of compassion fatigue
  • Managing stress with grounding and relaxation techniques
  • Setting healthy boundaries to maintain emotional balance
  • Building resilience through self-care and mindfulness exercises

This kit is invaluable for therapists who are experiencing compassion fatigue and provides resources to restore emotional well-being, allowing for sustainable and compassionate client care.

How can therapists integrate these resources into their practice?
Therapists can easily integrate these worksheets, meditation packs, and workbooks into individual therapy sessions or group settings. The worksheets can be used as part of the therapeutic process or assigned as homework to help clients reflect and track progress. Additionally, meditation tracks can be incorporated into mindfulness or relaxation sessions. Whether used in clinical settings or shared as resources for clients, TherapistAid Grief Resources provide structured, evidence-based tools that enhance therapeutic support.

Are these resources suitable for use with clients of all ages or specific types of grief?
While the resources are primarily designed for adults, therapists can adapt many of the tools to suit clients of different ages or stages of grief. The worksheets are flexible, addressing a wide range of grief experiences, from the loss of a loved one to changes in life circumstances. TherapistAid Grief Resources offer versatile tools that can be adjusted for individual needs, making them suitable for clients coping with various types of grief.

Can therapists use these resources for their own well-being?
Yes, these resources are also designed with therapists in mind, offering tools to support mental health professionals dealing with grief, compassion fatigue, and burnout. The Compassion Fatigue Kit and the Grief Meditation Pack are particularly helpful for therapists looking to restore their emotional well-being while continuing to provide high-quality care to their clients.

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