Photo credit: Treetops Hospice Care
Treetops Hospice Care Treetops provides nursing care and emotional support for adults with life-limiting conditions as well as their families and carers, and those who’ve been bereaved. Last year, the hospice provided almost 3,000 adult bereavement counselling sessions, over 1,100 bereavement sessions for children and families, and over 600 support sessions for people dealing with a life-limiting condition. Counselling is available to all users of Treetops Hospice Care services and people registered with a GP practice in Derby city or Southern Derbyshire. Treetops Hospice Care have to raise over £4.3 million through donations, shops, events and lottery memberships so that they can continue to provide their vital services, free of charge.These services include Support and Information, Hospice at Home, Therapeutic and Counselling Services, Wellbeing Services and much, much more.
Treetops Hospice Care: Providing Online Counselling to Support Grieving Clients With its bespoke counselling rooms currently closed to the public, award-winning hospice Treetops has moved to online counselling to support bereaved adults and youngsters, and those diagnosed with a life-limiting condition.
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n line with national guidelines, Treetops Hospice Care, based in Risley, Derbyshire, closed its buildings at the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, but quickly sought a solution to ensure clients could continue with their weekly counselling sessions. Rebecca Shaw, 41, from Derby began counselling at Treetops just before Christmas last year, following the death of her husband. “When lockdown began, I continued my sessions via Zoom. Practically, it was much easier to attend the sessions - no long drive, no childcare to source and no significant time away from work. Personally, I was more comfortable opening up in my house. I generally took the call whilst sat on my bed as this is my safe space and it was easier to say exactly what I needed to say.” “Counselling has helped me process what happened. It enabled me to understand my feelings and find a way to live with the pain. It’s reminded me I have the inner strength to get through this dark time but not to hide from the waves of pain as they come. I see my life from now on as living alongside my grief and don’t expect to ever get over what happened.”
www.treetopshospice.org.uk 0115 949 1264 Treetops Hospice Care Derby Road Risley Derbyshire DE72 3SS Registered Charity Number 519540 Photo credit: Treetops Hospice Care
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