#TherapistsConnect Podcast – Episode with Mandy Gosling and Dr Peter Blundell

@drpeterblundell interviews Mandy Gosling, she is a UKCP and MBACP accredited psychotherapist, researcher and author, specialising in long-term grief experienced by adults who were bereaved as children.

 As a bereaved child herself, aged 9, Mandy completed a MA Research in 2016 to understand the long term impact of childhood bereavement.  ABC Grief – Adults Bereaved as Children, was formed from this research to share knowledge and resources for individuals, and professionals, in this specialist area of bereavement and grief.  Her central focus of private  practice is working with individuals who experienced childhood loss and she runs workshops in London.  She is the Clinical Lead at It’s Time Charity who support young adults with the experience of parental loss, and facilitates their group therapy. 

Mandy publicly speaks on this topic and is a contributing author in the anthology entitled My Mother’s Story – Gone Too Soon.  She has been published in articles for BACP Therapy Today magazine, and UKCP New Psychotherapist magazine, highlighting the long-term impact of childhood bereavement.   She has been interviewed on BBC Woman's Hour and has contributed to various podcasts to bring awareness to this topic.  Mandy is part of the All-Party Parliamentary Group  for Childhood Bereavement with the charity Winston’s Wish,  and is a subject matter expert for At A Loss Charity on adults bereaved as children.  She is part of their All-Party Parliamentary Group – Grief Support and the Impact of Death on Society. 

She is currently undertaking her  PhD at The University of Humanistic Studies in Utrecht, Netherlands, under the guidance of Prof. dr. Geert Smid.  This investigation is to add to the scientific knowledge of long-term grief in adults who were bereaved as children.   

For more information visit www.abcgrief.co.uk or www.mandygosling.co.uk  and social media platforms LinkedIn Facebook Instagram
 
 
 

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