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Financial losses: You may have experienced a threat to your security or self-esteem because of the loss of income or employment or promotion through downsizing or rightsizing. You might have had losses because of a crime or a fire. Perhaps you have had financial loss because of gambling or other addictions. Relationship losses: You may have experienced loss because of divorce or separation, estrangement from other family members or getting married. Perhaps there is a loss because of the turbulence of the teenage years or from abuse, adoption, foster care, or multiple birth loss. Your loss may be related to gender differences or changes. It may be that your loving pet has died. Role losses: You may have experienced loss because you are getting married or because your children have left home (empty nest). Or maybe your loss comes from the turbulence of the teenage years, job changes/lay-offs, or aging. Perhaps you have a chronic illness, have had an injury or gender identity issues or changes or a divorce, separation or estrangement from other family members. Functional losses: You may have experienced loss because of amputation (including hysterectomy and vasectomy), chronic illness including mental illness, blindness & deafness, injury, or aging. Maybe your loss comes from drug/alcohol misuse. Losses from major changes in your world: You may have experienced loss because of moving, school changes or immigration. Perhaps you have experienced stressful or traumatic events such as murder, suicide, disaster, accident or illness. Useful Links to Related Organizations Children's & Women's Health Centre of British ColumbiaBC Children's Hospital Foundation Canuck Place Children's Hospice BC Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) BC Council for Families The British Columbia Art Therapy Association British Columbia Psycological Association Useful Links to Other Bereavement Support Sites Grief Chat Rooms - Dr. Cendra LynnCompassion Books The Palliative Care Service The Center for Loss and Life Transition The BC Hospice Palliative Care Association BC Bereavement Helpline A Funeral in BC The Compassionate Friends of Canada Bereavement Services Support & Education Virtual Hospice Willowgreen Books & Videos Psych Link - Grief & Bereavement |
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