Sarah Kirrane, MBACP, Dip.couns

Experience

Sarah is an experienced integrative counsellor specialising in loss and bereavement. She has worked with various charities such as Bereavement Care, Childline and Place2be and offers her services to employee assistant programmes in addition to her private practice. 

More recent experience includes her role as a helpline counsellor, offering in the moment emotional support to clients. She is also registered with Victim Support Homicide and has worked with clients bereaved by murder and manslaughter. 

What Sarah Says:

As a loss and bereavement counsellor, I understand the profoundly unique impact that grief following the death of a loved one can have on us. Your uniqueness means that I cannot provide a definitive list of what will help you nor can I tell you what to do. However, it can be helpful to talk about your relationship with that person and others and how their death is impacting you. I will provide you with a compassionate, non-judgemental, supportive space where together we can explore your feelings of loss and give your grief the time and attention it deserves.  

Non-death Loss/Living Loss:

Being able to identify and name other life experiences as losses worthy of grief can be an important part of healing. For example, the end of a relationship, future plans such as having children, or the loss of good health. 

In todays' fast-paced world, our experiences of loss are quickly pushed aside as we are forced to ‘get on with it'. 

Talking about how you are feeling can help you to gain clarity and understanding, increased self-awareness and although talking won't ‘fix' the problems, it makes it easier to face them.