Meet Roselin Merifield

Grief Therapist and Psychotherapist

Many in our community struggle to understand the array of feelings that can bombard you in the midst of your loss.

My philosophy

There are many psychologists, counsellors, social workers who have an understanding of grief and loss. They also have many clients/patients with other needs, and I feel very passionate about providing a focus for those who are bereft and overwhelmed by grief.

Often when a loved one has died, support and comfort is initially very present, and then the focus dwindles away, and the person is still in grief. The person is not sure how to make sense of their feelings as life has changed forever. I can be with grief, pain, bewilderment and provide a safe place. I can provide information and support to normalise these feelings.

I enjoy people; I am affected by their life stories and by their humanity. I am moved by the lives they have loved and continue to love after death. I want to be able to talk about death, loss, grief, pain, anguish, despair and of transformation. I imagine my business as a focus in the local community that can embrace loss, grieving, mourning, yearning to enable us all to walk with and grow with grief and still thrive.

Qualifications

• Certificate of Soul Centred Psychotherapy, The Kairos Centre

• Volunteer Bereavement – Mercy Palliative Care.

• Graduate Certificate in Bereavement Counselling, Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement

• Member Loss and Grief Association

Experience

A little about my history; I volunteered as a palliative care worker for Mercy Palliative Care in 2012. This detailed education program ignited a passion, and from there, I continued to volunteer and to continue my studies with The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement. I achieved a Graduate Certificate in Bereavement Counselling and Intervention 2013-2014.

After four years at Mercy, I felt that I had served my apprenticeship and wanted to offer my skills and knowledge to others outside the Mercy framework. I opened my office in Point Cook in August 2017. I also have a Certificate in Soul-Centred Psychotherapy from the Kairos Centre.