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Shelley Gilbert MBE is a British psychotherapist and founder of Grief Encounter, a UK charity established in 2004 to support bereaved children and young people. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to bereaved children and their families through the Grief Encounter Project Charity.[1]
Education
[edit]Gilbert completed a Doctorate in Psychotherapy through a joint programme between the Institute for Work Based Learning at Middlesex University and the Metanoia Institute. Her doctoral thesis, Insights into the grief of parentally bereaved young people: a grounded theory study exploring young people's psychological and emotional experiences following the death of a parent, was submitted in January 2015.[2]
Career
[edit]Gilbert worked as a psychotherapist with children and families before founding Grief Encounter in 2004, a charity providing support to bereaved children and young people.[3]
In the same year, she published the first edition of the Grief Encounter Workbook, a therapeutic resource for bereaved children and those supporting them.[4] Revised editions were published in 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2018.
In June 2008, Gilbert wrote the article "Bereavement" for Counselling Children and Young People, published by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.[5]
Gilbert's doctoral research explored the experiences of young people following the death of a parent using grounded theory methodology.[2]
In the chapter "Working with bereavement and loss in play therapy" in Becoming and Being a Play Therapist (2019), Chris Stone discusses Gilbert's "Upward Spiral of Grief" model in relation to therapeutic work with bereaved children.[6]
Gilbert's "Upward Spiral of Grief" model was reproduced, with permission, in My Grief Handbook, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers in 2024.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "New Year Honours 2014: the full list". The Guardian. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ a b Gilbert, Shelley (January 2015). Insights into the grief of parentally bereaved young people: a grounded theory study exploring young people's psychological and emotional experiences following the death of a parent (PDF) (Doctorate in Psychotherapy thesis). Middlesex University.
- ^ "Helping children cope with the death of a parent". The Guardian. 4 May 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ Gilbert, Shelley (2004). Grief Encounter Workbook. ISBN 9780954843427.
- ^ Gilbert, Shelley (June 2008). "Bereavement". Counselling Children and Young People. British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy: 3–8.
- ^ Stone, Chris (2019). "Working with bereavement and loss in play therapy". In Ayling, Peter; Armstrong, Harriet; Gordon Clark, Lisa (eds.). Becoming and Being a Play Therapist. Routledge. pp. 207–208. ISBN 9781138560963.
- ^ My Grief Handbook. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. 2024. ISBN 9781839970696.
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