grief

In October I presented at XL Equine's Autumn veterinary meeting.  I was pleased to be invited to talk about "Coping with the Grieving Owner" because dealing with highly distressed people in the normal busy day to day schedule of a practice can be stressful for all the staff involved.  The methods I teach are to understand the destabilising effects of grief and how to be aware of these and be led by the need and respond in a calm and compassionate manner.  During my presentation I spoke about the importance of taking care of oneself because dealing with those in grief can be [...]