Michelle O’Reilly
Senior Medical Social Worker with North West Hospice providing supportive counselling, bereavement services, and practical advice for patients, families, and children facing serious illness and loss.
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Nov 4, 2025 • 42min
Social Work Insights on Coping with Loss
Michelle O’Reilly, senior medical social worker supporting families and children through serious illness, and Kate Hawney, senior palliative social work practitioner specialising in bereavement and therapeutic counselling, discuss grief’s physical and emotional effects. They cover how grief differs by relationship and circumstance. Practical support, helping children, coping with anniversaries, and when to seek extra help are explored.
