VISION
A compassionate world supportive and understanding of ambiguous loss
FOUNDERChloe Swinton founded ALUK in 2015, after 15 years of specialising in the field supporting families and individuals, and working through her own previous ambiguous losses. Chloe is inspired by the work of Pauline Boss, who coined the term in the 1970s. Here is Chloe on a cold winters day doing beach litter pick!
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MISSION
Chloe's mission is to use her expertise and skills to offer ambiguous loss support throughout the UK, and to raise awareness of ambiguous loss through a range of educational methods
SEASCAPES
Chloe is greatly motivated and moved by seascapes and can spend hours taking black and white photos of waves! Many people are drawn to the sea and emotions are linked to water as an element - watery tears of sorrow or joy, and grief can feel like the depths of a vast ocean. Water brings life to all beings on earth. There is symbolism and associations with seascapes and ambiguous loss - the uncertainty of the sand, never-ending waves of emotions, crumbling cliffs of despair, vastness of possibilities, horizon of hope, the fathomless of the ocean etc. All the photos on this website are taken during Chloe's adventures to the seaside.
“Ambiguous loss is an unclear loss, thought to be the most stressful type and often enduring, without closure or a goodbye. A psychological or physical absence from an external cause brings uncertainty, confusion and a sense of limbo. Grief is complicated, delayed or frozen, and often unresolved.”
~ Chloe Swinton (2021)
~ Chloe Swinton (2021)
