NAVIGATING AMBIGUOUS LOSS
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An opportunity to meet online over a series of seven weeks to explore your ambiguous loss and grief in a safe environment with others sharing similar experiences. The sessions are 1.5 hours and consist of a mixture of education (the facilitator sharing information), participants sharing personal experiences (optional), discussions and mutual support. We offer homework tasks, weekly handouts including resources and signposting. We explore self-care and coping strategies, including learning a simple EFT Tapping technique (new for 2026!).
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UPCOMING DATES
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Each week has a focus based on the MARCH Model for Ambiguous Loss (Chloë Swinton, 2016):
Week 1: Introductions and storytelling
Week 2: Isolation and connection
Week 3: Mastery and finding balance
Week 4: Resilience and learning to cope
Week 5: Acceptance and embracing fear
Week 6: Hope and finding meaning
Week 7: Remembering and closure
Each week has a focus based on the MARCH Model for Ambiguous Loss (Chloë Swinton, 2016):
Week 1: Introductions and storytelling
Week 2: Isolation and connection
Week 3: Mastery and finding balance
Week 4: Resilience and learning to cope
Week 5: Acceptance and embracing fear
Week 6: Hope and finding meaning
Week 7: Remembering and closure
COMPLETING THE GROUP SESSIONS, YOU WILL:
- Understand and integrate your ambiguous loss and grief
- Reduce your isolation and loneliness
- Express and manage your feelings
- Cope better with everyday life
- Feel more in control with renewed hope.
COST
Standard price: £TBC. This includes:
- 10.5 hours of guided online support over seven weeks.
- A small, supportive group where everyone has the opportunity to be heard and understood.
- A holistic approach, incorporating practices such as visualisation, creativity, nature, meditation, breathwork, EFT tapping, journaling, and theoretical models.
- Helpful resources and optional between-session activities for your learning and wellbeing.
- The opportunity to stay connected with fellow participants after the group ends.
- Compassionate guidance from an experienced, accredited, trauma-informed grief counsellor.
FACILTATOR
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Chloë Swinton is a specialist in ambiguous loss and Founder of Ambiguous Loss UK. She has worked with a wide range of ambiguous losses and types of grief, and additionally had her own past-lived experiences which deepen her understanding. She has:
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OTHER INFORMATION
- Our group is for adults over 18, who are living in the UK, and directly experiencing ambiguous loss
- Participants are requested to attend every session, with Week 1 compulsory for all
- Places are limited and we do not arrange refunds, transfers or exchanges
- During our sessions we will discuss personal lived experiences of ambiguous loss. This must be kept confidential by all participants.
WHAT PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS SAY:
“I found the ambiguous loss support group to be invaluable in helping me to find new ways to navigate and process my own complex losses. Chloe was very adept at holding the space for our different experiences, gently and expertly inviting us to share our experiences through thoughtful discussions and homework suggestions. Her warmth and professionalism created an atmosphere of safety that allowed for a sense of ease and helped us to bond over the 7 weeks. Getting to know others who were experiencing similar feelings helped to ‘normalise’ our experiences and provided a great deal of comfort. Although 7 weeks was a relatively short period of time, we built enough connection to want to stay in touch with one another after the sessions ended. I highly recommend this support group for anyone struggling to find their way through ambiguous loss.” ~ Shirley
“I joined Chloe's support group having never met anyone else experiencing ambiguous loss. I had never been to a support group and I wasn't sure how I could talk to strangers about a type of grief that was having such a major impact on my own life. It was so refreshing to finally get more of an informed understanding of my own loss and speak to others in the group who ‘just really get it’ and understand the devastating sadness I have been feeling. The group has given me valuable, unjudged support by a small number of lovely people who share a range of ambiguous loss experiences but who have all come together to both give and receive; to listen and share and to help each other and themselves. Chloe's kind, calm manner and expertise gave us a safe and structured pathway through each session. I feel fortunate to have had an opportunity to be part of something unique and special.” ~ Teresa L
“I joined Chloe's support group having never met anyone else experiencing ambiguous loss. I had never been to a support group and I wasn't sure how I could talk to strangers about a type of grief that was having such a major impact on my own life. It was so refreshing to finally get more of an informed understanding of my own loss and speak to others in the group who ‘just really get it’ and understand the devastating sadness I have been feeling. The group has given me valuable, unjudged support by a small number of lovely people who share a range of ambiguous loss experiences but who have all come together to both give and receive; to listen and share and to help each other and themselves. Chloe's kind, calm manner and expertise gave us a safe and structured pathway through each session. I feel fortunate to have had an opportunity to be part of something unique and special.” ~ Teresa L
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” ~ Ryunosuke Satoro
