Service
Supporting individuals and whānau to navigate life after suicide loss
Aoake te Rā is here to assist the bereaved to adapt to their loss by suicide.
- We are a growing service that has been developed using co-design with bereaved individuals, whānau and communities
- We offer a service for those needing focused support following bereavement by suicide. The service is:
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- Free
- Brief therapeutic support (from 6 to 10 hours/sessions of support)
- Available to all ages, at any time following loss
- Available to anyone navigating loss by suicide (whānau, friends, colleagues, discoverer, communities)
- Sessions can support individuals, couples, whānau groups or a combination
- Available nationwide
- Available face to face, online, phone or a combination
- We are one of a range of services that support people bereaved by suicide (see diagram)
- We aim to be a culturally responsive, safe and effective service
- We work with identified local Providers (e.g. counsellors, psychologists and other health professionals) who we train in suicide bereavement.
Feedback from bereaved whānau who have used the service...
Bereaved friend
Bereaved parents
Bereaved sister
Bereaved partner
Bereaved clinician
Bereaved brother & mother
Bereaved sibling
Bereaved mother
Bereaved friend
Bereaved sibling
Bereaved partner
Bereaved māmā
Bereaved mother
Bereaved sibling