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Trudie is a therapist with extensive experience of supporting people after loss, with specialist experience of working with traumatic grief, such as after suicide or alcohol or drug misuse. She studied humanistic integrative psychotherapy with University of Wales TSD. Trudie researches, writes and creates much of the content we produce for our training products. She is a freelance trainer, delivering education for organisations on topics ranging from neurodivergence & grief to traumatic loss.
Martin has training experience in a wide range of sectors. He is also a therapist who integrates a number of approaches, from Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy, to clinical hypnotherapy, to the wisdom of the Stoics. Martin creates and delivers innovative training content to help organisations build foundational skills when interacting with the bereaved. He created the Grief First Aid course for Cruse Bereavement Support, as well as developing their online peer-to-peer bereavement support programme.
Evelyn Gascoyne is passionate about creating accessible, engaging content. With a BA in Journalism and Creative Writing and an MA that refined her professional writing skills, she brings strong storytelling, interviewing, and content strategy expertise to her work. She has a strong interest in psychology and is currently training as a therapist. As well as being on the Grief Guides team, Evelyn uses her marketing & writing experience, and knowledge of the therapeutic world, to help therapists establish strong online presences.