Shelley has trained and worked as a professional psychotherapist for bereaved children and young people for over 25 years. She wrote the interactive Grief Encounter Workbook, now Griefbook, which rapidly became an award-winning bestseller.
How to Lose Friends and Empty a Room – Shelley shares a powerful message about the grieving processes of young people and adults. During her talk Shelley reframes thinking about the way we grieve and gives people permission to grieve in a much better way than the one widely used within in our society.