Hazel Neser, who has many years experience assisting the bereaved, is available free of charge through Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors to listen, answer questions, provide support and assistance and help people understand their grief through this difficult time.
“It can be really tough - often people are not aware that what they are feeling is normal after a bereavement, that they are not going crazy and that the nightmare won't continue for the rest of their life. Sometimes it can help to talk to someone who understands and who is willing to listen,”
Through Gee & Hickton , Hazel also runs a series of popular bereavement education seminars free of charge for recently bereaved families.
Hazel has run Gee & Hickton ’s after-care support service for several years and teaches behavioural science, with an emphasis on loss and grief, at the Wellington Medical School
Every day we help people in their time of need
Grief is our natural response to loss in our lives. There is no right or wrong way to grieve and people have different ways of grieving.
When someone dies, family and friends can find it difficult to cope with the tremendous grief they experience and can be unprepared for important decisions and arrangements that need to be made.
After the funeral is over, Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors offers, free of charge, support and a sympathetic ear if people feel they need someone to talk to, someone to understand what they are going through. Whether it is just ‘being there’, or putting you in touch with other support networks, Gee & Hickton’s funeral directors are here to help you.
We also offer a free book, Now What? A guide for people living with the death of someone close, by highly regarded grief counselor and writer Lois Tonkin. A colourful poster, Remembering to Live is also available for children and teenagers.
These are just two of the many ways we at Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors demonstrate our understanding of the needs of families and friends going through the stress of a bereavement.