Tác giả: Connie Easterbrook

Connie Easterbrook is a professional counsellor. She holds a Bachelor of Social Science from Southern Cross University, a Graduate Certificate in Emotionally Focused Therapy and a Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training. Over the past eighteen years, Connie has held positions at Lifeline, Anglicare, Relationships Australia and Catholic Care. She has also provided training to TAFE, St Mark”s National Theological Centre, community groups and churches. Given Connie”s personal experiences, she chose to work in the grief and loss field for many years, assisting individuals and agencies. She provided training, facilitated support groups, and spoke publicly about both suicide postvention, and grief and loss. “My Daughter, Myself” is Connie”s first book, written in response to her grief following the tragic death of her daughter, Simone, at the age of twenty-one. In 2016, Connie”s short story “Big Grief” was published in the Hunter Writers Centre publication, “Grieve”. Connie currently runs a small private practice; she also works as a counsellor and relationship educator for Relationships Australia. She lives in the Sutherland Shire with her husband, Tony, her youngest son, Matthew, and their naughty puppy, Bailey.