DR LAUREN BREEN
DR LAUREN BREEN
Promoting a grief-literate society where no one grieves alone.
ABOUT ME
I’m a community psychologist, researcher, academic, author, thanatologist (grief and loss expert), TEDx speaker, and a professor of psychology at Curtin University.
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My work is about understanding the psychology of grief and loss over the lifespan and the intersections with mental health and wellbeing.
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I am passionate about creating a connected, caring, and compassionate society where grief is acknowledged and supported. I am a Board Director of Lionheart Camp For Kids.
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My pronouns are she/her and I live in Perth (Boorloo) on the lands of the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation.
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In 2022, I received the Research Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling (USA). In 2023 and 2024, The Australian listed me as Australia’s research field leader in the category Hospice and Palliative Care.​
THE ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT GRIEF IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS
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Edited with Carrie Traher, this volume presents the leading research in child and adolescent grief from a diverse and global perspective, focusing on the systemic, political, and cultural processes that have a direct bearing on the way youth experience loss and grief.​
The book has a foreword written by two 16-year-olds, a mix of big names in the field and brand-new scholars making their mark, and a broad scope of countries and topics such as grief on TikTok, Black Lives Matter, war, colonisation, refugees, child soldiers, LGBTQ+ youth, homelessness, trafficking, suicide, teenage pregnancy, gun violence, climate change and more.