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 connecting, caring, and compassionate society where grief is acknowledged and supported.
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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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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.