Ms Sam McDonnell Social Worker

Samantha McDonnell is an accredited mental health social worker, specialising in grief and bereavement counselling, and treatment for grief-related mental health conditions. Sam has over 12 years’ experience in a palliative care setting as a senior clinician. Sam has particular expertise working with adults experiencing significant grief and loss, and mental health concerns related to having a terminal illness, caregiving and bereavement. As a palliative care service Bereavement Coordinator, Sam has provided extensive mentoring and clinical supervision to members of the bereavement team, and overseen all bereavement-related staff orientation and education, community engagement and education, and quality improvement activities. Sam' private practice Grief and Bereavement Counselling service draws on this expertise in palliative care illness and bereavement care, while also offering broader scope to provide support to adults who are bereaved from any cause, including: - Chronic illness/life-limiting illness - Sudden death - Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) - Suicide - Homicide