This week on Life Unfiltered, Maria McHale was joined by Sean Adams, IACP-accredited psychotherapist at Summit Counselling in Swords. Sean lost his father two years ago after years of illness including throat cancer, a laryngectomy and a spinal injury that left him tetraplegic. In this conversation he reflects on the particular grief of losing a parent you didn’t always find easy and what it means to keep understanding someone after they’re gone.

Drawing on Michael Harding’s book I Loved Him From The Day He Died, Sean and Maria talked about layered loss and accepting parents for who they were rather than who we want them to be.

You can find more about Sean and Summit Counselling at: Summit Counselling