Julie Stokes
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Julie Stokes

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Julie Stokes

Stress management in bereaved children

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Focus

Understanding best practice in stress management support for bereaved children

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Fellowship year

1992

Locality

South West

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Biography

I am an executive coach with The Preston Associates. It's a joy to work with talented leaders who want to do the very best for their people and the businesses they lead.

In 1992, two special things happened – I married my husband Ronan and I completed my Churchill Fellowship. This life-changing year led to the establishment of Winston's Wish, which aims to give hope to children when a family member has died. The charity's work can be seen at winstonswish.org.uk.

My book You Will Be Okay was published in 2021 by Hachette. It provided a wonderful opportunity to capture all the learnings from families I had met through Winston's Wish.

I am a passionate supporter of the Churchill Fellowship. It has evolved and strengthened in the almost 30 years since my own Fellowship and it has shaped my life in so many ways.

O, B and E were my (not-so-brilliant) A-level grades and my OBE later in life was a direct connection to the learnings gained from my Fellowship. I am deeply grateful.

Activity

editorial

Paying it Forward: The Role of the Thinking Partner

Julie Stokes OBE (CF 1992), who recently gave the keynote speech at our Award Ceremony, carried out her Churchill Fellowship while working as a clinical psychologist in palliative care. She credits her Fellowship with not only helping her NHS work supporting bereaved children but also her career journey and trajectory, from founding the leading children's charity Winston's Wish to her current role as an executive coach and consultant clinical psychologist.

By Julie Stokes, 2024

Julie Stokes
editorial

November 2022 Fellow's update: Julie Stokes

Charity founder Julie Stokes (CF 1992) was interviewed about her 30-year career supporting bereaved children, in a webinar hosted by the Child Bereavement Network as part of Children’s Grief Awareness Week on 22 November. Julie founded leading children’s charity Winston’s Wish as a result of her Fellowship, and last year published a book aimed at bereaved children called You Will Be Okay.

By Julie Stokes, 2022

editorial

August 2021 Fellows' update: Julie Stokes

Charity founder Julie Stokes (CF 1992) wrote a book entitled You Will be OK, which was published on 19 August. The book aims to support children who are navigating grief and draws upon her Fellowship, which explored best practice in stress management support for bereaved children.

By Julie Stokes, 2021

Disclaimer

All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.

Activity

editorial

Paying it Forward: The Role of the Thinking Partner

Julie Stokes OBE (CF 1992), who recently gave the keynote speech at our Award Ceremony, carried out her Churchill Fellowship while working as a clinical psychologist in palliative care. She credits her Fellowship with not only helping her NHS work supporting bereaved children but also her career journey and trajectory, from founding the leading children's charity Winston's Wish to her current role as an executive coach and consultant clinical psychologist.

By Julie Stokes, 2024

Julie Stokes
editorial

November 2022 Fellow's update: Julie Stokes

Charity founder Julie Stokes (CF 1992) was interviewed about her 30-year career supporting bereaved children, in a webinar hosted by the Child Bereavement Network as part of Children’s Grief Awareness Week on 22 November. Julie founded leading children’s charity Winston’s Wish as a result of her Fellowship, and last year published a book aimed at bereaved children called You Will Be Okay.

By Julie Stokes, 2022

editorial

August 2021 Fellows' update: Julie Stokes

Charity founder Julie Stokes (CF 1992) wrote a book entitled You Will be OK, which was published on 19 August. The book aims to support children who are navigating grief and draws upon her Fellowship, which explored best practice in stress management support for bereaved children.

By Julie Stokes, 2021

Disclaimer

All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.

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