A qualitative study of bereavement support volunteers’ views and experiences on an online Acceptance and commitment therapy-based (ACT) training programme

Anne Canny; David Gillanders; Tamzin Burnett; Brooke Swash; Juliet Spiller; Emily Harrop; Lucy Selman; Nicola Reed; Anne Finucane

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0337321

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A qualitative study of bereavement support volunteers’ views and experiences on an online Acceptance and commitment therapy-based (ACT) training programme

Anne Canny ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

* E-mail: anne.canny@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Clinical Psychology, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1156-383X

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David Gillanders,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Clinical Psychology, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Tamzin Burnett,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marie Curie Hospice, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Brooke Swash,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Psychology, University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom
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Juliet Spiller,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marie Curie Hospice, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Emily Harrop,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Marie Curie Research Centre, Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
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Lucy Selman,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Palliative and End of Life Care Research Group, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Nicola Reed,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cruse Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Anne Finucane

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Clinical Psychology, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Marie Curie Hospice, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3056-059X

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A qualitative study of bereavement support volunteers’ views and experiences on an online Acceptance and commitment therapy-based (ACT) training programme

Anne Canny,
David Gillanders,
Tamzin Burnett,
Brooke Swash,
Juliet Spiller,
Emily Harrop,
Lucy Selman,
Nicola Reed,
Anne Finucane

Published: December 8, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0337321

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