Lisi Weihs

Talking openly and honestly about death and grief is important to me and can be very helpful in coping. I dare to take the step of removing the taboo surrounding death, especially when it comes to death at the beginning of life – during pregnancy and around birth.

I am committed to clear communication with children by talking to them about feelings or death and dying. I am convinced that this strengthens them. They become more resilient and learn to cope better with loss.

I provide support and advice in the event of loss and life changes and combine my knowledge as a psychosocial counselor, qualified life and social counselor and systemic coach with my solid foundation as a pediatric nurse, the addition of palliative care and my experience as a mother of 2 children and children’s group leader at the Jungschar.

Special fields

• Grief counseling for loss, especially death at the beginning of life (e.g. miscarriage, stillbirth, newborn death)
• Coaching in areas such as dealing with illness, family loss and how to talk to my children about death and dying
• Coaching on life changes (e.g. from wife to mother, from couple to parent, family changes, child development steps, relationship breakdown, job loss, etc.)
• Support with (unfulfilled) desire to have children and abnormal findings during pregnancy
• Support during the subsequent pregnancy (if there is already a star child/children)
• Palliative support for children and young people and general bereavement counseling
• Support for those affected by suicide, assisted suicide and relatives in difficult phases of life

Services

• In-depth conversations and empathetic listening in challenging life situations
• Development and support of individual mourning rituals
• Methods such as resource work, system board constellations, ground anchors, timeline, pillars of identity, inner team and more
• Providing knowledge about child development and support when children are affected by grief
• Support with decision-making
• Bereavement counseling for people of all ages. Counseling is also available online and at home on personal request.

Education

• Original profession: Pediatric nurse, including in pediatric surgery at Vienna General Hospital
• Training as a life and social counselor and systemic coach at Kepos
• Palliative care course in pediatrics at Paracelsus Medical University
• “Death at the beginning of life” course (support for parents after miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth or neonatal death) at Nanaya
• Internship and lecturing at Nanaya – Center for Pregnancy, Birth and Life with Children (from 2023)

Additional diplomas

At the MEDINO Healthcare Center for Children, Women & Families you will find all the important specialties: Women’s health, pediatrics and general medicine. Our team of experienced doctors and therapists takes time for personal consultations and individual care. Thanks to the elective doctor structure, you benefit from flexible appointments, short waiting times and medical care in Vienna that is consistently geared towards the needs of patients and families.