Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Amanda – “Listening”

Amanda shares the importance of listening and being comfortable with silence.

Chantal – You don’t have to be an artist to take part in art therapy

Chantal explains that you don’t have to be an artist to participate in art therapy and acutally if you have less art experience you will enjoy it more.

Jacqueline – Digital Story

Jacqueline discusses what a digital story can be and how creatiing one can create positive breakthroughs

Rev. Sky – “The grief tunnel”

Rev. Sky talks about going forward and growing in the grief process.

Sara – My Story

Sara talks about why she became a music therapist, espression and connecting to feelings

Cara – Grief and intellectual disabilities is a topic that needs to “get out there”

Cara shares some information from a participant in her research on intellectual disabilities and the bereaved. A person with an intellectual disability said… “Grief: It’s a topic that needs to get out there” Grief is something that so many people are hesitant to talk about, to display, to show, because there’s so many social rules around how we grieve. This is particularily challenging for the intellectually disabled.

Christian – “Overdose Death”

Christian talks about an overdose death not defining who that person was.

Janice – “More to deal with than death when someone dies”

Janice explains that when somebody dies it’s not just the death that you are dealing with but the entire relationship.

Janice – “Go into feelings”

Janice explains how important it is to pay attention to your feelings.

Chantal – My Story

Chantal discusses finding a release in doing a graphic novel to explore her grief as a thesis in art therapy school

Rev. Sky – “Feeling stuck”

Rev. Sky describes being stuck and shifting.

Christian – “Growth out of pain”

Christian tells about how grief changes and we grow.