Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Adrianna – Metabolizing grief

Adrianna explains metabolizing grief and grief literacy training

Professional Insights Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of professionals helping people and families to cope with grief.

Amanda – “Hospice like home”

Amanda discusses the value of feeling like being at home during palliative care.

Chantal – Anticipatory grief

Chantal defines antipatory grief and the grief before the physical loss

Christian – “Overdose Death”

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

Caileigh – Through play children learn so much about their grief

Caileigh discussed how children learn so much about their grief through play. There’s less confusion, there’s less anxiety, there’s more awareness. For the child and the parent, there is more acceptance of grief.

Jean – Grief resources and self care

Jean talks about resources that help in processing grief and self care

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.

Claudia – Art, art as therapy and art therapy

Claudia discusses the definition of therapy and how art therapists are formally trained.

Jessica M – The value of talking about grief

Jessica talks about living in North America and the fear many people have about talking about grief but that it is very important to talk. It makes us feel less alone and helps us move through our grief. It’s also how you can keep your lost one alive.

Claudia – Working with an art therapist

Claudia how all art making is theraputic and working with an art therapist amplifies the process in a positive way

Michele – My Story

MIchele talks about her multiple losses starting from when she was very young