Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Chantal – Physical symptoms and grieving

August 5, 2022

Chantal talks about panic attacks and thinking she was having a heart attack

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Rev. Sky – “What is a trigger”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky explains triggers, identifying them and what you need.

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Caileigh – Through play children learn so much about their grief

February 23, 2023

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.

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

November 6, 2022

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.

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Rev. Sky – “Sharing”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky explains how sharing helps you heal.

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Jenn – In grief an art therapist can be there to walk with you

January 24, 2022

Jenn discusses how an art therapists can support you in those moments of pain. They are there to honour your stories and experiences.

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There One Day and Gone the Next : Art Therapy and Grief

December 2, 2022

This blog post contains information about using art therapy to process grief, including specific examples.

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Jean – What grief feels like physically

April 1, 2022

Jean discusses the physical effects she has experienced in grief

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Caleigh – Play Therapy

February 22, 2023

Caileigh explains how play therapy, a form of psychotherapy can help children in grief. It is specifically used when working with children and families and youth because it’s developmentally appropriate. They are never expected to sit down and to talk. And it is through the language of play that they’re able to learn about the confusing feelings of grief. They are able to learn new skills to cope with their grief, and they’re able to go at their own pace.

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Carrie – Thanatology

June 21, 2021

Carrie explains how thanatolgy is the study of death dying grief and loss.

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Keith – “My story”

December 10, 2018

Keith tells his story and why he became a counsellor.

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Caileigh – Recommendations as a therapist and a griever

February 22, 2023

Caileigh discussed two recommendations for parents on how to support their child’s grief. as a therapist and a griever. The first is to recognize that being with is far more important than fixing. There’s two pieces to connection. The first being that one of the most important healing aspects to grief is feeling connected to others.

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