Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Carrie – Grief and creativity

Carrie talks about creativity and expressing grief and loss… that in many ways can offer insight and comfort for those who are grieving

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

Claudia – Materials in art therapy

Claudia discusses all of the wonderful options of materials to use in art therapy. Art, markers, clay, pencils, water collours, cutting, tearing. They physical engagment with the materials is like alchemy.

Christian – “Overdose Death”

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

Claudia – Art in community versus art therapy

Claudia explains how art therapists are trained and how what they do is different that doing art in community

Preparing For and Coping with Special Days

Special Days can be days we have honoured with our loved ones that many others celebrate or more personal dates and milestones with your loved one. As these days approach, it can be difficult to figure out how to move through a Special Day. Do you do what you’ve always done? What do you do…

Jean – Be good to yourself

Jean shares about support and not being hard on yourself

Maureen – Holiday kindness and grief

Maureen discusses grieving during the holidays and being lifter up by kindness

Maureen – “Counselling… a safe place”

Maureen discusses the right counselling space for you.

Janice – “Grief can be complicated”

Janice discusses disenfranchised grief and holding on to hurt.

Jacqueline – Humour

Jacqueline talks about how huour has a place in grieving

Caleigh – Play Therapy

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.