Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Maureen – “Trust yourself”

Maureen talks about finding your own way in your healing process.

Christian – “Grief in the opioid crisis”

Christian talks about looking for answers in great sadness.

Janice – “Go into feelings”

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

Maureen – “Grief can come back”

Maureen explains however grief comes back, you are OK.

Chantal – What is art therapy?

Chantal explains how art therapy helps us express in ways that words can’t

Maureen – Grief and Holidays

Maureen talks about feelings duing holidays

Janice – “Grief and the whole relationship”

Janice uses a personal story to talk about how loss can be related to the whole relationship not just the death.

Claudia – Art, art as therapy and art therapy

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

Thoughts About Grief Counselling Playlist

Listen to the thoughts and insights of people and families living with grief.

Cara – Intellectual disabilities and advance planning

Cara explains that people living with intellectual disabilities are growing to older ages, much like the rest of the population. And as folks are aging what we’re seeing is the need for families more so than ever, to do some advanced planning for who will take over any caregiving decision making or where that person may live, what sort of support they may need and what that’s going to look like after the parents or the guardians die so that this doesn’t become a crisis situation.

Caileigh – A safe place to grow and heal

Caileigh talks about how accessing play therapy can support everybody. When children have that safe place to heal, everybody around them feels good and can heal, too.

Corrie – Pandemic of grief

Corrie discusses how much grief there is