Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Left Out: Enfranchising Children’s Grief and Loss

August 13, 2025

By: Jessica Milette, MSW, RSW All human beings have the capacity to grieve: people with intellectual disabilities, those living with a traumatic brain injury, and children of all ages. However, many people can experience disenfranchised grief when someone dies. Disenfranchised grief is generally grief that is not usually openly acknowledged, socially accepted or publicly mourned.…

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Rev. Sky – “Retraumatization”

December 10, 2018

Rev. Sky discusses trauma and re-experiencing the initial emotion had at the beginning of a loss.

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Cheryl – “Complicated Grief”

December 10, 2018

Cheryl discusses unresolved grief.

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Collective Grief

May 22, 2022

When the death of a person affects many members in a community, city, country, or across the world, people will experience collective grief.

These are some things that can help people through the experience of collective grief across a community.

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Carrie – Creating a photo narrative

June 21, 2021

Carrie explains how photography can give insight and express things that there reallhy aren’t words for. Photography can be one addtitional way in which to express and capture those moments of our sorrow, grief and pain as well as transformation and healing

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Grief, Exhaustion, & Rest

March 21, 2024

Many people consider grief to be a response to the death of a loved one, but we grieve so much more than that. Grief is an emotional response to loss of any kind. Both real or perceived loss can trigger the response. The loss of a job, a miscarriage, a breakup, losing a sentimental item,…

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Jenn – The difference between expressive and creative arts

January 24, 2022

Jenn explains the difference between expressive and creative arts. You don’t have to limit yourself to art making to help you through your grief process. Expressive arts encompasses a wide variety of approaches including drama, dance, movement, writing and music

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Jenn – What does an art therapist do

January 24, 2022

Jenn explains how art therapist use the creative process to help people make positive changes to improve their overall health and to enhance their well being

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Jacqueline – It’s an Honour

August 26, 2022

Jacqueline explains why it’s an honour to be a part of her clients healing journey

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Rev. Sky – “The grief tunnel”

December 10, 2018

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

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Keith – “You need not be alone”

December 10, 2018

Keith discusses getting help, resources and that you don’t need to be alone.

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Christian – “When people say dumb things”

October 1, 2019

Christian explains how he deals with people who say dumb things.

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