Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Teresa – Understanding people with intellectual disabilities and grief

Teresa shares an example and discusses the importance of truly understanding people with intellectual disabilities when they are telling us their stories

Michele – Advice to younger grieving self

Michele tells what advice she would give to her younger grieving self

Janice – “Being triggered”

Janice discusses triggering, overreacting, under-reacting, and taking responsibility for the size of our feelings.

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.

Corrie – Triggers

Corrie discuss the many types of triggers

Corrie – Talking to children about death and dying

Corrie explains how to discuss death and dying with children

Maureen – “Carrying grief”

Maureen gives an analogy of how hard it is to carry griefMaureen gives an analogy of how hard it is to carry grief.

Sara – Music and grief

Sara discusses how music can connect and help by acknowledging grief and bringing comfort

Jean – Grief resources and self care

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

Jean – Coping

Jean shares how coping can be complicated

Nicole – Grieving as a community

Nicole discusses the power of grieving together as a community. Finding connection and trust.

Cheryl – “My story”

Cheryl talks about her daughter’s organ donations.