Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Jacqueline – Digital Story

Jacqueline discusses what a digital story can be and how creatiing one can create positive breakthroughs

Coping with Guilt in Grief Playlist

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

Carrie – Validation

Carrie talks about validation and feeling that someone is full responsive and fully present to you and what is going on in your grief… feeling “felt”

Claudia – Art, art as therapy and art therapy

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

Caileigh – Recommendations as a therapist and a griever

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.

Janice – “Not feeling grief when someone dies”

Janice talks about why some people don’t feel grief and what it may mean.

Shannon – Growing through Grief

Shannon discusses post traumatic growth and how it can be an expectation

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.

Janice – “Crying”

Janice explains how crying helps physically and emotionally.

Keith – “Knowing what to say”

Keith gives practical advice about helping someone in grief.

Maureen – “Grief can come back”

Maureen explains however grief comes back, you are OK.

Amanda – “Reach out”

Amanda discusses the importance of connecting with others.