Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Rev. Sky – “Retraumatization”

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

Keith – “Disenfranchised Grief”

Keith describes disenfranchised grief.

Maureen – “Your experience of loss is unique”

Maureen explains how your experience of grief is your own.

Christian – “Grief in the opioid crisis”

Christian talks about looking for answers in great sadness.

Sara – My Story

Sara talks about why she became a music therapist, espression and connecting to feelings

Caileigh – Grief and child behaviour

Caileigh explains when a child experiences grief or a traumatic grief experience, there’s often behaviour that comes from that. Grief impacts behaviour. And sometimes it can be outward behaviour and sometimes it can be internalized behaviour. The good news about grief and behaviour is that it can be managed and supported through effective communication, through therapy and through coping strategies.

Sara – Listening to music

Sara discusses how listening to music can help navigate loss

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

Rev. Sky – “Yearning”

Rev. Sky discusses yearning and how it’s OK to feel those emotions.

Marija – Permission to mourn

Marija discusses the value of being allowing yourself to mourn

Maureen – Holiday kindness and grief

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

Marija – Feeling Disenfranchised Grief in a Pandemic

Marija talks about disenfranchised grief and Covid