Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Claudia – Being stuck and art therapy

Claudia discusses remunating how art therapist can help create different positive perspectives

Rev. Sky – “Sharing”

Rev. Sky explains how sharing helps you heal.

Rev. Sky – “What is trauma?”

Rev. Sky discusses how trauma affects us on many levels.

Rev. Sky – “Youth alert”

Rev. Sky talks about youth and when it’s time to reach out for support.

Janice – “Pay attention to our feelings”

Janice discuss the importance of being aware of your feelings.

Michele – Advice to younger grieving self

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

Rev. Sky – “Weepies”

Rev. Sky talks about weepies, that they are OK and how to deal with them.

Christian – “Grief in the opioid crisis”

Christian talks about looking for answers in great sadness.

Rev. Sky – “Retraumatization”

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

Keith – “Timeframe for grief”

Keith explains it is never too late to grieve and there is no timeline.

Caileigh – Working with children in grief

Caileigh shares why she likes working with and supporting children in grief. “Over the course of their lives, children and youth and families experience a lot of losses, and it’s an empowering job to empower others. I’m not only empowering them, but I’m also building parent capacity in recognizing that it does take a village and it takes a community to support a child.”

Jean – What grief feels like physically

Jean discusses the physical effects she has experienced in grief