Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Chantal – Grief and art therapy group

August 5, 2022

Chantal talks about the honour of being witness to other peoples story and exploration of grief and art therapy

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Claudia – Working with an art therapist

August 2, 2022

Claudia how all art making is theraputic and working with an art therapist amplifies the process in a positive way

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Craig – Resilience in the Face of Adversity

August 1, 2023

Craig how he overcame a series of challenges, including the loss of his marriage, his job, and his home. He talks about how he found the strength to keep going and how he learned to be more resilient.

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Amanda – “It’s a gift to love someone”

December 10, 2018

Amanda talks about grief and it’s connection to love.

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Claudia – Defining an art therapist

August 2, 2022

Claudia talks about art therapy as a form of psycho therapy

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Caileigh – Parent Capacity

February 23, 2023

Caileigh discusses parent capacity and and how to support their child through their grief is all about inspiring them and empowering them so that they can help their child.

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Weathering the Intense Emotions of Grief

August 3, 2022

Grief often comes with powerful, unpredictable emotional shifts that can be painful to experience. While it’s important to find ways to sit with these feelings, to acknowledge the pain of grief and accept loss, it’s also necessary to find ways to ease and manage the pain. There are several simple activities that you can explore to help.

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Amanda – “Ministry of Presence”

December 10, 2018

Amanda discusses how being present with someone can be helpful.

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Jacqueline – Humour

August 26, 2022

Jacqueline talks about how huour has a place in grieving

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Cara – People with intellectual disabilities need to be recognized and honoured in their grief

November 6, 2022

Cara talks about grievers living with intellectual disabilities and that it’s not about those of us who are neuro-typical, giving them a voice or providing them or saying things for them. Rather, it’s that they already have a voice. They already have these experiences and they want them to be recognized, acknowledged and honoured.

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Janice – “Grieving as long as you need to grieve”

December 10, 2018

Janice talks about her personal grief experiences and understanding the need for grieving as long as you need to.

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Janice – “Not feeling grief when someone dies”

December 10, 2018

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

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