Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Jenn – The difference between expressive and creative arts

Jenn explains the difference between expressive and creative arts. You don’t have to limit yourself to art making to help you through your grief process. Expressive arts encompasses a wide variety of approaches including drama, dance, movement, writing and music

Chantal – Physical symptoms and grieving

Chantal talks about panic attacks and thinking she was having a heart attack

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.

Rev. Sky – “Feeling stuck”

Rev. Sky describes being stuck and shifting.

Christian – “Remembering together in a meaningful way”

Christian discusses the power of memories.

Christian – “Jeff’s Story”

Christian tells Jeff”s story… the good and his struggles.

Rev. Sky – “Yearning”

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

Janice – “It’s never too late to grieve”

Janice talks about the importance of noticing feelings.

Katie “Ongoing Grief”

Katie talks about the loss of her mother.

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

Marija – The wilderness of grief

Marija discussed acknowedging all aspects of grief and living with grief.

Corrie – Grief is like a rollercoaster

Corrie talks about grief over time