Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Keith – “My story”

Keith tells his story and why he became a counsellor.

Claudia – Defining an art therapist

Claudia talks about art therapy as a form of psycho therapy

Amanda – “No person is an island”

Amanda talks about the power of community and the importance of reaching out.

Marija – Latent grief

Marija explains latent grief

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

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

Left Out: Enfranchising Children’s Grief and Loss

By: Jessica Milette, MSW, RSW All human beings have the capacity to grieve: people with intellectual disabilities, those living with a traumatic brain injury, and children of all ages. However, many people can experience disenfranchised grief when someone dies. Disenfranchised grief is generally grief that is not usually openly acknowledged, socially accepted or publicly mourned.…

Corrie – Grief is like a rollercoaster

Corrie talks about grief over time

Kristal – Attending Memorials as a Support Worker

Kristal discusses the importance of finding ways to honour people that have been lost and how they have impacted you. She speaks to how she often chooses not to attend public memorials for those she has lost as a support worker as they are often very overwhelming. Instead, she has her own personal rituals or ways of honouring those she has lost personally including opening a window. She discusses how this practice was used when she worked in palliative care.

Cheryl – “My story”

Cheryl talks about her daughter’s organ donations.

Janice – “It’s hard work”

Janice explains that hard work is necessary to reach the calm and peace.

Jean – My Story

Jean talks about isolation and grieving during a pandemic

Sara – Music at the end of life

Sara talks about the values of music at the end of life