Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Rev. Sky – “What is a trigger”

Rev. Sky explains triggers, identifying them and what you need.

Keith – “Disenfranchised Grief”

Keith describes disenfranchised grief.

Chantal – You don’t have to be an artist to take part in art therapy

Chantal explains that you don’t have to be an artist to participate in art therapy and acutally if you have less art experience you will enjoy it more.

Chantal – Grief and art therapy group

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

Janice – “It’s hard work”

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

Christian – “Growth out of pain”

Christian tells about how grief changes and we grow.

Shannon – Losing is a life skill

Shannon shares about losing her husband to suicide, her parents and her father-in-law. She felt broken and to be able to take care of her kids and her self seemed overwhelming. It took someone telling her that you can heal from trauma to give her hope for healing.

Cara – The real issues for grieving people with intellectual disabilities

Cara provides some context for the real issue of grief in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and those supporting them, including that we consider that there’s not a lot of education or information out there about how best to support someone with an intellectual disability who is grieving.

Claudia – Art therapy and costs

Claudia talks about how people may shy away from art therapy because of costs and how training schools can be an option

Maureen – Preparing for holidays

Maureen gives some ideas to help during holidays like connecting and taking time out

Christian – “Grief can shape you”

Christian talks about realizing the impact grief has.

Janice- “Stay with feelings”

Janice talks about how feelings can be buried and how working through them can help.