Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

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

Jacqueline – Art therapy and grieving women

Jacqueline explains how helping connect to the heart and reslience with art therapy can be very helpful

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.

Jacqueline – Where to store art works

Jacqueline explains how art can be like journal entries that you would keep private

Katie “Ongoing Grief”

Katie talks about the loss of her mother.

Keith – “We need one another”

Keith talks about the importance of story, understanding our journey and how we are connected.

Jessica M – Finding Hope

Jessica shares memories of her brothers birthday which was just before her mothers death and how they all found hope

Janice – “Risks”

Janice talks about risks in behaviour and progress.

Christian – “Stigma of opioid death”

Christian talks about the social acceptance of an opioid overdose.

Madelyn – The power of music

Madelyn – discusses the potency of music and processing good and bad memories

Reflections on Mother’s Day

Mother’s day is a holiday where we show appreciation and care for the maternal roles in our lives. However, this holiday can feel very overwhelming for those of us who are grieving the death of a mother figure, a mother grieving their child, or those of us grieving the loss of not being able to become mothers ourselves.

Jen – “Breathing and grief”

Jen talks about how breathing and yoga can help cope.