Bereavement Professionals’ Insights

Marija – Feeling Disenfranchised Grief in a Pandemic

Marija talks about disenfranchised grief and Covid

Maureen – “Trust yourself”

Maureen talks about finding your own way in your healing process.

Jen – “Releasing grief through yoga”

Jen discusses how some poses can help release stress.

Janice – “Own our feelings”

Janice discusses the goals of emotional work and arriving at a peaceful place.

Adrianna – Metabolizing grief

Adrianna explains metabolizing grief and grief literacy training

Jenn – Art can be grounding and meditative

Jenn explains how the textures , qualities and colours of art can be grounding and meditative

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.

Carrie – Creating a photo narrative

Carrie explains how photography can give insight and express things that there reallhy aren’t words for. Photography can be one addtitional way in which to express and capture those moments of our sorrow, grief and pain as well as transformation and healing

Marija – Latent grief

Marija explains latent grief

Sara – My Story

Sara talks about why she became a music therapist, espression and connecting to feelings

Caleigh – Play Therapy

Caileigh explains how play therapy, a form of psychotherapy can help children in grief. It is specifically used when working with children and families and youth because it’s developmentally appropriate. They are never expected to sit down and to talk. And it is through the language of play that they’re able to learn about the confusing feelings of grief. They are able to learn new skills to cope with their grief, and they’re able to go at their own pace.

Keith – “My story”

Keith tells his story and why he became a counsellor.