by Kara Jones | Jul 9, 2019 | Alumni Experiences, Certification in Creative Grief Support
“The lightbulb moment I experienced about the role of shame was worth the price of the course all by itself! That single thought changed my point of view, and helped me immeasurably. So many of the things we read will also enhance my regular coaching practice. I...
by Kara Jones | Jun 11, 2019 | Alumni Experiences, Certification in Creative Grief Support
“I initially had some hesitation signing up for this course because I have not experienced grief in the form of loss of a close loved one. However, I saw so many parallels between grief due to bereavement and my own grieving over losses due to depression and...
by Kara Jones | May 14, 2019 | Alumni Experiences, Certification in Creative Grief Support
“This course has helped me grow tremendously. I’ve already noticed a positive difference in the way that I facilitate my monthly support group. I have always considered becoming a coach, and the fact that this was specifically about issues surrounding...
by Kara Jones | May 6, 2019 | Certification in Creative Grief Support, Creative Grief Support Prompts, Lit Review, Reflect on Your Grief Support Practice
“Narrative humility allows clinicians to recognise that each story we hear holds elements that are unfamiliar – be they cultural, socio-economic, sexual, religious, or idiosyncratically personal. Assuming that our reading of any patient’s story is the definitive...
by Kara Jones | Apr 22, 2019 | Certification in Creative Grief Support, Creative Grief Support Prompts, Reflect on Your Grief Support Practice
As grief support practitioners, we’re having conversations and working creatively with our clients in ways that we hope will help our clients to explore their grief and to make meanings that are comforting, sustaining, and hopeful, after loss. Contrary to popular and...
by Kara Jones | Apr 16, 2019 | Certification in Creative Grief Support, Creative Grief Support Prompts, Lit Review, Reflect on Your Grief Support Practice
Grief can be a part of the experience of so many different kinds of losses, not just the death of a loved one. And yet, very few other kinds of losses are ever validated in our society, and we don’t really have social rituals for them, sympathy cards, or support...