by Kara Jones | Jun 4, 2018 | Certification in Creative Grief Support, Creative Grief Support Prompts
When your clients wonder what to do with all that love now “We had everything ready. The bedroom with crib, clothing, little toys, diapers … everything. And in our minds, we’d already begun to change our lifestyles, our priorities.I quit my work. We moved to a bigger...
by Kara Jones | Apr 17, 2018 | Alumni Experiences, Certification in Creative Grief Support
“The manuals, readings, exercises, and supplemental materials are extensive and support the teaching and my learning.” Certified Creative Grief Support Practitioner, and Expressive Arts Facilitator, Dale Lang. If this sounds like an online learning...
by Kara Jones | Apr 3, 2018 | Certification in Creative Grief Support, Reflect on Your Grief Support Practice
Understanding the social nature of shame At our Creative Grief Studio, we’re wanting our work to support shame resilience. So we try to always remember that we, as grief support professionals, are making contributions to the social discourses and ideas out there...
by Kara Jones | Mar 12, 2018 | Certification in Creative Grief Support, Creative Grief Support Prompts
The experience of agency is so varied, and always present You may have already noticed how varied people’s experiences of agency after loss can be across different areas of their life. In some ways a person might be feeling quite immobilised by grief, doubting so much...
by Kara Jones | Feb 20, 2018 | Alumni Experiences, Certification in Creative Grief Support
“The Creative Grief Studio course has helped me develop new skills for my professional and personal life. I have learned ways to be more compassionate, to accept and respect emotions and feelings, and to learn how to help others through difficult challenges in...
by Kara Jones | Feb 6, 2018 | Certification in Creative Grief Support, Reflect on Your Grief Support Practice
Practitioners, not coaches There’s a reason why we’ve chosen to call our alumni “Practitioners” rather than coaches … it’s a great reminder of the nature of our profession. We’re always in practice. There’s the old adage, “Practice makes perfect.” Though we doubt...