Bereavement, grief and loss; creative approaches to working with grief
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Description
Bereavement; a creative exploration of grief & loss
Thoughts of death, loss and grief can be challenging. How do we work with a client's grief? How do we manage our own grief in this process? What does a dying client bring to the work?
Death can touch on our most primitive defenses.
In this creative workshop you will have the opportunity to safely explore this important aspect of living.
The day will cover basic grief theory & expected grief responses (children and adults), consider how we think about our own self-care in this challenging work and explore tools to use when working with grief and loss. Sharon Herriot Art Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Trainer will guide you through creative exercises and reflective practice; providing time and space for reflection on client work and on your own feelings and experiences.
About the Trainer
Sharon Herriot worked as an Art Psychotherapist for many years with children affected by domestic abuse and bereavement in the Nottingham area.
She has run groups for CAMHS (child and adolescent mental health services) for teenagers with depression, anxiety and who are exhibiting self-harming behaviours.
Sharon has worked in bereavement & chronic illness services for over 10 years including Ashgate Hospicecare in Derbyshire with patients and their families; supporting adults with a terminal illness, those who are caring for them and bereaved family members and at the Macmillan Information & Support Centre, Chesterfield offering 1:1 art therapy for patients.
She currently works for Catharsis Creative Arts Therapy, predominantly in schools for children with special educational needs, autism and who exhibit some challenging behaviours, and with some parents and teaching staff, in Derbyshire, she is Associate Clinical Supervisor for Share Psychotherapy in Sheffield & has a small private practice.
She is co-founder of The Potting Shed with her colleague and fellow Art Psychotherapist Bethan Baëz-Devine, delivering unique and creative CPD events for therapists, counsellors and mental health practitioners in Derbyshire.
