Love Leaves a Memory is a six-session group therapy that
aims to provide support for bereaved caregivers’ coping with
the loss of their child. Coming together with others who have
experienced similar loss, participants were invited to reflect
on their grief journey through the creative processes. The
process of art and symbolic meaning-making releases the
tension of grief and facilitates expression of emotions.
Activities during the session include using symbol works and
photographs in narrative sharing; expressing emotion using
clay works; meaning-making and continuing bonds through
objects and collage; meaning-reconstruction, sense-making
anddiscovering their growth throughgriefwithgroupmandala.
LOVELEAVESAMEMORY:
Growing throughgrief.
Healingwithhope.
“You aremy listenerswhich I need.”
“(What I likeabout the group) The respect
and listening ears that shoulder one’s pain.”
“… (even in grief)
we are still able to
laugh again.”
“Listening. Crying. Laughing.
EatingTogether.”
Clay expressions of emotions: Speaking the unspeakable
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