Healing Grieving Heart Through Art

ART GROUP FOR PREGNANCY AND INFANT LOSS

Have you lost a piece of your heart?

Are you a mother stumbling through a land of grief and looking for a way to heal, find the new normal, and honour your baby?

"healing from grief is not the process of forgetting, it is the process of remembering with less pain and more joy."

What we are offering is a safe place where you can find a community of mothers experiencing many of your same thoughts and emotions.

Every bereaved parent is entitled to a safe, loving and non-judgmental space to grieve and honour their loved ones. 
If you have been looking to actively process, heal, and remember your baby, please join us for this 8-week group.
We are offering a safe place where you can find a community of mothers experiencing similar thoughts and emotions.  During the group you will be invited to express yourself through different art mediums, give your grief a voice, and create new ways of remembering the special human being that has left an imprint on your life.

Because we believe that "no footprint too small, to leave an imprint on this world" this group is offered to women who lost their dreams and hopes through miscarriage, stillbirth, infant/child death, or SIDS.

Email: [email protected] with your questions and for further details

No art ability or experience required!

Group Details

Group is offered for
8 Tuesday evenings (6pm – 8pm)

We will gather together from
September 15, 2015 to November 3, 2015

You will be welcomed in a beautiful art studio at
201 - 1037 West Broadway.  Vancouver, BC

Your Investment

$250 for one participant
$225 each with a friend

Register for the group

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Group Facilitator:
Katya Sivak, MA, RCC

Katya is a mental health professional who has a great desire to help people heal. Katya’s education taught her how to help people move through their healing journey effectively. Her masters program from University of Victoria has given her the education necessary to work in the helping field and the self examination necessary to make her a more effective counsellor. Katya’s background in trauma research at UBC, as well as her work as a family therapist and support group facilitator for nonprofit agencies and her continuous engagement as a Board member for Pacific Postpartum Society has also equipped her with skills and knowledge essential for helping women move through their healing journey.

Learn more about Katya

Group Facilitator:
Josy Valero-Frias, DVATI

From a very young age Josy found comfort and purpose in artistic expression. She saw its potential as a safe, non- judgmental pathway to self awareness. In order to share this awareness with others she pursued her graduate school education in Art Therapy from the Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. Josy has been fortunate to work extensively with individuals and families living with trauma, learning challenges and grief and loss. Her passion lies in helping individuals learn how to foster their innate strengths, in a mindful, sincere and creative manner.

Learn more about Josy