Switchboard Victoria's Creative Bereavement Sessions
Switchboard’s LGBTQIA+ Suicide Bereavement Program is hosting a series of creative bereavement sessions where participants will connect with loss after a suicide by participating in expressive exploration. When we experience grief, we feel big emotions, creativity and movement. Creative expression can allow us to understand our experiences differently, help us in our relationship to grief, and assist with connecting to our feelings and experiences that can feel beyond words.
All sessions will be held online via Zoom.
Please register and leave your details for a call back to discuss your interest in attending.
One of our staff will be in touch to discuss with you what it might be like for you to attend this session or explore other support options.
Due to lots of interest in our previous session, we are hosting this additional session in August with Rae for those who might have missed the opportunity to sign up.
Session
Date: Tuesday, 20th August
Time: 7.00pm - 9.00pm AEDT
Facilitator: Rae Sabine They / Them
Supervisor, Arts Therapist and Psychotherapist
Creating Wellbeing Melbourne
Rae is non-binary and neurodivergent with a lived experience of chronic illness. They are very passionate about disability rights, the LGBTQIA+ community and mental health. Rae has strong knowledge and experience in supporting Neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ people, especially when working with trans, non-binary and gender diverse folks. When working therapeutically, they use person-centred, strengths-based and peer support approaches to assist individuals to access their internal resources and building their resilience. They are vegan and love animals. They also have a sensory garden outside their therapy studio.
Website: https://linktr.ee/creatingwellbeingmelbourne
Activity
Come and join Rae in this workshop where they will be exploring the concept of ‘continuing bonds’ through creative expression. Rae will guide this workshop by supporting us to create a ‘continuing bonds’ box which honours the loss of a loved one. Continuing Bonds is an idea surrounding grief and loss which gives us an understanding of how we can continue to connect with our loved ones after they have died by finding ways we can foster ongoing connections with them. Rae invites you to bring a long a box to collage, paint and draw and be creative on to create a space for our stories, memories, relationship and honourings.
See Rae’s post on continuing bonds: https://www.creatingwellbeing.com.au/post/continuing-bonds
Registration
Places are limited so please let us know as soon as you can if you would like to come along, we will do our best to accommodate for everyone.
If you'd like to join other LGBTQIA+ people who have lost someone to suicide and be involved in these creative series, please register via this event. One of our team will then get in contact with you to speak to you further about your interest in coming along.
If you have any questions about the event before you'd like to register please reach out: 0437 918 239 or via email: bereavement@switchboard.org.au
Need materials?
Reimbursement is available for art supplies for each session.
Bereavement Support
Switchboard also hold LGBTQIA+ Suicide Bereavement Support Groups, If you'd like to speak with one of our bereavement team about coming along, or had any questions about the groups, please get in touch. You can contact the team via phone 0437 918 239 or via email: bereavement@switchboard.org.au