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Visual overview of using art therapy with grieving children and adolescents by Registered Board Certified art therapist Gretchen Miller, MA, ATR-BC.
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Art Therapy with Grieving Children and Adolescents
Gretchen Miller, MA, ATR-BC
Individual art therapy sessions at agencies, schools, and in home for children & teens who experienced the death of a loved one through illness, accident, suicide, or violence.
Children and teen grief support groups and workshops through art therapy
Art Therapy Overview
Art interventions that address:
Emotional expression of grief
Normalize and validate grief reactions
Strengthen coping
Death education
Memories and Memorializing
Art Therapy Goals
Adolescent Collage Death of Grandmother
Memory Collage Death of Father/ Illness
Adolescent Collage Death of Mother
Adolescent Collage Death of Father
Death of a Parent
Shatters sense of security & stability
Worries about financial and physical security
Feels different, isolated, alone
Concerns/worries about the surviving parent
Strong reactions triggered by rites of passage, special days and events
If relationship was conflicted or abusive, grieving can become very complicated
Grief Collage Murder of Mother
Grief Paper
Funny how “I can’t wait to get there” occasionally turns into “I can’t wait to get home.”
I like to write.
My mind sometimes feels like rocks with a blue sky even on the cloudiest days
I get unhappy on the sunniest days sometimes
My Grief is like… Murder of Mother
Grief Reactions Common Among Homicide Survivors
Feelings of vulnerability, helplessness, threat
Feelings of being out of control
Search for understanding
Need to find who is to blame, seek punishment
Intense feelings of anger, fear, powerlessness
PTSD symptoms: sleep disturbances, anger outbursts, hyper vigilance, startle response, difficulty concentrating, feelings of terror
Need to regain control and order
Teen Support GroupSuicide Survivor - Grief Reactions
Teen Support GroupSuicide Survivor- Feelings Mask
Inside/Outside Feelings Mask Death of Father/Suicide
Grief Reactions Common Among Suicide Survivors
Feelings of rejection & abandonment
Feelings of shame, humiliation, dishonor
Decrease in self-esteem, self worth due to feelings of inadequacy and failure
Intense anger or rage
Need to place blame
Intense guilt because of perceived preventability
Fear of genetic predisposition towards suicide
Search for understanding- Why?
Children’s Support Group Promoting Feeling Expression
Children’s Support Group Common Grief Reactions
Grief Monsters
Children’s Support Group Coping with Feelings & Grief Reactions
Children’s Support Group Funerals, Memorials, & Spirituality
Children’s Support Group Candle Memorial Ceremony
Children’s Support Group Art Display
Memory Poem & Photo Frame
Memory Drawing- Sunset with Dad
Family Art Therapy Workshop:Stepping Stones
Art Therapy Workshop:Memory Rocks
Gretchen Miller, MA, ATR-BCRegistered Board Certified Art Therapist
Certified Trauma Consultant