Healing D A Y - Healing Day on Tuesday May 9 is a pre-conference

Appetizers and non-alcoholic Yvonne Bergmans beverages 4:35pm - 5:00pm Therapeutic Writing and Songwriting for Wellness and Healing: Tools Everyone Can Use CLOSING 8:30pm - 9:00pm Maureen Pollard Closing for Healing afternoon Dena Moitoso GUIDED WALK OF HOPE Lighting the Way Through Loss AND HEALING Elisa Brewer-Singh and Dena Moitoso A Walk of Hope and Healing will close Healing Day 4 H E A L I N. [...] Nancy is a committee member for the Simcoe County Suicide Awareness Conference, and Chair of the Credentialing Council for the Association of Death Education and Counselling. [...] He is also a singer/songwriter and recording artist, and founder of the Mount Pearl Streetfriends and co-founder of the Brockville Streetfriends in his former city of Brockville, Ontario. [...] Yvonne Bergmans This presentation will review common emotional and behavioural reactions to suicide loss, addressing what can be helpful in supporting ourselves and our colleagues, and discussing the complexities of grief and trauma in suicide loss in personal and professional settings through reflection and support. [...] Therapeutic Writing and Songwriting for Wellness and Healing: Tools Everyone Can Use Speaker: Maureen Pollard Participants will learn about theory and research that supports therapeutic writing and songwriting as a tool for exploring and expressing thoughts and feelings about the experience of grief and trauma.