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Bereavement & Grief Consultation
In-Person & Online | Individual & Group Work | Workplace Support

 

Services 

Bespoke Bereavement Sessions – Individual and group support
Bereavement Education Workshops – Virtual sessions for educators
Eco-Literacy and Bereavement Education – Nature connection youth programs
Somatic Grief Work – EMDR Intervention 
Somatic Exploration & Nature Workshops – Guided experiential sessions
Online Journaling Sessions – Reflective Email Prompts

 

Advocacy:

Bereavement Education in Schools
Normalizing Conversations about Death and Dying 


 

​Professional Training & Continuing Education
 

​​2024/2025​

UK Training Certification(s)

http://www.childbereavementuk.org

i. Supporting bereaved pupils and

managing bereavement in schools

ii. Supporting teenagers and young adults with grief and bereavement

iii. Child & Family Bereavement Certification CBUK

UK Trauma Council Courses (2025):

https://uktraumacouncil.org/

i.Trauma-Informed Practice

ii.Trauma & Learning Disabilities

Webinar: Bereavement, Grief, and Loss/Bereavement Policies in Schools – Dr Tina Rae (recording) - Equip teachers with tools & techniques for helping young people navigate the grieving process by providing a range of evidence-based, practical tools and strategies.

WEBINAR- https://www.acamh.org/blog/bereavement-grief-and-loss-ask-the-expert-recording/?unapproved=444448&moderation-hash=a8aa022982e5756848e3ac5a8a519d2f#comment-444448

Supporting Grief and Young Children – Canadian Virtual Hospice

- https://www.virtualhospice.ca/

Trauma-Informed Training

Bereavement and General Grief Education

Compassionate Inquiry & Internal Family Systems

Sounds True  Gabor Maté & Richard C. Schwartz (2025)

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Somatic EMDR Therapy Certification (2023/2024)

The Embody Lab with Dr Scott Lyons, Dr. Arielle Schwartz & colleagues


Internal Parts Work, Level 1 (2024)— Instructor Fran Booth

2023
Healing Trauma with EMDR & Applied Neuroscience w/ Dr. Scott Lyons & Arielle Schwartz  (The Embody Lab)
Healing Trauma — Dr. Peter Levine, Somatic Experiencing™
Embodied Social Justice Seminar- Dr. Rae Johnson, Dr. Scott Lyons 
Attachment & Inner Relationship — Dr. Maureen Gallagher
Tremoring & Nervous System Regulation — Dr. David Berceli
Polyvagal-Informed EMDR — Rebecca Kase
Three States of Embodied Self-Awareness — Dr. Alan Fogel
Demystifying the Body’s Response to Trauma:  

A Polyvagal Perspective — Dr. Stephen Porges & Dr. Scott Lyons
 

2022
Trauma-Informed Mental Health

& Restorative Communication Training
ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Skills (Talk Tools Training)

 

Last Aid Palliative Care Education

— Hospice Palliative Care Ontario


Restorative Practice Circle Keeping

for Educators & Facilitators

 

​2021
Bereavement Facilitation Training

— Center for Loss with Dr. Alan Wolfelt
Trauma-Informed Care — Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute

— Lanark County Community Justice

2020
Bereavement Facilitation

- Bereaved Families of Ontario/BFO
 

2018
Palliative Care & Hospice Training —

— Hospice Palliative Care Ontario/ HPCO

2016–2018
Restorative Communication Circles in Schools

— Lanark County Community Justice
 

1995
Somatic Reflexology - present

Reflexology Association of Canada/RAC

Youth Work ​​ 

1998-present

2012 Algonquin College

 Early Childhood Education, RECE.

Advocacy: Restorative communication with youth.

​2025 Trauma-Informed Training/Supporting Youth

UK Training Certification/Child Bereavement UK

http://www.childbereavementuk.org

i. Supporting bereaved pupils and managing

bereavement in schools

ii. Supporting teenagers and young adults with grief and bereavement

Supporting Grief and Young Children Webinar(s)

Canadian Child Care Federation/Canadian Virtual Hospice

Kids Grief Webinars:  KidsGrief and Virtual Hospice 

Webinar: Bereavement, Grief, and Loss/Bereavement Policies in Schools – Dr. Tina Rae (recording) -
Equip teachers with tools & techniques for helping young people navigate the grieving process by providing a range of evidence based, practical tools and strategies. Webinar link: https://www.acamh.org/blog/bereavement-grief-and-loss-ask-the-expert-recording/?unapproved=444448&moderation-hash=a8aa022982e5756848e3ac5a8a519d2f#comment-444448

2024

Child & Family Bereavement

UK Training Certification

http://www.childbereavementuk.org

Experience

2003-present

Nature Connection & Restorative

Communication Circles with youth ​

2010-2011:

Montessori School ECE/ TESL in Podocarpus National Park. Loja, Ecuador.

​2015-2020

Lanark Highlands Forest Program Director

2018-2019

Upper Canada District School Board. Drummond Public School. Nature Connection/Outdoor Education Facilitator – The Garden as the Outdoor Classroom. 

​2018/2022 Lecturer - Algonquin College ECE Program

Sensory Awareness and Eco-literacy in the outdoor classroom

2016-present 

The Restorative Communication Circle offers children opportunities to communicate safely and confidently in community.

1993-1999
Rediscovery Program, Banff National Park

Cultural Outdoor Education Program.

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Online Profile Links
 

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Somatic Grief Work Writing Portfolio:

Medium

Substack
 

Article: Bereavement Group & Somatic Practices / The Embody Lab:

Laurie  Clark

Bereavement Education

RECE/Early Childhood Education

​Contact: somaticgriefwork@gmail.com

613-772-0007

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