Laurie Lynn Clark
Bereavement Education
Trauma-Informed Somatic Practitioner
Nature Connection Youth Programs
Bereavement & Grief Consultation
In-Person & Online | Individual & Group Work | Workplace Support
Laurie Lynn Clark is a trauma-informed grief companion supporting individuals and families navigating loss and major life transitions such as death, divorce, relocation, employment changes, retirement, and menopause.
Services & Approaches
Somatic EMDR Therapy
Inner Child Work & Compassionate Witnessing
Embody Resilience Practices
Somatic Exploration & Sound Workshops
Online Grief Journaling
Nature-Based Grief Support (Youth & Adults)
Advocacy:
Bereavement Education in the Workplace
Professional Training & Continuing Education
2024/2025
Supporting bereaved pupils and
managing bereavement in schools
UK Training Certification
http://www.childbereavementuk.org
Child & Family Bereavement Certification (2025)
Child Bereavement UK
UK Training Certification
http://www.childbereavementuk.org
UK Trauma Council Courses (2025):
Trauma-Informed Practice
Trauma & Learning Disabilities
Compassionate Inquiry & Internal Family Systems
Sounds True — Gabor Maté & Richard C. Schwartz (2025)
Somatic EMDR Therapy Certification (2023/2024)
The Embody Lab with Dr Scott Lyons, Dr. Arielle Schwartz & colleagues (2024)
Internal Parts Work, Level 1 (2024)— Instructor Fran Booth
2023
Healing Trauma with EMDR & Applied Neuroscience
— Dr. Scott Lyons & Arielle Schwartz & colleagues (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
Reflexology Association of Canada/RAC
Youth Work
Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Education
1998-present
2012 Algonquin College
Early Childhood Education, RECE. Diploma
Advocacy: Bereavement Education in the Workplace
2025
Supporting bereaved pupils and managing
bereavement in schools
http://www.childbereavementuk.org
http://www.childbereavementuk.org
2003-present
Nature Connection & Restorative
Communication Circles with youth
Somatic Grief Work &
Restorative Youth Programs
The Restorative Communication Circle offers children
opportunities to revitalize self through sensory awareness in nature.
Rediscovery Program, Banff National Park (1993-1999)
Bringing children back to the garden.
When children have the opportunity to engage and care for the natural environment, they will gain the empathetic skills, knowledge, and desire to care in the future. We are nature.
Online Profile Links
Somatic Grief Work Writing Portfolio:
Article: Bereavement Group & Somatic Practices / The Embody Lab:
Article: Calling in My Ancestors—
A Somatic Experience in Bereavement / The Embody Lab