Healing Circle with JR Alsip and Nia Delafleur

Grief, Healing and Creative Expression This program is co-facilitated by psychology graduate JR Alsip and Nia Delafleur, our art therapist, using guided discussion, therapeutic art-making, and supportive connection to help participants explore grief, healing, and resilience through creative expression. Together, we explored the many forms grief can take in the lives of elders and 2SLGBTQ+ people, including: Loss of loved ones — grieving partners, family members, friends, and chosen family. Loss of community — experiencing the loss of friends and connections through aging, illness, relocation,