Creative Accompaniment

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One day one photo of the the 7 day therapeutic summer camp for grieving children and adolescents

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Transformation of the children throughout the week is a joy and inspiration that helps me in the preparation of new courses and workshops to learn how to accompany grieving families.

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Thank you Maria Jasenkova for your trust in allowing me to train and lead the team of the last 15 camps.
Thank you to all who worked throughout the year in the organization and promotion of the camp.
Thank you to the psychologists Jarka Kosekova and Barbora Kanavorova.
Thank you to the generosity and good work of volunteers.

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Today was the last seminar of 23/24 season of PLAMIENOK n.o. This time we discussed the importance of sense of humour seeing the opposites which at times coexist such as pain and love, sadness and joy …

At the end of the season, we remember many topics tackled around the year and notice the new knowledge acquired from articles, exercises for personal growth and supervision.

We also realised how we’ve changed from September until now; listening, being in the presence, widening our compassion and gratitude… 🙏💓

MAGIC MOUNTAIN🗻🧚‍♀️
A morning stoll to gain perspective reflecting on lived winter adventures.

Today I realised the importance of resting and recharging energy in nature to connect with joy.

Can you find a beautiful place near you?

Words are like opening doors ... ✨
The way we communicate affects the quality of our life.
A weekend workshop on compassion, trust, kindness, acceptance and self love 💓🌷

Celebrating from mind, body and soul woman day 🌷
By sharing to a new learning experience.
I would like to share the poem from which we have been working to gain inner freedom and emotional maturity to help children snd families through difficult times.

Caged bird by Maya Angelou (1983)

A free bird leaps
on the back of the wind and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wing
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill
of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.

The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms
waiting on a dawn bright lawn
and he names the sky his own.

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare
scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill
of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.

Art is a transitional space where the inner joins with the outer 🎨

Donald W Winnicott

Art is present during therapy and experiential workshops. It helps to make contact with our inner world, to understand how we relate with others. Invites the discovery of new ways to dwell along the threads of life.

Making contact ✨
We worked on how to make contact with oneself and with children who are facing losses. Along last weekend I received much love from the group. We share deep moments of silence, openness, connection and gratitude. I look forward to meeting all in March 🙏💓🌱🫶

SIX MONTH BEREAVEMENT TRAINING COURSE 🌱

Last weekend we have started a new training for doctors, nurses, psychologist, pedagogist, students and managers who want to expand their capacity to help grieving children by processing their unresolved losses and learning a professional approach.

During the first workshop we spent time knowing each other while finding ways to share our own losses. ✨💓

I was touched by the openness and generosity of participants who were able to clearly express in words their feelings connected with their losses. 🙏

Gaining awareness on oneself is essential for learning how to communicate with children and families who are going through a difficult time.

This training course is organised by Plamienok n.o. Thank you for their trust and effort. 🙏

If you wish to learn more write to us ✏️

https://www.emotional-growth.com/

FIRST SUPERVISION IN THE NEW YEAR ✨

Today in the educational meeting at Plamienok n.o. Hospice for Children, we paid attention to supervision.

Supervision is one way to learn from each other. Together we were looking for a way to help children and families better.

We talk not only about children and families, but also about ourselves, what we go through, what is difficult for us.

I am grateful for the enriching meeting.🙏🌸

More than 100 health care professionals working in the Canary Islands have taken the course "Guiding Children Through Grief" throughout 2023.

The last group recently completed the training.

Participants had the opportunity to connect with their inner child to better understand how to use new therapeutic tools to support children during grief.

Thanks to María Paz López and Lola López Santana for their trust and support.

If you wish to receive training to help children with losses, write to us.

Saint Nicholas Day 💓🫶✨🧤🍬
Wishing you joy 💗
During my last visit to PLAMIENOK n.o.

We devoted one day seminar 'Poetry is therapy' to explore how to use creative writing as a tool to accompany children and families in grief.

I experienced the warmth of the team in a really cold winter. Thank you for the precious time shared together.

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We are about to start a residential weekend with families after the loss of a loves one.

An opportunity to strengthen relationships, develop trust and open the heart to keep open and loving.

I have come across these words from the book 'The Outsider'... what do you think? ✨

LEARNING TOGETHER 🪴

Once a month, I visit to offer a seminar to develop skills about how to help children and families.

With Maria Jasenkova, director of PLAMIENOK, we have spent a full teaching day where we felt team spirit and connection.

This time we focused on how to use wise and loving words at work and in daily life. The way we talk affects how we feel and the relationships we make 💓🌸

RELATING TO ADOLESCENT GRIEF ✨🙌

Next week we launch an online course for 30 health professionals working at the Canary Islands University Hospital.

The training will last three weeks. Students will have the opportunity to get in touch with the dark side of their personality in order to relate to and help adolescents who experience the same turbulence when they support them in grieving.

If you are interested in this course please do not hesitate to contact me 🙏The course is available in English and Spanish.

Dear all, I share this post about a beautiful story I wrote some time ago for all (children, adolescent and adults) 💗🪷

Vypočujte si audiorozprávku Dobrodružstvá Ajky a Grofa: Vietor a farby Podarí sa Ajke, ktorú sprevádza psík Grof, znovu objaviť farebný svet? Nechajte sa inšpirovať a porozprávajte sa spolu s deťmi o téme, ktorú vám rozp

'Beauty nurtures the soul. Expose yourself to the beautiful, and let it do its work'.

THE DARK NIGHTS OF THE SOUL. Thomas Moore.

Surrendering into life increases our capacity to see the beauty within and around us ✨🦋

Beauty helps us to connect deeper and gain clarity. 🪁

Yesterday I finished reading the book ‘The dark nights of the soul’. Highly recommended 📚

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