David Labrum

The Art of Grieving

The sudden and unexpected death of a child can create overwhelming circumstances including trauma, prolonged and acute grief. My bereavement art counseling program provides support and guidance for those who have experienced such a loss.

You are invited to read the stories of my participants, Melodie, Valarie, Danny, and Maggie. These stories are told through the artwork they created in my art counseling studio following the sudden and unexpected death of a child.

Their stories describe their efforts in working through their pain of grief over a period of weeks, months, a year...

These paintings and drawings depict their emergence from the confusion of their grief...to developing awareness to the reality of their child’s death...and subsequent adjustment to life without them.