Monthly Consultation Group: Using Writing as a Grief Tool

June Topic

Helping Clients Map Their Timelines: Life, Loss, and Relationship

Timeline mapping is a powerful tool to help clients explore the evolution of their relationships and life experiences. In this session, clinicians will learn how to guide clients in creating visual timelines that trace key moments—before, during, and after a loss. This process supports meaning-making, highlights emotional patterns, and helps clients reclaim authorship of their stories. Whether used in grief, trauma, or identity work, timelines can deepen reflection and open space for healing.

Date: June 27th at 8:30-10am PST
Cost: $75 per session
Format: Held via Zoom

Month 3: - July 25th: Unfinished Conversations

Many grieving clients carry unspoken words—regret, love, anger, apology. This session explores how writing letters, dialogues, or imagined exchanges can help clients express the unsaid and renegotiate the bond.

Month 4 - August 22nd: The Unspeakable and the Unwritable

Some griefs defy language—those that are disenfranchised, stigmatized, or ambiguous. Here, we’ll experiment with metaphor, symbol, and visual language to give form to the “unsayable.”

Month 5 - September 26th: Grief in the Therapist’s Chair

How do our personal losses shape the way we show up as clinicians? This month we reflect on moments when clients’ stories have stirred, mirrored, or transformed our own grief experience.

Month 6 - October 24th: Rituals, Meaning, and Integration

As the series comes to a close, we’ll explore how writing can become part of ritual and meaning-making. You’ll be invited to reflect on what you want to carry forward—and what can be laid to rest.

Please note: This consultation group is not eligible for NBCC or CAMFT continuing education credits.