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# Talk+Art Therapy Experiential: "Well-Meaning But Hurtful" Rethinking How We Support Loss
- URL: https://www.ritesofus.com/well-meaning-but-hurtful/
- Published: 2026-09-03T11:04:53.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-04T03:24:25.000Z
- Author: ritesofus
- Tags: programme

"What do I say?", "Will I say the wrong thing?", "Am I making it worse?" — these are common questions many people ask themselves when supporting someone through grief and loss. In this talk, Jolene Chiang — a registered Art Therapist and certified Thanatologist who worked at the first national grief counselling centre and has supported hundreds of individuals through all types of loss — shares clinical insights alongside the voices of the bereaved she has worked with.

Drawing on clinical experience, anecdotes, and research, you will explore what is helpful versus what is not, and experience an arts-based reflection to build practical, compassionate skills for supporting the bereaved.

[Book the experience](https://bookmyshow.sg/en/e/RITES269?ref=ritesofus.com)

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**Jolene Chiang** is the Founder of Heart Coherence Psychotherapy, a registered Art Psychotherapist & Certified Thanatologist. She specialises in grief, loss, transitions, and complex trauma – the experiences that quietly reshape identity, relationships, and one's sense of the world. 

Her therapeutic approach draws on brain-based science, art psychotherapy, schema work, and memory re-consolidation, particularly where words alone fall short. She has previously worked full-time in the first national grief therapy centre in Singapore. 

Currently, she works part-time at a psychiatric hospital and maintains her independent practice, Heart Coherence Therapy – supervising and training social service professionals in arts-based methods, trauma-informed art therapy and grief. 

She is always open to collaborating on grief literacy initiatives in community settings – as well as chatting about consciousness, memory, and what it means to live with coherence, compassion, and authenticity.