Story Portrait Workshop

The Story Portrait workshop is for suicide loss survivors and for professionals working
with suicide loss survivors. Making a story portrait using photographic images, can offer
healing insight for participants as they create their own personal collage/story portrait about their trauma/grief journey as a suicide loss survivor and/or as a professional working with survivors of one’s death by suicide. Story Portrait participants are guided through the workshop with a series of questions as they develop their collage/story portrait. The workshop allows individuals to express feelings, practice self-care, and connect with others who have also experienced trauma and loss as a result of having experienced one’s death by suicide.
Story Portrait Participants will:
1. Receive validation for the ups and downs of how life changes after loss/trauma from a
death by suicide.
2. Connect with their sensory input systems and allow for neural integration─ ensuring
that they can connect with, and benefit from, the activities.
3. Choose images and use the elements provided by SSC’s Story Portrait art facilitator in
order to express their loss story through personal symbols, images, and words, or with
only images when there are no words.
Participants will also receive a copy of the Suicide Survivor Club’s (SSC) award-winning five-
book set, written by SSC founder, Becky Anderson and her family, that showcases the healing power of visual narrative as an expression and tool that helped them cope and move through their lived trauma as survivors of their husband/father’s death by suicide. The book set is ideal as a healing tool for oneself, with a therapist, or in a support group.

Questions? Contact: David Goehl-Manolis at [email protected]

NAMI Minnesota Cancellation Policy

NAMI Minnesota thank you for registering to attend one of our classes. We understand that unforeseen situations arise and you may need to cancel your registration. If you are unable to attend, a substitute individual is welcome to attend in your place, but NAMI Minnesota must be notified in writing (e-mail is acceptable) with the name and contact information of the person who will be attending. NAMI Minnesota reserves the right to cancel any event, conference, or class due to weather or unforeseen circumstances. If there is a cancellation, participants will be notified by telephone and/or email as soon as possible. We will make reasonable efforts to reschedule.

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