ABSTRACT
The therapist invites client to focus their attention inward, to close their eyes and listen to what the therapist has to say. The person before the loss is no longer the same as who they become after the loss. In this reflective exercise, clients are asked to represent themselves metaphorically as a house since the loss of their loved one. Through images, drawing and dialogue, one can form and give words to how one has changed since the loss, both in relation to oneself and in relation to the environment. Nils lost his 16-year-old daughter Charlotte seven years ago. Since her death, he has been through a process of intense self-reflection, part of which took place in a professionally led support group for bereaved parents with whom he completed the My House exercise. In the discussion of his drawing, he focused on how he has changed in the past years in relation to his environment.
