Going through grief: the calendar of meetings for parent members 2026

by Claudia Ravaldi 08/01/2026

written by Claudia Ravaldi 08/01/2026

New 2026 meetings for parent members

We will walk together again this year, to go through the mourning

Going through grief

online meetings, Friday afternoons, 6-8 p.m.

Feb. 20: The questions of grief
March 20: Fathers and mourning
April 10: The couple and mourning
May 08: Sexuality and perinatal bereavement
June 05: Pregnancies after bereavement
Dec. 11: Holiday and perinatal mourning

From grief to hope: awareness circles on perinatal bereavement issues

online dating, Friday night, online, 21-23

Perinatal bereavement among hearsay, beliefs and false myths
Envy, shame and guilt: the uncomfortable feelings that accompany grief
Useful tools for grieving: mindfulness, art therapy, bibliotherapy, psychotherapy
Bereavement in the family: grandparents, uncles, little brothers and sisters
Bereavement in the workplace
Bereavement, pregnancy and parenting

I edition 2026: May 15, May 29, June 12, June 26, July 10, July 24
II edition 2026: Sept. 18, Oct. 2, Oct. 16, Oct. 30, Nov. 13, Nov. 27

“Mary Shelley” Book Club

March 3, May 12, June 23, September 22, October 27

“Catherine Dunne” Bibliotherapy Program

4 online sessions, Tuesday afternoons, 6–8 p.m.: March 10 ; March 24; April 7; April 28

“Maria Lai” Art Therapy Group

4 online sessions, Tuesday afternoons, 6–8 p.m.: October 13 , October 20, November 10, November 24

Vāta Gīta Group Singing in the Wind: mindfulness meditation*

online meetings, Tuesday afternoons, 6-8 p.m.

January 20, February 24, March 31, May 5, June 9, July 7, July 28, September 8, October 6, November 3, December 1

*access is restricted to members who have completed the mindfulness course

If you have gone through a perinatal bereavement experience, at any gestational age and for any reason, including a history of infertility or termination of pregnancy due to pathology, and would like to take care of yourself after bereavement, sharing the journey with other women and couples, you can join here

We are waiting for you!

Claudia Ravaldi

I am a psychiatrist and a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist. I graduated in medicine from the University of Florence in 1999, qualified as a psychiatrist in 2003, and completed my training in cognitive behavioural therapy at Studi Cognitivi in Milan in 2004. I went on to take a European master's degree in the neuroscience of mood, run jointly by the universities of Maastricht, Bristol, Florence and Tel Aviv, and a master's degree in eating disorders in children and adolescents at the University of Florence. For many years my research focused on eating disorders and mood disorders. In 2006, after our son Lapo was stillborn at full term, my husband and colleague Alfredo Vannacci and I founded CiaoLapo (www.ciaolapo.it), a non-profit association. It was the first organisation in Italy to support parents and families after perinatal loss, to train hospital staff in bereavement care and to raise public awareness of the subject, and its work has brought lasting improvements both in the care families receive and in public understanding. In 2019 we set up the CiaoLapo Foundation, which is devoted to perinatal research and postgraduate training. In 2023 I completed a PhD in Neuroscience at the universities of Florence, Pisa and Siena, with a thesis on perinatal mental health. In 2025 I took a master's degree in the history and craft of children's literature at Roma Tre University. My research and clinical work centre on perinatal psychology, especially perinatal bereavement and pregnancy after loss, as well as perinatal psychotraumatology, mindfulness, and bibliotherapy with picture books and poetry. I have written books and articles on bereavement, pregnancy, parenthood and the first thousand days of life.

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