Workshop Description:

"This intensive workshop offers a comprehensive overview of grief and loss counseling, blending theoretical frameworks with practical interventions. Participants will examine the 7 principles of the human grief response, explore attachment theory and Kubler-Ross’s Five Stages of Loss, and analyze Worden’s Four Tasks of Mourning. Beyond these foundational models, the workshop delves into complex grief responses and emphasizes the significance of a client’s loss history in the healing process.

The course also introduces ways to integrate nature into grief counseling as a tool for emotional healing. Participants will engage in a personal grief exercise to reflect on their own countertransference and its potential impact on their clinical work.

Through dynamic discussions, real-life case studies, and interactive exercises, participants will gain a deeper understanding of grief dynamics and develop practical skills to support clients on their healing journeys."

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Learning Objectives:

1. Familiarization with death, dying and the consequent grieving process.

2. Become familiar with the basic concepts of:
– Attachment Theory (Bowlby)
– Human Grief Response including complicated grief
– Five Stages of Loss (Kuebler-Ross)
– Four Tasks of Mourning (Worden)

3. Increase awareness of diversity issues as they pertain to loss and grief.

4. Become familiar with the general guidelines for counseling grieving people.

5. Increase skill in counseling special populations, particularly children and adolescents.

6. Increase awareness of personal loss material and its consequent effect on counseling bereaved clients.