Death of A Partner
Spousal / partner loss is often experienced as a profound loss resulting in significant disruptions in one’s daily life and major changes in the social world. Whether the couple relationship used to be loving and intimate or ambivalent and conflictual, the surviving spouse / partners commonly need to review their sense of identity, life goals […]
Addressing the Trauma of Suicide & Overdose Loss: Meaning-Focused Assessment & Therapy
Viewed through the lens of the Tripartite Model of Meaning Reconstruction in Loss, the death of a significant person by suicide presents profound narrative challenges to integrating the event story of the loss, reconciling the back story of the relationship with the deceased, and revising the personal story of the life of the survivor. In […]
Pre-Death Grief & Loss II
Foreseeing an impending loss of a significant person through a terminal illness often triggers emotional turmoil and challenging dynamics in relationships and families. On top of the caregiving burden for the person with the terminal illness, family members and significant others also have to cope with their own intrapsychic distress in preparation for the eventual […]
Pre-Death Grief & Loss I
In the face of the bad news of being diagnosed with a terminal illness, patients often have to face both their own impending death and separation from their loved ones through different dying trajectories, which can be swift or protracted. This complex emotional journey can trigger existential crisis, death anxiety and pre-death grief, in a […]
Heart to Heart
As someone with a desire to help people faced with significant loss, you’ve spent some time reading about grief and learning about the art and science of grief therapy. This base of essential knowledge is a foundation for the higher order skill set that you will develop through the experience of sitting with and providing […]
Grace in the Darkness
Loss, grief and mourning are ubiquitous human experiences that pervade the work of therapists, psychiatrists, counselors, and social workers alike. Helping those who have experienced a significant loss can be challenging and confusing, largely because there is no single intervention that is well-suited for all individuals. In what ways can we tailor our interventions to […]
Addressing Diversity in Grief & Loss: African American & Asian Perspectives
Although loss is a universal experience, how people of different cultures and subcultures accommodate it can be surprisingly diverse. In this module, we consider several of these variations, noting ethnic differences in grieving styles as a function of several factors, such as religious world views, individualistic vs. collectivist values, socioeconomic resources, exposure to violence, access […]
Resonance and Resilience: Helping Bereaved Couples Cope with Traumatic Loss
Viewed through the lens of meaning-focused grief therapy, adapting to life-altering losses or transitions of any kind entails reaffirming or reconstructing a world of meaning that has been shaken or shattered by traumatic events. However, meaning arises between us as well as within us, particularly in the co-construction of the significance of the loss in […]
Who Am I Now Without You? A Toolkit for Self-Reconstruction in Bereavement
January 14-15, 2027 Singapore Presented by REGISTER NOW EARLY BIRD till December 3, 2027 Just SGD$900 for 2-day workshop! (Inclusive of lunch & 2 tea breaks) Earn Certification Credits for 2 Lessons forLevel 1 Certification in Grief Therapyand 2 Techniques Lessons towardCertification in Meaning-Focused Grief Therapy,Certification in Family-Focused Grief Therapy orCertification in Grief Therapy for […]