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Join us in Amicalola Falls State Park and Lodge, Dawsonville, GA, USA, for our 5-Day / 4-Night Grief Therapy Learning Retreat that offers close access to a selection of internationally renowned Portland Institute faculty and guest speakers, who provide substantial training in the latest research and practice on meaning-oriented grief therapy approaches. Drawing on a blend of systematic instruction, practical demonstrations, clinical videos, and small group practices, every session is designed to deliver “tools you can use” in bereavement support and grief therapy settings.
Portland Institute for Loss and Transition is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Portland Institute for Loss and Transition maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Portland Institute for Loss and Transition, [Provider number 1954], is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Portland Institute for Loss and Transition maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 09/09/2025-09/09/2028.
Plus Credits for
Orientation, Techniques, Case Studies & Practicum Modules
toward Certification in
Meaning-Focused Grief Therapy,
Art-Assisted Grief Therapy
Grief Therapy for Non-Death Losses,
Family-Focused Grief Therapy or
Grief Therapy for Traumatic Loss
offered by the Portland Institute.
This Learning Retreat offers a range of training sessions that confers credits of Orientation, Techniques, Case Studies, and Practicum modules leading to the following Certification Programs offered by Portland Institute:
Psychologists, social workers, counselors, art / music / expressive arts therapists, pastoral care personnel, healthcare professionals, grief coaches, and bereavement volunteers.
The Learning Retreat will be held in the Amicalola Falls State Park and Lodge, Dawsonville, GA. Situated in the heart of the Chattahoochee National Forest, this scenic 829-acre public park and resort, featuring the state’s tallest 729-foot cascading waterfall, provides a perfect setting for both a learning conference and a personal retreat.
Approximately 90-minute drive from the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport:
