David Kessler on Healing Grief & Loss

Objectives

Analyze the dynamics of different types of grief and the healing processes associated with each.
Specify age appropriate grieving milestones that occur across the lifespan.
Articulate the somatic response to grief and identify how to manage residual grief in the body.
Determine why children are often the “forgotten grievers” and identify strategies for helping this population.
Analyze the efficacy of positive psychology interventions in treating grief.
Ascertain the relationship between traumatic events and grief as it relates to the healing process.

Copyright : 19/02/2019

Grief and Addiction

Objectives

Determine why addiction grief is often weighted in self-blame and guilt
Determine how to help loved ones sort through the shame, isolation, and the roles they played in an addiction death
Assess tools for helping clients deal with addiction grief and the “if only’s” that accompany it, such as responsibility clarification and separating out the loved one’s voice from the addiction