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Youth: no longer a child and not yet an adult. A time of rapid expansion and growth, altruism and capacity, friendship, inspiration and possibility. And of course, suffering and doubt. We can be felled by trauma and grief. Grief is huge. It colonizes the inner world of the griever. It can be impossible to understand let alone navigate. One of the most distressing things is how far away other people can seem, and how much that hurts. The ones you love the most can become the ones you feel most hurt by. This gap, this pain, this loneliness can be shattering. One of my young clients said “I wish there was a pocketbook I could give them all; something I could just grab from the main shelf of a bookshop and thrust in their hands. I can’t tell them what I want and need. I don’t know! But I need them to be with me in this pain. I can’t take any more of them not being there for me.” This presentation is my attempt at this pocketbook. It is informed from the lived experience of my clients, myself, and others in this field. As always in my presentations there will be experiential work, so come ready to write, draw and reflect. It’s so you can remember what you loved about the one you lost, keep talking to them, and have those qualities in your life now. You can then bring these methods to the youth you work with.
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| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - A Guide to Supporting Grieving Youth (1.48 MB) | 18 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Lizzie Spencer is a highly experienced psychotherapist, coach and academic teacher, based in the Bowral, South of Sydney, Australia.
She taught in Steiner Schools for many years and is also a Social Ecologist, looking to nature for helpful and supportive life systems, and brings active hope to the world.
She is a founding member of the Community of Calm whose aim is to train practitioners in Trauma Awareness and to create a Trauma Resource Centre.
Family Constellations and Process Oriented Psychology are at the heart of her understanding and trauma-informed practice.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lizzie Spencer maintains a private practice. She has employment relationships with the Australian College of Applied Psychology and the University of New England. receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Lizzie Spencer is the co-founder of Community of Calm and Arts for Wellness and is accredited by the Australian Counseling Association.
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