Description

This one-day workshop utilises a combination of theoretical input, filmed examples, and interactive exercises in considering the implications of grief in its various forms for family members and for family functioning generally.

The family therapy literature (with a very few exceptions) has not attended well to issues of loss and grief, while the grief literature is, by and large, focused on the individual. This workshop seeks to bring together information and understanding from both.

This is not just about bereavement grief, but the impact of families of the grief associated with experiences such as mental illness, disability such as acquired brain injury, chronic illness, and the many other life events which lead to non-finite (disenfranchised) grief.

This event will cover:

  • A conceptual knowledge of some frameworks for understanding and working with families experiencing loss and grief
  • An understanding of the concepts of disenfranchised grief and ambiguous loss
  • Ideas for tasks that can contribute to relational work in the area of loss and grief
  • A sense of what one brings to this work and of how to sustain oneself

Trainers

  • Franca Butera-Prinzi — The Bouverie Centre
  • Greg U'Ren — The Bouverie Centre

Eligibility criteria

Any health and welfare professionals who engage with families and / or are interested in working relationally with loss and grief

Categories: Capability 9 - Delivering holistic and collaborative assessment and care planning, Capability 8 - Working effectively with families, carers and supporters, Capability 10 - Delivering compassionate care, support and treatment
Disciplines: Allied Health, Lived Experience Workforce, Medical, Nursing
Levels: Introductory
Lifespans: Child, Adolescent, Youth, Adult, Older Persons

Thursday 28 November 2019
09:30 to 16:30
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Brunswick

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$210
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Provided by The Bouverie Centre
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