Oct 21, 2022 – Narrative ideas for helping people respond to grief and loss
Oct 21, 2022 – Narrative ideas for helping people respond to grief and loss
Event Location:
This is an ONLINE EVENT, Via Zoom, Eastern Time (CANADA & US)
Event Description
Facilitated by Jill Freedman
Friday October 21, 2022
10 AM to 4 PM | Convert to your time zone here
Workshop includes two breaks (15 minutes and 45 minutes)
Since Michael White’s 1988 paper—“Saying hullo again: The incorporation of the lost relationship in the resolution of grief”—narrative therapists have been thinking about ways to work with the experience of grief and loss. White’s idea that a relationship does not have to end with the death of a person has infused hope into working with grief. Moreover, this notion has helped people continue to claim ways they have known themselves through relationships, even though those relationships are no longer physically available. One person described this experience as facilitating a shift from what she lost when her partner died to what she gained throughout the relationship.
In this workshop we will study re-membering, the practice Michael White developed, as well as other ways to help people experiencing loss and grief. These will include:
- witnessing people’s experience
- facilitating an audience
- creating useful shifts in focus
- considering what may be sustaining for particular people.
This will be a practical workshop, rich with examples and therapy ideas. The workshop will include a videotape example, exercises to try out some of the ideas, and discussion.
About Jill Freedman MSW
Jill is the Co-Director of Evanston Family Therapy Center in the U.S. and an international faculty member of Dulwich Centre in Adelaide, Australia. She is co-author of three books with Gene Combs: Symbol, story and ceremony: Using metaphor in individual and family therapy, Narrative therapy: The social construction of preferred realities and Narrative therapy with couples… and a whole lot more! And is co-author with David Denborough and Cheryl White of Strengthening resistance: The use of narrative practices in working with genocide survivors. She teaches internationally, has a therapy and supervision practice and consults to non-profit agencies and schools.
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Cancellations will be accepted if requested in writing at least 14 days prior to the event. A 10% admin fee will be deducted from the amount to be refunded.
We regret that a refund cannot be offered after the cancellation date, but a colleague may be substituted for attendance.
Certificates of Training can be requested at the end of the online workshop and will state 5 hours of narrative therapy training. Certificates can be used to qualify for eligibility for continuing education credits from professional colleges and licensing boards. Please contact your own college or association to confirm requirements.