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Grief Counseling Training
in Singapore
A Death in the Family
Grief Therapy for Individuals, Couples & Systems
Earn Credits for 2 Techniques & 2 Practicum Modules toward
Certification in Grief Therapy as Meaning Reconstruction
or Certification in Family-Focused Grief Therapy
Offered by the Portland Institute.
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July 14-15, 2025
Presented by
Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD
Director, Portland Institute for Loss and Transition
Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of Memphis
Carolyn Ng
PsyD, MMSAC, RegCLR
Associate Director, Portland Institute for Loss and Transition
Therapist, Anchorage for Loss and Transition
EARLY BIRD till May 29, 2025
Just SGD$900 for 2-day workshop!
Norturne to Victoria by Charles Davis
The impending death of a loved one through terminal illness or other life-threatening circumstances can profoundly challenge the functioning of the family and the individuals within it. This training will introduce evidence-based, meaning-oriented perspectives on anticipatory grief as well as adaptation to bereavement, offering practical tools for identifying vulnerable family members, facilitating family communication at the end of life, and supporting survivors following its conclusion. Using systematic presentation, clinical videos of actual clients, and small group practice, this 2-day workshop will enhance the skills of learners in assessing and intervening at individual and systemic levels to support grieving families in recovering resilience in the course of difficult transitions.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Map a course for individual and family grief support using the Tripartite Model of Meaning Reconstruction
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Practice tools for alleviating family distress and enhancing communication at the end of life
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Facilitate adaptive grief rhythms within and between family members contending with a shared loss
GRIEF COUNSELLING TOPICS COVERED
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The Threat of Separation: Anticipatory Grief and the Crisis of Meaning
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Read the Need: Pre-Loss Risk Assessment for Post-Loss Complications
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Talking and Not Talking: Sharing Bad News and Addressing Secrets and Taboos
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Regulate to Relate: Opening the Relational Window of Tolerance for Mutual Grief within Family Systems
Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD

GRIEF TRAINING FACULTY
Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, and maintains an active consulting and coaching practice. He also directs the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition (www.portlandinstitute.org), which provides online training internationally in grief therapy. Neimeyer has published 33 books, including New Techniques of Grief Therapy: Bereavement and Beyond, and serves as Editor of the journal Death Studies. The author of over 500 articles and book chapters and a frequent workshop presenter, he is currently working to advance a more adequate theory of grieving as a meaning-making process. Neimeyer served as President of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) and Chair of the International Work Group for Death, Dying, & Bereavement. In recognition of his scholarly contributions, he has been granted the Eminent Faculty Award by the University of Memphis, made a Fellow of the Clinical Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association, and given Lifetime Achievement Awards by both ADEC and the International Network on Personal Meaning.
Carolyn Ng,
PsyD, MMSAC, RegCLR
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Carolyn Ng, PsyD, MMSAC, RegCLR maintains a private practice, Anchorage for Loss and Transition, for training, supervision and therapy in Singapore, while also serving as an Associate Director of the Portland Institute. Previously she served as Principal Counsellor with the Children’s Cancer Foundation in Singapore, specialising in cancer-related palliative care and bereavement counselling. She is a registered counsellor, master clinical member and approved supervisor with the Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC), a Fellow in Thanatology with the Association of Death Education and Counselling (ADEC), USA, as well as a consultant to a cancer support and bereavement ministry in Sydney, Australia. She is a trained end-of-life doula and advanced care planning facilitator. She is also trained in the Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, USA, community crisis response by the National Organisation for Victim Assistance (NOVA), USA, as well as Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) by LivingWorks, Canada. Her recent writing concerns meaning-oriented narrative reconstruction with bereaved families, with an emphasis on conversational approaches for fostering new meaning and action.Find out more at: www.anchorage-for-loss.org.
GRIEF TRAINING WORKSHOP DETAILS
Dates: July 14-15, 2025
Time: 9am - 5pm
Venue: Lifelong Learning Institute, Training Room 2-1
For enquiries, please call: 6425-2422
WORKSHOP FEE
Regular Fee: SGD$975
Early Bird: SGD$900
~ Check with AHD for PCG status ~
EARLY BIRD till May 29, 2025
Just SGD$900 for 2-day workshop!
(inclusive of lunch and 2 tea breaks)
For workshop enquiries and registration, please email davegoh@ahd.com.sg.
For certification enquiries, please email carolyn@portlandinstitute.org.
In collaboration with the Academy of Human Development (AHD) in Singapore, PI provides multiple training series in Meaning Reconstruction Grief Therapy for professionals from diverse disciplines.
