Live Training
Grief Therapy as
Meaning Reconstruction:
An Attachment-Informed Approach [Part I]
Earn 0.5 Credit for Core Course toward
All PI Certification Programs
Offered by the Portland Institute.
April 12, 2021
9am-12pm, PDT
Presented by
Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD
Director
Portland Institute for Loss and Transition
Professor Emeritus
Department of Psychology, University of Memphis
USD$99 for 3-hour module
Death may end a life, but not necessarily a relationship. Drawing on attachment-informed and Two-Track models of bereavement, we will begin by considering grieving as a process of reconstructing rather than relinquishing our bonds with those who have died, and the circumstances that can interfere with this natural process. Clinical videos bearing on a range of losses will sensitize learners to various impediments to reorganizing the “back story” of the ongoing relationship with the deceased, as we also note several techniques that can help move such work forward. Participants will practice a creative technique for mapping their “secure base” relationships and leave with a framework for conceptualizing attachment issues complicating adjustment to bereavement and a tool for assessing features of the “back story” of their experiences with the deceased that merit attention in grief counseling and therapy.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Identify dimensions of insecure attachment that complicate adaptation to the death.
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Summarize the Two-Track Model of bereavement and its use in identifying problems meriting clinical attention.
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Utilize a validated measure of the quality of the relationship with the deceased to pinpoint a focus for intervention.
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Apply Secure Base Mapping to trace sustaining bonds over time to identify internal and external resources to promote adaptation to life transitions.
Note: Attendance of the live training session confers credit of 0.5 Core Course Module required for All PI Certification Programs.
COURSE PACK CONTAINS...
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Instructions for Secure Base Mapping.
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The Quality of Relationship Inventory - Bereavement version (QRI-B): the full validated scale with scoring instructions and permission to use it in clinical and research contexts.
WEBINAR TIMING
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9am-12pm, PDT: Portland, OR, which corresponds to 12-3pm in New York, 5-8pm in London, and 6-9pm in Amsterdam.
The Zoom meeting link and the module materials will be emailed to all registrants in due course.
~ Register for the Core Course Series ~
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March 24, 2021, 9am-12pm (PDT)
Grief and Its Complications: Loss and the Search for Meaning I
- April 5, 2021, 9am-12pm (PDT)
Grief Therapy as Meaning Reconstruction: A Trauma-Informed Approach I
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May 3, 2021, 9am-12pm (PDT)
Grief Therapy as Meaning Reconstruction: An Attachment-Informed Approach II
GRIEF TRAINING FACULTY
Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, maintains an active consulting and coaching practice, and also directs the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition. Neimeyer has published 30 books, including Routledge’s series on Techniques of Grief Therapy, and serves as Editor of Death Studies. The author of over 500 articles and chapters and a popular workshop presenter, he is currently working to advance a more adequate theory of grieving as a meaning-making process. In recognition of his contributions, he has been given Lifetime Achievement Awards by both the Association for Death Education and Counseling and the International Network on Personal Meaning.