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Pre-Death Grief and Loss Series:
Meaning Reconstruction for Families Facing An Impending Loss
Earn Credits for 2 Orientation Modules
and 3 Techniques Modules toward
Certification in Grief Therapy as Meaning Reconstruction
or Certification in Family-Focused Grief Therapy
Offered by the Portland Institute.

6-7 November 2023
Presented by
Carolyn Ng
PsyD, FT, MMSAC, RegCLR
Associate Director, Portland Institute for Loss and Transition
Fellow in Thanatology, Association of Death Education and Counseling
Therapist, Anchorage for Loss and Transition
EARLY BIRD till 30 September 2023
Just SGD$675 for 2-day workshop!
In the course of counselling, you may come across clients who foresee their impending loss of someone significant in their lives through different terminal illnesses and other life-threatening circumstances (e.g. comatose state resulted from a severe accident or a fast-progressing critical medical condition). This training will introduce meaning-oriented perspectives of anticipatory grief and separation anxiety as experienced by the family members and the surrounding others of those who are given poor prognosis and are critically ill. It will also equip you with meaning reconstructive intervention tools to support the affected family members and friends in the face of their looming separation from their dying loved one.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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To examine the threat of separation and its implications from a tripartite meaning reconstruction framework
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To address family’s distress resulting from caregiving burdens and communication issues
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To implement meaning-oriented techniques to facilitate family’s preparation and coping with the impending loss and separation
GRIEF COUNSELLING FUNDAMENTALS COVERED
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Essential features of separation anxiety and anticipatory grief
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Use of Analogical Listening to explore the pre-loss turmoil
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Pre-loss risk assessment for possible complications in post-loss adjustments
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Use of a conversation guide, "To Tell or Not To Tell," to examine communication concerns over bad news and possible secrets and taboos
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Application of Composition Work to examine the landscape of self and to explore possible post-loss reconstruction
Carolyn Ng, PsyD, FT
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GRIEF TRAINING FACULTY
Carolyn Ng, PsyD, FT, 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: 6-7 November 2023 (Thu-Fri)
Time: 9am - 5pm
Online Delivery through Zoom
For enquiries, please call: 6425-2422
WORKSHOP FEE
Regular Fee: SGD$750
Early Bird: SGD$675
~ Check with AHD for VCF status ~
EARLY BIRD till 30 September 2023
Just SGD$675 for 2-day workshop!
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.
