Nurturing Clients' Grief and Loss Processes

Description
In this workshop we will address the trajectory of the grief process. We will explore ways to honor our clients' individual paths, as well as understand patterns described in Elizabeth Kubler Ross' seminal work and by others who followed. We'll address the delicate balance of respecting a client's individual path, yet helping those who remain stuck in a particular stage of grief. We'll look at pathological grief responses. We'll discuss similarities and differences in grieving for a variety of types of loss by death: on a continuum from long-term illness to sudden death through illness, suicide or homicide. Participants are encouraged to bring specific case examples and questions.

Goals of this Workshop

Participants will:

1. review the stages involved in the grieving process
2. learn to identify and treat pathological grief
3. learn ways to return to work after suffering a personal loss
4. learn to identify similarities and differences based on gradual versus sudden; death by illness or through suicide or homicide
5. present both problematical and successful cases where they have treated grieving clients

About The Presenter
Marcia Perlstein has been a practicing therapist, and trainer of new and veteran therapists in Berkeley and San Francisco since 1967, and now in Sequim, Washington.

Ms. Perlstein is an American Association of Marriage Family Therapists (AAMFT), an accredited supervisor of supervisors, and a consultant to staffs and training programs around the country for pre-licensed as well as veteran therapists. For the past forty years, she has trained in a variety of spiritual arenas including Self-Acceptance Training, Gestalt, Vipassana meditation and Sensory Awareness. She was a recent presenter at the First International Creative Art Therapy Conference in Tokyo, Japan training mental health professionals in the use of guided visualization and creative writing tools as adjuncts to verbal therapy interventions.

CEU Credit
This workshop is approved for 3 CEUs by the Washington Chapter, National Association of Social Workers (NASW) for Licensed Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Mental Health Counselors.

Registration
You may register for this workshop by mail or by faxing the registration form to 425-349-8496.

Payment
Payment may be made by check, purchase order, or credit card.

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This workshop is a presentation of the North Sound Training Institute, a division of Compass Health.