Working with Ambiguous Loss
Grief and Closure
NOW CLOSED
Friday 7 October 2022
A Live Webinar with Professor Pauline Boss
CE Credits: 4 hours
- Includes a subtitled recording of the event and a transcript, with access for a year (14 days post the event)
- Bookings close at 4.00am EDT Tuesday 4 October 2022
In this workshop Dr Pauline Boss will share how to work effectively with ambiguous loss, a ubiquitous yet understated phenomena that differs in its effects and expression from unclear loss. An ambiguous loss might arise, for example, from the disappearance of a loved one, declining health or ecoanxiety. It lacks the clarity of a loss through death, divorce or critical illness and its impact on mental health is far less obvious to others.
READ MORE...Often it may be unresolvable, internalized, and difficult to communicate, and the individual’s symptoms can be the sole focus of treatment while the context goes unnoticed.
Pauline however, challenges the idea that we need closure from such losses. Rather, she suggests, people can come to live well with the grief if they can find meaning in it, often in creative ways, and new purpose and joy in life. For such a situation of loss, a therapy based on stress and resilience is required, and the capacity in the therapist to hold the ambiguity deep within themselves is essential. The workshop will provide a road map for working with this kind of loss offering guidance on meaning, mastery, identity, ambivalence, attachment, and a new hope.
ONLINE BOOKING
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FEES (USD)
Bookings close at 4:00am EDT Tuesday 4 October
Live Webinar:
$110 (Member $55)
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Includes a recording of the event
CE
This event is accredited by:
- NBCC
Certificates of attendance for 4 hours will be provided.
To receive the full CE credits, you are required to attend 100% of the live event. No partial credit will be given.
This event is NOT accredited by the following organisations:
- ASWB
- NYSED (Psychology)
- NYSED (Psychoanalysis)
- NYSED (Social Workers)
Please note that if you are unable to attend all of the live event, you will need to undertake our event specific test in order to receive the CE certification. This will be made available soon after the live event has taken place.
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VENUE
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SCHEDULE
Friday
09.00 EDT Introductions
09.05 Ambiguous loss and its effects
09.45 Q&A
10.00 Break
10.15 Building resilience and accepting paradox to live with ambiguous loss
11.00 Q&A
11.15 Break
11.30 Guidelines for therapy and interventions for individuals and families
12.15 Discussion with Chair
12.30 Q&A
13.00 End