Finding Meaning in Loss: The Sixth Stage of Grief

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David Kessler, MA, RN, FACHE Related seminars and products

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David Kessler, MA, RN, FACHE, is one of the world’s foremost experts on grief and the founder of Grief.com. He leads grief certification programs for professionals and online groups for those in grief. He’s the author of seven books, including Finding Meaning and his newest, Finding Meaning Workbook: Tools for Releasing Pain and Remembering with Love, as well as the coauthor of several books with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and Louise Hay. 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: David Kessler is the co‑founder and President Emeritus of Project Angel Food. He maintains employment relationships with HSBC – London and Tender Hearts Grief Support Group. He is a published author and receives royalties from his publications, as well as compensation for his work as a lecturer. In addition, David Kessler receives speaking honoraria and recording and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: David Kessler has no relevant non-financial relationships.
 

Objectives

1. Analyze four strategies to address guilt, shame, and stigma in special circumstances, such as child loss, sibling loss, parental loss, and death by suicide or addiction.
2. Assess and evaluate the strengths and limitations of the Kubler-Ross’s stage model as well as how a new stage can enhance posttraumatic growth and resiliency.
3. Evaluate three techniques for using grounded positive psychology to assist clients who are grieving.

Outline

• Identify strategies to address guilt, shame, and stigma in special circumstances, such as child loss, sibling loss, parental loss, and death by suicide or addiction. 
  • Understand how shame needs secrecy to survive. 
  • Identify the relationship between guilt and helplessness.  
• Develop a better understanding of the strength and limitations of the Kubler-Ross’s stage model as well as how a new stage can enhance posttraumatic growth and resiliency. 
  • Be able to explain to clients Kubler Ross’s directions for helpful vs non helpful applications for the clients grief experience.  
  • Understand myths around acceptance.  
• Explore powerful techniques for using grounded positive psychology to help witness vs. “fixing” grief. 
  • Learn how friends and family can interfere with support by pointing out silver linings.  
  • Become aware of how the family, friends and even professionals can let their own uncomfortably interfere with a client’s grief.  

Target Audience

• Counsellors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychotherapists
• Therapists
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Addiction Counsellors
• Case Managers
• Physicians
• Nurses
• Other Mental Health Professionals

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