( HS Oconnor 150304 2025) The Neuroscience of Grief: Supporting our Clients Grieving Body & the Grieving Brain

Course overview

Why does grief hurt so much? Taught by a neuroscience professor and clinical psychologist, this workshop will discuss the what of grief what it feels like, what problems it causes, and common neurobiological and physiological reactions. But more importantly, it will discuss the why . Some of the answers to our questions about grief can be found in the brain, the seat of our thoughts and feelings, motivations, and behaviors. By looking at grief from the perspective of the brain, we will discuss the contemporary science of the how of grief in order to better understand the why.