Module 1: Understanding Grief (HS - KESSLER - 095807)

Course overview

This grief series is includes David Kessler's newest book, You Can Heal Your Heart, co-authored with the legendary Louise Hay. In a perfect blend, Louise's life-changing thought processes as well as David's years of working with those in grief will inform you and inspire an extraordinary new way of thinking and treating your clients. David Kessler, best-selling author, collaborator with the groundbreaking Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and founder of grief.com will provide you with the newest information on healing all kinds of grief. David blends not only his proven concepts but includes the best of other grief specialists. You will understand how cognitive process affects grief and how our old wounds color and sometimes prevent health grief. Watch this remarkable grief series to teach your clients how to tackle the grief that occurs when a relationship leaves them brokenhearted, a marriage ends in divorce, a job is lost, dealing with cancer, a death occurs, or other challenging life circumstances. By watching this grief series, you will be able to enhance your work as a clinician with clients who have dealt with loss. You may also be surprised that some of your unattended grief may come up for healing. This series will fill you with insight, tools, strategies, and inspiring information, you'll look forward to your work... so you can immediately begin to use all you have learned. Learn healthy and supportive ways to heal all kinds of grief Understand old patterns to have healthy new relations despite breakups and divorce Help loved ones learn to live with loss after death instead of "getting over loss" OBJECTIVES Describe strategies to help clients cope with a breakup of a relationship. Find health ways to rebuild life after divorce Describe strategies to help clients cope with a betrayal in a relationship. Identify ways to heal infidelity patterns. Explain how to help the client release the pain of betrayal. Recognize why children are often the forgotten grievers and how to help them. Articulate ways parents can help their child grieve in healthy ways Identify mechanisms to help with complicated grieving. OUTLINE Understanding Grief Healing Grief Perceptions and Tools for Healing Grief Breakups and Divorce Healing the Grief of Betrayal Children and Grief & Grief and the Afterlife