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Face of Grief: Learning from Real-Life Cases with Prof. Robert Neimeyer (2012) Date: Day 1 + Day 2 June 27 & 28 (Wed & Thu) Day 3 + Day 4 July 3 & 4 (Tue & Wed) Time: 9:30 am 5:30 pm Venue: 2/F., 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Fee: Day 1 + Day 2 HK$2,200

Face of Grief: Learning from Real-Life Cases with Prof. Robert Neimeyer

About the Trainer

Robert A. Neimeyer, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, where he also maintains an active clinical practice. Since completing his doctoral training at the University of Nebraska in 1982, he has published 25 books, including Techniques of Grief Therapy: Creative Practices for Counseling the Bereaved and Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice (both with Routledge), and serves as Editor of the journal Death Studies. The author of nearly 400 articles and book chapters, he is currently working to advance a more adequate theory of grieving as a meaning-making process, both in his published work and through his frequent professional workshops for national and international audiences. Neimeyer served as a member of the American Psychological Associations Task Force on End-of-Life Issues, and Chair of the International Work Group for Death, Dying, & Bereavement. In recognition of his scholarly contributions, he has been granted the Eminent Faculty Award by the University of Memphis, made a Fellow of the Clinical Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association, and given the Research Recognition and Clinical Practice Awards by the Association for Death Education and Counseling.

Day 3 + Day 4 HK$2,200 4-day Workshop HK$3,600

Early Bird Rate: on or before June 4, 2012 Day 1 + Day 2 HK$1,800

Day 3 + Day 4 HK$1,800 4-day Workshop HK$2,800

Please return the completed form with cheque payable to "The University of Hong Kong" by mail, or in person to the following address: Centre on Behavioral Health, HKU 2/F., 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Title:* Professor Dr. Mr. Mrs. Ms. First Name: ___________________________________ Last Name: ___________________________________ Correspondence Address: _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Tel: ___________________ Fax: __________________ Email: _______________________________________ Organization: _________________________________ Position: _____________________________________ I would like to learn the following from this course: 1. ___________________________________________ 2. ___________________________________________ 3. ___________________________________________ Date: ______________Signature: __________________ * Please tick as appropriate. * Fee paid is not refundable

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About the Workshop Day 1 Grief and its Complications: Conceptualization and Diagnosis
In the first day of the 4-day workshop, the concepts of adaptive grief (AG) and complicated grief (CG) together with the relevant Attachment and Meaning-Oriented models (DPM, TTMB, meaning reconstruction) that helps to explain these concepts will be introduced. Concepts and theories will be further elucidated through case sharing with brief video clips, these will include: 1) Margaret, who lost her husband Tom in later life to cancer; and 2) Tricia and Scott, who lost their daughter Christina to suicide. This workshop would include both new data and practice methods. A narrative therapy technique of "introducing our loved ones" to foster a constructive continuing bond with the deceased will be introduced in the morning session, and the afternoon session will be concluded with a significant video on the case of Deborah (initial assessment session), a 43-year-old woman stuck in CG after the death of her mother, which audience members would use interactively to practice identification of symptoms of CG.

a variety of narrative techniques such as correspondence with the deceased as well as imaginal conversations and analogical listening, which participants would practice.

of Stressful Life Experiences Scale. The workshop would also offer a frame for detailed work on advanced practice methods, such as restorative retelling procedures and chair work, with demonstration and small group practice. Imagery and position work (to deal with resistance) will also be introduced.

Day 3 Grief Therapy over Time

In the third day of the 4-day workshop, the core working case will be that of Cara, a mother whose daughter died in utero, and was stillborn. The workshop would feature research on parental bereavement, spiritual struggle, and disturbance of sleep and dreams, as well as background attention to family systems. Techniques presented and practiced with participants will include virtual dream stories and the life imprint as a way of working on the continuing bond. New research material will also be introduced, such as qualitative coding of the entire session to reveal moments and categories of change across sessions.

Intended audience
Professionals and volunteers who work with issues of loss and grief (this may include counselors, social workers, psychologists, teachers, nurses, and others)

Details of Workshop (2012)

Date: Day 1 + Day 2 June 27 & 28 (Wed & Thu) Day 3 + Day 4 July 3 & 4 (Tue & Wed) Time: 9:30 am 5:30 pm Venue: 2/F., 5 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. Fee: Day 1 + Day 2 HK$2,200 Day 3 + Day 4 HK$2,200 4-day Workshop HK$3,600 Early Bird Rate: on or before June 4, 2012 Day 1 + Day 2 HK$1,800 Day 3 + Day 4 HK$1,800 4-day Workshop HK$2,800

Day 4 Grief Therapy and the Reconstruction of Meaning Advanced Techniques

In the final day of the 4-day workshop, the core working case will be that of Gail, who lost her 19-year-old son, Max, in a car accident in a distant city. The structure of the workshop will follow the shattering and gradual rebuilding of her self-narrative. The story is compelling, and will be relevant to research on unique features of traumatic death bereavement, spiritual struggle, and the Integration

Day 2 Strategies of Grief Therapy

This the second day of the 4-day workshop, the case of Deborah will further analyzed with sharing of new research and practices that will concentrate more on therapeutic processes. The workshop will also feature