Description:
OPD Points: 10
This workshop will use our physical existence as a lens through which to consider the experience of grief, loss and bereavement. Feelings, moods, emotions, bodily experiences and intuition will be explored from the perspective of offering holistic form(s) of counselling and psychotherapy to people who are grieving or bereaved.
2 day workshop offered in-person in Melbourne. It can be taken as stand alone OPD or may be taken as one of a series of 2-day workshops which will meet training requirements for accreditation with peak bodies in Grief, Loss and Bereavement.*
* For accreditation there may be requirements for additional supervised practice hours and/or an exam.
Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
Aligning 20+ years of experience in grief and bereavement counselling and psychotherapy with 40 years of Tai Chi practice and studies in massage therapy, mindfulness and focusing, Greg will invite you to:
- Consider and seek to better understand the embodied aspects of grief and how it can manifest in grieving individuals
- Find ways to describe and share how the physical effects of grief inform the many ways in which grief and loss is experienced
- Experience and practice body-informed ways of responding to grief and loss
Presenter / Provider:
Dr Greg Roberts
Presenter Qualifications:
PhD, BSW (Hons), MAASW
Greg is a Doctor of Philosophy, an accredited Counsellor and Social Worker. Since 2001, Greg has focused almost exclusively on working with grief, bereavement and trauma and prior to that worked in acute and community health settings focusing on older adults, men’s health and people living with disabilities. Greg currently works as the Victorian Manager of Support After Suicide and is the Director of his own private practice – Grief & Trauma Support. He works as a group facilitator, educator and clinical supervisor, bringing an existential lens to his approach. Greg is a founding committee member of the Victorian Loss and Grief Practitioner’s Association, founded in 2012 and he is the Trainer for CEP’s Grief, Loss and Bereavement training, the only existentially-informed grief and loss training pathway in Australia.
Car Parking:
Start / End Date
Course Duration:
Course Hours:
12 hours
Registration Instructions:
For more details and to register: https://cep.net.au/local-events/grief-body
