About the Course
The impending death of a loved one through terminal illness or other life-threatening circumstances can profoundly challenge the functioning of the family and the individuals within it. This training will introduce evidence-based, meaning-oriented perspectives on anticipatory grief as well as adaptation to bereavement, offering practical tools for identifying vulnerable family members, facilitating family communication at the end of life, and supporting survivors following its conclusion. Using systematic presentation, clinical videos of actual clients, and small group practice, this two-day onsite workshop will enhance the skills of learners in assessing and intervening at individual and systemic levels to support grieving families in recovering resilience in the course of difficult transitions.
Course Content/Topics:
The threat of separation: Anticipatory grief and the crisis of meaning
Read the need: Pre-loss risk assessment for post-loss complications
Talking and not talking: Sharing bad news and addressing secrets and taboos
Regulate to relate: Opening the relational window of tolerance for mutual grief within family systems
Course Objectives
Map a course for individual and family grief support using the Tripartite Model of Meaning Reconstruction in Loss
Practice tools for alleviating family distress and enhancing communication at the end of life
Facilitate adaptive grief rhythms within and between family members contending with a shared loss
Who Should Attend
All counsellors, healthcare workers, social workers, psychologists, art / music / expressive arts therapists, school personnel, pastoral staff, and other helping professionals.
Award
"Participants who meet 75% class attendance will be awarded a Certificate of Completion by Portland Institute for Loss and Transition & Academy of Human Development.
For certification enquiries, please email carolyn@portlandinstitute.org"
Your Trainer
Dr Carolyn Ng
Dr Carolyn Ng, PsyD, FT, MMSAC, RegCLR maintains a private practice, Anchorage for Loss and Transition (for more information, please visit: www.anchorage-for-loss.org). She also serves as Associate Director and Faculty with the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition in Portland, OR, United States. Previously, she was a Principal Counsellor with the Children’s Cancer Foundation in Singapore, specialising in cancer-related palliative care and bereavement counselling support. She is a registered counsellor, master clinical member and approved clinical supervisor with the Singapore Association for Counselling (SAC). She is also a Fellow in Thanatology (FT) registered with the Association of Death Education and Counselling (ADEC), USA; as well as a consultant to a cancer support and bereavement ministry in Sydney, NSW, Australia.
She is certified in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy and Narrative Therapy as well.
Carolyn first graduated with Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales, Australia, majoring in psychology, followed by Master of Social Science (Counselling) from the Edith Cowan University, Australia and a Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry (Conflict Management) from the Trinity Theological Seminary, USA. She subsequently completed her doctoral training in psychology with the California Southern University, USA. She is also trained in the Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, USA, community crisis response by the National Organisation for Victim Assistance (NOVA), USA, as well as Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) by LivingWorks, Canada. She is a trained end-of-life doula and a certified Advanced Care Planning facilitator as well.
Her wide counselling experiences cover youth delinquency issues, marital issues, family violence issues, mental health issues, incarceration issues, grief and loss issues, and crisis interventions. She has varied supervisory experiences with such helping professionals as counsellors, social workers and therapists in diverse settings as well. She also conducts training workshops and presents on various topics in English, Mandarin and Cantonese, as invited by different organizations both in Singapore and other countries like Malaysia, Taiwan, Bhutan, Australia and United States over the years.
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