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Beyond Good-Bye: A New Approach to Grief Work

Session #: 710-218
Presenter(s): Robert Neimeyer
Session Length: 2 hr. 00 min.
Event: 2010 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium
Date: March 25-28, 2010

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Death doesn't end a relationship. In this workshop, we'll explore a new way of doing grief work that helps the bereaved person say good-bye to one aspect of the relationship with a departed loved one, while learning to acknowledge the continuing bond with the deceased and begin a different kind of ongoing, emotional connection. You'll learn a blend of experiential, meaning-making exercises--such as restorative retellings of the "event story" of the death, reviewing the "life imprint" of the deceased on the client's own life, "revisiting" procedures to reanimate dialogue with the loved one, and using dreams and virtual dream stories--to explore the old relationship and reconstruct a new one. Using clinical videos, technical demonstrations, and experiential exercises, we'll explore ways to help clients reaffirm a world of meaning that can transcend the physical loss of a loved one.

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