- Distinguish between adaptive and complicated forms of grief
- Apply restorative retelling procedures for mastering the event story of the loss
- Outline narrative techniques for accommodating loss in literal and figurative ways into the changed narrative of the client’s life
- Implement two techniques for consolidating a constructive bond with the deceased as the client transitions toward a changed future
Mourning and Meaning: The Model of Grief Therapy
Dr. Robert Neimeyer, Professor Emeritus of the University of Memphis
Discover evidence-based grief therapy protocols proven to reduce prolonged grief symptoms session-by-session
Excerpt:
- 3h of continuing education
- 22 lessons that last from 5 to 15 minutes each
- 1 certificate of achievement
- 1 PowerPoint
- 1 bibliography
- 1 course evaluation
- 7-day money back guarantee
- Unlimited access
- 95% of participants who completed the satisfaction survey declare they would recommend this course to a colleague
Overview
Many clients come to therapy seeking support for recent or anticipated losses and their lasting effects—difficulties forming attachments, a tendency toward excessive self-reliance, or other disruptions to relational and emotional life. After all, loss is intrinsic to the human experience, and it offers opportunities to cultivate wisdom, growth, and resilience.
This advanced workshop will provide you with a systematic, evidence-based framework for grief therapy grounded in over three decades of empirical research by Dr. Robert Neimeyer. His work on meaning reconstruction in bereavement has generated nearly 58,000 citations and established him among the top 2% of scientists globally. You will acquire a comprehensive clinical model that integrates trauma-informed, attachment-informed, and resilience-informed perspectives. This model addresses the multidimensional nature of complicated grief across diverse loss circumstances.
Throughout this training, you will learn how to:
- Implement validated assessment protocols that identify specific disruptions in meaning-making, unmet bereavement needs, and attachment-related complications to guide targeted intervention selection
- Master restorative retelling procedures for trauma processing, imaginal dialogue techniques for resolving unfinished business, and narrative reconstruction methods for accommodating loss into clients' revised life stories
- Utilize creative interventions—including correspondence with the deceased, virtual dream house construction, life imprint exploration, and designed rituals—that facilitate active grief engagement both within and between sessions
The therapeutic techniques presented rest on robust empirical foundations. These include clinical trials demonstrating that increases in meaning-making in one session predict decreases in prolonged grief symptoms in the next. They also draw on network analyses revealing the intersection of complicated grief and post-traumatic growth, as well as longitudinal studies identifying the processes through which sense-making promotes adaptation.
You will gain a deeper understanding of how to work with three integrated domains: the event story of dying, the back story of relationship, and the personal story of self. Each requires differentiated yet coordinated clinical attention.
This systematic approach will enable you to address the deepest sources of fixation in bereavement—whether traumatic distress, separation distress, or identity disruption. Ultimately, you will support clients in reconstructing rather than relinquishing bonds with the deceased as they transition toward lives of renewed coherence and purpose.
Accreditation
Ordre des Psychologues du Québec
Canadian Psychological Association
Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
Collège des médecins du Québec
For physicians who practice psychotherapy, training recognized by the Ordre des psychologues du Québec is automatically considered as activities adopted by the Collège des médecins, in accordance with Article 3 of the Regulation.
For physicians who do not practice psychotherapy, the College evaluates each recognition request based on the following criteria:
- the relevance of the activity to the practice of the profession
- the skills and experience of the trainer
- the quality of the content and its adequacy with the physician's practice
- the pedagogical framework of the activity
- the quality of the documentation provided
- compliance with the training objectives set out in the regulation
- the presence of a certificate of participation or an evaluation
About the expert
Dr. Robert A. Neimeyer is Professor Emeritus at the University of Memphis and directs the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition, providing global online training in grief therapy. Recognized among the top 2% of scientists worldwide, his research on meaning reconstruction in bereavement has generated over 58,000 citations according to Google Scholar.
Dr. Neimeyer has authored 37 books, including Living Beyond Loss: Questions and Answers about Grief and Bereavement and New Techniques of Grief Therapy, and serves as Editor of Death Studies. His publications span over 600 articles advancing the theory and practice of grief therapy as a meaning-making process.
Dr. Neimeyer maintains an active consulting practice and has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from both the Association for Death Education and Counseling and the International Network on Personal Meaning. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. His clinical trials demonstrate that increases in meaning-making in therapy sessions predict measurable decreases in prolonged grief symptoms, establishing an evidence base for targeted grief interventions across diverse loss circumstances.
Learning objectives
Learning material
A theoretical course illustrated with clinical examples. This course is composed of videos of 5 to 15 minutes each. The PowerPoint of the course to download.
Syllabus
- PowerPoint
- 1. Introduction
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Laying the Foundation
- 2. Wired for Attachment
- 3. Prolonged Grief Disorder in the ICD-II
- 4. Analyzing PGD Research
- 5. Risks of Complicated Grief
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A Trauma-Informed Perspective
- 6. Meaning-Focused Grief Therapy First Part
- 7. Search for Meaning
- 8. Needs of Bereaved Following Suicide and Overdose
- 9. Relation of Bereavement Needs to Prolonged Grief
- 10. Integration of Stressful Life Experiences Scale
- 11. Risk Factors for Prolonged Grief
- 12. Restorative Retelling
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An Attachment-Informed Perspective
- 13. Meaning-Focused Grief Therapy Second Part
- 14. Unfinished Business
- 15. Unfinished Business in Covid Bereavement
- 16. Imaginal Dialogues
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Meaning-Focused Grief Therapy: A Resilience-Informed Perspective
- 17. Meaning-Focused Grief Therapy Third Part
- 18. Different Network Analysis
- 19. Shedding and Rebirth of Identity
- 20. Loss as a Catalyst for Growth
- 21. Meaning In Loss- A Clinical Trial
- 22. Conclusion
- Bibliography
CE Credits
Download a certificate of successful completion.
Audience
This course is intended for mental health professionals.
Your comments
"Very clearly communicated material. Very useful in my private practice. Thanks!"
A psychotherapist (Canada)
"A very clear and well-organized presentation---presenter demonstrated his solid expertise on the subject---the best part were the videotapes of sessions with clients and the practical examples of how to address grief during therapy sessions."
A psychologist (Canada)
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