Western Regional Committee
Present a workshop entitled:
Complicated Grief
Presenters Bio's: Susan Delaney, Clinical Psychologiest, is the Bereavement Services Manager in the Irish Hospice Foundation and manages the Complicated Grief Programme there. She is a member of the internation Train-the-Trainers group wtih Prof. Kathy Shear at Columbia University.
Anne Dodd, MIACP is a Psychotherapist, working in private practice. She has a Degree in Counselling and Psychotherapy and an MSc in Bereavement Studies. She is the current holder of the Thérése Brady Scholarship and in this capacity is undertaking a PhD on Complicated Grief in the School of Psychology at UCD.
Workshop Outline: This workshop will provide participants with a strong grounding in Complicated Grief (CG). CG is a largely misunderstood disorder which affects about 10% of bereaved people. It is characterised by serious impairment in functioning and an inability to engage satisfactorily wtih everyday like. A growing body of evidence indicates that CG does not respond well to traditional supportive counselling and newly developed protocols, such as Shear's CGT, are showing improved outcomes for this population.
Training Level: All
CPD certificates will be emailed to participants after attendance at the Workshop.