Webinars

New Theories of Grief:
Going Beyond Kübler-Ross
With Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Webinar Time:
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EDT
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. CDT
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. MDT
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. PDT
7:00 - 8:30 a.m. HADT
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Although grieving the death of a loved one remains identified in the public imagination with a sequence of emotional stages beginning with shock and denial, and moving through phases of anger, bargaining and depression before concluding in acceptance, recent evidence strongly challenges this model, as the path taken through grief is influenced greatly by the character of the loss and the characters of the bereaved themselves.  In consequence, contemporary grief theories emphasize the subtle dialectical processes by which people alternately process their loss and invest in a changed life, struggle with grief symptomatology and reformulate their relationship to the deceased, and seek meaning in the loss and its lessons for their life goals and relations to others.  In this presentation, we will explore several such theories and their implications for bereavement support and grief therapy.

Course Downloads

• Resources for Webinar
• Outline of Webinar
• Supplemental Material: Chapters of Our Lives
• Supplemental Material: Lessons of Loss: Grief and the Quest for Meaning

Learning Objectives

• Critique stage models of grieving based on recent empirical evidence from studies of violent and non-violent bereavement
• Analyze the relevance of attachment theory for predicting post-loss adjustment
• Discuss the meaning reconstruction model of grief and cite evidence for its utility in predicting bereavement outcomes
• Compare and contrast the Dual Process Model of coping with bereavement and the Two-Track Model of grieving, and identify specific clinical strategies compatible with each

About your instructor:
Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD, is a professor in the Psychotherapy Research Area of the Department of Psychology, University of Memphis, where he also maintains an active clinical practice. Since completing his doctoral training at the University of Nebraska in 1982, he has conducted extensive research on the topics of death, grief, loss and suicide intervention. Neimeyer has published 21 books, including Meaning Reconstruction and the Experience of Loss, Constructivist Psychotherapy, and Rainbow in the Stone, a book of contemporary poetry. He is the editor of two respected international journals, Death Studies and the Journal of Constructivist Psychology, and is a past president of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Learn more at http://web.mac.com/neimeyer.

CE Credits: 1.5
Nursing Contact Hours: 1.5

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Cancellations for this session will be accepted through end of business on Monday, September 14, 2009. Registrants who cancel within that time will receive a refund, minus a $10 service fee. Cancellations received after that day will not be refunded.