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*The contents of this workshop are the same as the previous Prolonged Grief Treatment Workshop held in March 2024

(English only)

Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) is a bereavement-related post-loss stress disorder that affects about 7-10% of bereaved people. Symptoms include pervasive intense grief that interferes with personal and social functioning and persists for at least 6 months after the death (ICD-11) and also beyond the time a bereaved person and their social, cultural and religious group expect that grief will lessen significantly in its intensity and pervasiveness. Although PGD may co-occur with other mental health problems, especially depression, anxiety, and PTSD, it is now recognized as a distinct condition that is included in ICD-11 and DSM 5-TR.

This workshop covers the principles and practice of Prolonged Grief Treatment (PGT), a short-term, principle-based integrated psychotherapy with a strong evidence base established in multiple studies funded by the National Institute of Mental Health in the US and used by clinicians worldwide.   Participants will learn how to implement PGT using active empathic listening and targeted procedures. Participants will learn how to help individuals with Prolonged Grief achieve the following:

1. Understand and accept grief and manage grief-emotions
2. See possibilities for a promising future
3. Strengthen relationships with family and friends
4. Narrate a story of the loss
5. Learn to live with reminders of the loss
6. Connect with memories of the person who died

Date

Session 1: November 7, 2024 (Thursday)
Session 2: November 8, 2024 (Friday)
Session 3: November 14, 2024 (Thursday)
Session 4: November 15, 2024 (Friday)
Session 5: November 21, 2024 (Thursday)
Session 6: November 22, 2024 (Friday)
(Total 6 sessions)

Time

9:00am to 12:00pm (Hong Kong Time)
(3 hours per session)

Format

Zoom Webinar (Zoom webinar link will be provided upon successful registration)

Language
English

Presenters

Katherine Shear, MD
Marion Kenworthy Professor of Psychiatry in Social Work, Columbia University
Director, Center for Prolonged Grief

Danielle Glorioso, LCSW
Trainer, Center for Prolonged Grief

Target
Social workers, Counsellors, Healthcare professionals, Clinical psychologists or other relevant professionals

Remarks
- If there is a large number of applicants, priority will be given to individuals who have previously completed the ADAPTS 6-day training courses organized by the JCBeCARE project, or who are currently engaged in providing bereavement counseling to the bereaved individuals. Our project reserves the right to make the final decision regarding the allocation of available slots.

- Attendance certificate will be awarded to individuals with an attendance rate of 80% or above (based on the actual number of sessions attended).

- Individuals who have previously completed the Prolonged Grief Treatment Workshop held in March 2024 (Class 1) are not required to enroll in Class 2, as the content of the two classes is identical.