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Transforming Grief and Loss: Strategies to Help Your Clients Through Major Life Transitions


Average Rating:
   7
Speaker:
Ligia M Houben, MA, FT, FAAGC, CPC
Duration:
Full Day
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Apr 27, 2017
Product Code:
POS047585
Media Type:
Digital Recording - Also available: Digital Recording
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Description

This powerful workshop offers techniques and tools you can use right away to help your clients live a fulfilled life after loss. Despite being a heavy subject, Ligia Houben, grief and loss expert, presents it in a light manner.

Ligia has put her life work into developing the 11 Principles of Transformation®, which is a unique system that will help your clients bounce back after a loss. She will walk you through each principle with case studies and client success stories of moving past grief to living a fulfilled life again.

Ligia Houben, grief expert, will demonstrate tools that can help your clients find meaning, achieve breakthroughs, and to build the life they want on the other side of loss or transition. She will show you a roadmap that can help your clients find peace, healing and recovery.

This seminar is a must attend, if you work with clients who experience any of the following:

  • Loss of a loved one
  • A divorce or romantic breakup
  • Loss of a job
  • Going through a major life transition such as kids leaving the home, retirement, etc

 

This workshop will teach you how to help clients overcome their fears, live life with more meaning and purpose and transform from loss to living!

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CPD

This online program is worth 6 hours CPD.



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My Meaningful Life


Ligia M. Houben, MA, FT, FAAGC, CPC, is a Fellow in Thanatology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Grief Counseling. Ligia is an international grief specialist and author, and she has devoted her life to help others transform their losses and their lives. A pioneer in working with Hispanic people and grief, Houben is the author of Counseling Hispanics through Loss, Grief, and Bereavement: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals (Springer, 2011). Ligia has presented about the needs of Hispanic people in times of loss on many occasions, including to the Association for Death, Education and Counseling (ADEC), the Baptist Health System and the International Death, Grief, and Bereavement Conference at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse.

She contributed to the creation of the first bereavement support group in her native country of Nicaragua, PUDE – an anagram for Personas Unidas en el Dolor y la Esperanza (People Joined by Pain and Hope), and for nine years, she co-trained Hispanic people to become facilitators in bereavement support groups in churches.

Ligia M. Houben is a former adjunct professor of Florida International University, Miami Dade College, and Kaplan University, where she taught courses on ethics, religion, and death and dying. She is the founder of My Meaningful Life, LLC. and the Center for Transforming Lives in Miami, Florida. Ligia has delivered her message to audiences ranging from corporations, educational institutions, and health care organizations, including Baptist Health System Florida, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Hospital and Vitas Healthcare. She has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, airing on networks such as CNN Español, NPR, NBC and Univisión.

Speaker Disclosures:
Speaker Disclosures: Financial: Ligia Houben is the Founder and Director of The Center for Transforming Lives. She is an author for PESI Publishing & Media and receives royalties. She receives compensation as a self-published author. Ms. Houben receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Ligia Houben has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.


Target Audience

Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Case Managers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Chaplains/Clergy, Other Mental Health Professionals, Nursing Home Administrators

Outline

Understand Grief and Loss

  • Different types of losses and how to cope
  • Assessment and evaluation of loss
  • Grief: Types, dimensions and manifestations

The Transformative Process

  • Overview of 11 Principles of Transformation®
  • How to live with the loss
  • Acceptance vs denial as a clinical tool
  • Let go of denial and reframing acceptance

Hold a Space to Grieve

  • Tasks vs stages of grief
  • Tools to move past the past
  • Differentiate type of grief to effectively treat

Spiritual Healing Techniques

  • Power of forgiveness
  • Appreciation as a tool to heal
  • Love as a spiritual tool
  • Incorporate gratitude

Expressing without Dwelling

  • Emotional intelligence when expressing feelings
  • Share with others vs complain about a loss
  • Healthy ways to express anger or fear
  • Recognize and validate guilt, shame and fear

Wellness as a Mind-Body Approach

  • Body, mind, spirit
  • Pay attention to needs
  • Empower your clients to make choices after a loss
  • Take care of ourselves holistically

Techniques to Help Clients Grow after Loss

  • 11 Principles of Transformation®
  • Recognize personal resources
    • Strength
    • Hope
    • Faith
    • Compassion
    • Self-confidence
    • Empathy
  • Rituals and mindfulness
  • Journaling and scrapbooking
  • Reframe a loss under a new light
  • Utilize the power of our mind
  • Transforming Loss into personal and spiritual growth

Objectives

  • Explore different types of losses and help clients discover their patterns in the grieving process.
  • Utilize the 11 Principles of Transformation® to heal grief & loss.
  • Recognize spiritual tools that can help clients move from grief to joy.
  • Help your clients recognize the value of “me time” when transformation is their ultimate goal.
  • Discuss empowering ways to help the griever embrace life after a loss.
  • Discover the value of rituals such as journaling, meditation and affirmations.
  • Participate as a transformative agent in the lives of your clients, as you help them find meaning in life again.

Reviews

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Overall:      5

Total Reviews: 7

Comments

Elizabeth B

"Good seminar. Lots of helpful strategies to use with clients and lots of helpful resources."

Diane K

"High quality comprehensive presentation by an excellent presenter"

Suzanna B

"I got a lot out of the webinar. this is my 2nd webinar. Customer service is also very good. I would like to get more training from PESI in the future."

Kelly L

"Great topic--I learned skills that I can use efficiently in the future."

Laura P

"This was a wonderful training and the presenter was fantastic."

Peggy D

"Ligia is an inspiring and knowledgeable speaker - I'd love to take another course from her!"

Laura H

"enjoyed her ability to connect and be present with her audience"

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