Therapists often find that their bereaved clients struggle to cope with the death of a loved one in ways that vary greatly between individuals. One person may find it difficult to express the emotional facets of grief whereas another may have a hard time maintaining a meaningful connection to the deceased, and still another will stumble while adapting to changes in their family. A conceptual framework is needed to ascertain what specifically is off kilter and how the individual can cope more effectively with their particular challenges.
In this webinar, Dr. Paul Martin will discuss diagnostic categories that differentiate complicated bereavement from normal grief as well as William Worden’s task model of mourning and how individuals can benefit from managing specific components of the mourning process that are not unfolding well. He will then explore fascinating examples of grief rituals from cultures around the world that facilitate different aspects of mourning.
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Video Lecture: What Color is your Grief?
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Paul M. Martin, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and the assistant director of The Center for Grief Recovery. He specializes in individual psychotherapy for those struggling with loss and grief and regularly offers continuing education workshops and case consultation for professionals working with complicated cases of bereavement. He also provides psychological debriefing in workplace settings that have experienced a death amidst their workforce and is sought after as an expert witness in litigation involving sudden and traumatic loss. Dr. Martin is an adjunct faculty member at both Northwestern University and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology where he teaches psychology coursework on psychopathology, psychodynamic theory and intervention, developmental psychology, and the psychology of loss, grief, and mourning. Dr. Martin is the author of Personal Grief Rituals: Creating Unique Expressions of Grief and Meaningful Acts of Mourning.
