Unlock the staffroom when you sign-up to our Professional Certificate in Loss and Grief

The Shapes Of Grief Staffroom

Join some of the world's most renowned grief theorists in conversation with Liz Gleeson in the Shapes Of Grief Staffroom. These conversations will profoundly enhance your learning experience.

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Meet the Grief Theorists in The Staffroom

Dr Irvin Byalom

Irvin Yalom


Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist & Author
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Dr Robert Neimeyer

Dr Robert Neimeyer


Clinician, Academic and Author
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Dr Pauline Boss

Dr Pauline Boss


Professor Emeritus, Family Psychologist, Family Therapist & Author
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Dr. Colin Murray Parkes

Dr Colin Murray Parkes


Psychiatrist, Researcher & Author
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Dr Margaret Stroebe

Dr Margaret Stroebe


Professor & Clinical Psychologist
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Dr Kenneth Doka

Dr Kenneth Doka


Professor of Gerontology & Author
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Dr Dennis Klass

Dr Dennis Klass


Professor Emeritus, Clinical Psychologist & Author
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Dr Jon Mills

Dr Jon Mills


Philosopher, Psychoanalyst, Clinical Psychologist & Author
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Access the Staff Room when you sign up to our Professional Certificate in Loss and Grief

Who's in the Staffroom?

The Shapes Of Grief Staffroom features the most prominent Grief Theorists of the last 100 years. These pioneers gave us so much knowledge and wisdom about the spectrum of possible responses to loss and informed much of our contemporary grief theories. 

Topics Covered

  • Death, Dying & Grief
  • Ambiguous Loss
  • Narrative Therapy & Meaning Making
  • Continuing Bonds Grief Theory
  • Disenfranchised Grief & Grieving Styles
  • The Dual Process Model of Grief
  • Attachment Theory, Models of Grief & Community Disasters
  • Mourning & Melancholia

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Programme Contributors

Delivered by 26 global Grief Specialists, the Course will give you all the tools you need to work compassionately and effectively with those you support through grief.

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What our students are saying

As a professional therapist, I am grateful that this course exists. This course explores in-depth, the many many shapes of grief that we all may face professionally and personally. It is academically strong and the content is so relatable. I have recommended it to many colleagues and will continue to do so.

Mary
Cancer Care Employee, Ireland

The course has helped me to reaffirm, build on my own knowledge and skills & immediately apply them, not only within my working practice, but my charity work too. I have recommended this training to several staff members throughout the hospital including PICU sisters, ED Doctors and those working in End-of-life care.

It reinforced my passion for accompanying families through grief.

Victoria Hussey, Bereavement Care Specialist

Hospital Setting, UK

Shapes of Grief, the online grief training program, is put together by Liz Gleeson with a lot of thought and passion.

The topics are selected and organized in a way that offers a holistic understanding of grief. I am a psychotherapist with experience in grief, & I highly recommend this course.

Salma Mahmoud, Psychotherapist, Egypt

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Shapes of Grief Training Programme

Don't know what to do or say when someone is grieving? Afraid you'll make it worse? Become Grief-Trained today & learn how to deliver effective grief support.

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