CPD Event title: Understanding Bereavement and Grief
Brief Description Of Event: Bereavement and Grief are topics that many people feel unprepared to talk about. It can be very difficult to know what to say to someone who is going through this extremely tough period in their life.
Despite our best wishes, we can end up causing more harm than good if we do not know what to say. Sometimes, even the most well-intended comments and conversations won’t help the grieving person.
This course is important for everyone, as bereavement and grief will always be present in our life, our client’s lives, and the lives of those close to us.
In this course, we will cover topics that many people may not have touched on before. We’ll look at how we can understand death within our own lives, and how we can support other people who need our help during this difficult period. We’ll also look at what we should avoid doing which could cause more unnecessary suffering and harm.
Learning Objectives: The following topics will be covered:
– What is ‘bereavement’ & ‘grief’?
– Beliefs held about ‘death’ and ‘dying’.
– The process of dying.
– Stages of grief & ‘complicated grief’.
– Depression related to grief and bereavement.
– How to help others after bereavement & grief.
– Support organisations and signposting.
– Adjusting to violent death.
– Acceptance, surrender and ‘letting go’.
– Understanding our own boundaries in helping others.
Duration of Event: 1 day, 10:00am – 1.00pm
Venue for event: Zoom
Name of trainer: George Whitaker
Email bookings:
Website: To book onto this course, please go to https://forms.gle/kKzcrUsVeGEAcQZq6
Maximum number of participants:
Cost of Course: £50
Cost for NCH members: £50
How to claim discount:
Additional information/requirements: I’m George Whitaker, based in Swansea, South Wales. Throughout my life I’ve had an interest in Psychology and the way the mind works. This led me to studying a degree in Psychology at the University of Reading. Following this, I travelled to many parts of the world including South-East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South America. During my travels, the mindsets, cultures and resilience of people around the world has amazed and enthused me to strive to continually develop myself and those around me. I went on to gain experience volunteering with the Samaritans and I also run a training company, working with businesses all over the UK (www.whitakertraining.co.uk). I completed my Hypnotherapy training with CPHT in Bristol in 2021. Now, I run my private practice in Swansea and online, as well as running online courses for my training company. I hope to see you on a course very soon!