The Irish Hospice Foundation are hosting a workshop on ‘Parental Grief’
Date: Friday, 13th March 2015
Time: 9.15am – 4.15pm
Location: The Irish Hospice Foundation, Bereavement Education & Resource Centre, Morrison Chambers, 4th Floor, 32 Nassau Street, Dublin 2.
Cost: €100 (1-day workshop) includes light lunch/tea and coffee
Presenter: Ger O’Brien
Description
The death of a child has a profound and lifelong effect on a family. Although both parents are grieving the same child their grief can be very different. Parents can, with knowledge and understanding, adapt to each other’s grieving style. The workshop will examine the affects of the sudden loss of a child on the parental relationship and how gender styles can influence and cause diversity in grief. The ways in which support workers can promote self-help and help parents in their grief will be explored.
Presenter Profile
Ger O’Brien holds a Degree in Psychotherapy and has worked as Bereavement Services Co-ordinator for the Irish Sudden Infant Death Association for the past 11 years. She provides crisis intervention, counselling and facilitates support groups. She has also worked on the bereavement training service in the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street. She has a particular interest in parental loss.
If you are interested in attending please contact Iris Murray at the Irish Hospice Foundation.
Call :01 673 0047
Email: iris.murray@hospicefoundation.ie
Websites: www.hospicefoundation.ie and www.bereaved.ie
