Supporting the Grieving Heart : A 2-Day Online Workshop on Grief Therapy and Counselling
About the Program
This workshop presents innovative approaches to address the needs of those whose lives have been shadowed by loss — whether through bereavement, serious illness, the rupture of a relationship, or other complex or intangible losses, such as the loss of an identity-defining career.
Grief asks of us what few other human experiences do — to stay present to pain, to honour love, and to find new meaning in what remains.
This two-day experiential program invites counsellors, psychotherapists, grief support facilitators, and helping professionals to explore contemporary grief therapy as a process of relearning the world after loss.
Drawing inspiration from leading thinkers — Robert Neimeyer, J. William Worden, Louis Gamino & Hal Ritter, and Dodie Graves — amongst other, the workshop blends theory, ethics, and creative techniques to help you walk alongside those in grief with depth and discernment.
Through reflections and experiential work, participants will learn how to hold grief rather than hurry it, how to integrate the spiritual and existential dimensions of loss, and how to work ethically with the tender terrain of mourning in all its forms.
Program Objectives
By the end of the two days, participants will be able to:
Understand key theoretical frameworks including Worden’s Tasks of Mourning, Neimeyer’s Meaning Reconstruction, and Attig’s Relearning the World.
Distinguish between normal, complicated, anticipatory and disenfranchised grief, and recognize unique mourning styles.
Develop death competence — the ability to tolerate and work with clients’ experiences of mortality and meaning.
Apply creative and expressive techniques such as narrative, imagery, movement, and ritual in grief therapy.
Explore ethical boundaries, cultural sensitivity, and self-awareness in supporting those who grieve.
Integrate body-centred, narrative, and relational tools to transform sorrow into renewed connection and purpose.
Learning Methodology
- Brief conceptual inputs followed by reflective and experiential processes
- Skills practice and discussions on challenging situations and ethical considerations
Participants will receive a curated set of exercises and journaling prompts for post-program reflection and integration.
Who Can Participate
This workshop is open to:
- Counsellors, psychotherapists, coaches, and social workers
- Facilitators of grief support groups
- Palliative care and hospice professionals
- Educators, leaders, and HR professionals supporting loss and transition
- Anyone seeking to work compassionately and ethically with grief in others — or to understand their own
This is an experiential program. Participants will be invited to explore their own experiences of loss as part of the learning process. Please join only if you feel ready to engage with such reflections and have a personal support system to lean on, should strong emotions arise.
Full presence — with cameras on and active participation — is essential to maintain safety and depth for all. If you are unable to commit to that, we recommend you join a future offering instead.
Fee :
Early bird rate of ₹.12215/- (all inclusive) till July 10th
Regular rate of ₹.14655/- (all inclusive) from July 11th