Ligia M Houben – Transforming Grief & Loss: Strategies for Your Clients to Heal the Past, Change the Present and Transform the Future
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- Faculty:
- Ligia M Houben
- Duration:
- 6 Hours 9 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Nov 08, 2018
Description
Outline
Understanding Loss
- Different types of loss
- Loss in each stage of development
- Primary and secondary losses
- Getting to know your client’s story of loss
- History of loss
- Assessment of loss
- Cultural values
- Support and strategies
Deconstructing Grief
- What is grief?
- Cultural considerations
- Types of grief: Anticipatory and Disenfranchised
- Dimensions of Grief: Physical, Emotional, Social, Spiritual
- Tasks vs stages of grief
From Grief to Growth: The Transformative Process
- Overview of the 11 Principles of Transformation®
- I. Acceptance of loss
- II. Living with grief
- III. Deeper spirituality
- IV. Emotional expression
- V. Sharing with others
- VI. Self-care
- VII. Rituals
- VIII. Living in the present
- IX. Modifying thoughts
- X. Rebuilding
- XI. Visualization of desired life
Tools and Strategies for Facilitating Growth in Clients
- Acceptance
- Teaching radical acceptance
- Reframing acceptance versus denial
- Telling the story of the loss
- Affirmations
- Meditation
- Expressive Therapies
- Journaling
- Sand
- Music, films, pictures
- Breathwork
- Drawing, painting
- Spiritual Tools
- Power of forgiveness and love
- Incorporate gratitude
- Emotional Expression
- The Cave
- Empty chair
- Sharing versus dwelling
- Letter writing
- Rituals
- Mindfulness
- Cognitive Strategies
- Changing the inner conversation
- Shifting perspective
- Responding rather than reacting
- Looking forward
- Values assessment
- Guided imagery
- ”As is” exercise
Limitations of the Research and Potential Risks
- Disparity in results across studies for grief related to trauma
- Special considerations for complicated grief and clinical depression
Faculty
Ligia M Houben, MA, FT, FAAGC, CPC Related seminars and products: 4
My Meaningful Life
Ligia M. Houben, MA, FT, FAAGC, CPC, is a Fellow in Thanatology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Grief Counseling. Ligia is an international grief specialist and author, and she has devoted her life to help others transform their losses and their lives. A pioneer in working with Hispanic people and grief, Houben is the author of Counseling Hispanics through Loss, Grief, and Bereavement: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals (Springer, 2011). Ligia has presented about the needs of Hispanic people in times of loss on many occasions, including to the Association for Death, Education and Counseling (ADEC), the Baptist Health System and the International Death, Grief, and Bereavement Conference at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse.
She contributed to the creation of the first bereavement support group in her native country of Nicaragua, PUDE – an anagram for Personas Unidas en el Dolor y la Esperanza (People Joined by Pain and Hope), and for nine years, she co-trained Hispanic people to become facilitators in bereavement support groups in churches.
Ligia M. Houben is a former adjunct professor of Florida International University, Miami Dade College, and Kaplan University, where she taught courses on ethics, religion, and death and dying. She is the founder of My Meaningful Life, LLC. and the Center for Transforming Lives in Miami, Florida. Ligia has delivered her message to audiences ranging from corporations, educational institutions, and health care organizations, including Baptist Health System Florida, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Hospital and Vitas Healthcare. She has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, airing on networks such as CNN Español, NPR, NBC, and Univisión.
Speaker Disclosures:
Speaker Disclosures: Financial: Ligia Houben is the Founder and Director of The Center for Transforming Lives. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Ligia Houben has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
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