Workshops and Presentations
Thomas Attig has been a highly sought after speaker and workshop presenter on grief and loss and other related topics for over twenty years. He has offered
Full-Day Workshops
How to Find Lasting Love: The Heart of Grief
Grieving is not about letting go or closure. Yes, a life has come to a close. But we will always miss those we mourn. And we will never forget them. As we grieve, we struggle to find ways to hold them in our hearts in life-affirming ways. We reach through the pain of grief to reweave the web of connections in our daily lives, redirect our life stories, and thrive again in lives profoundly changed by our having known them. Workshop participants will be shown how to
How to Relearn the World: Guidance for Grieving Souls and Spirits
Grieving is not a process of passively living through stages. Nor is it a clinical problem to be solved or managed by others. When we grieve, we relearn how to be and act in a world where loss transforms the fabric of our lives. We revive our souls as we return home to the familiar. And we revive our spirits as we stretch into the new. Workshop participants will be shown how to
How to Care for Grieving Souls and Spirits: Grief Counseling Revisited
More is required to meet the particular needs of those who grieve than presence and good listening. This workshop focuses on how caregivers and grief counselors can use the skills of parents, teachers, and mentors when they are most effective in helping others address lifešs most difficult challenges. Workshop participants will be shown how to
How to Find and Make Meaning in Funerals and Other Ceremonies of Separation
This workshop focuses on how funerals and other ceremonies of separation at the time of death and after can be shaped to meet the needs of those who grieve. Workshop participants will be shown how to plan and experience ceremonies in ways that will help them to
Other Topics
Care for Your Mortal Soul and Spirit
Living as well as possible at the end of life. How to maintain self-respect, relearn the world, maintain hope, move through suffering and embrace life, sustain connections and seek support, make the best of the time remaining, choose wisely, say meaningful good-byes, and help loved ones anticipate the time when you will be gone.
Caring for the Souls and Spirits of the Dying
Helping family, friends, or clients to live as well as possible at the end of life. How to offer them your presence, compassion, and respect and help them maintain dignity, adapt to change and limitation, maintain hope, move through suffering and embrace life, sustain connections, make the best of their last times, make effective decisions, and mourn in anticipation with those they love.
Presentations
Evening programs for public or professional audiences can be offered on any of the workshop topics described here. They typically include time for discussion, questions and answers.
Dr. Attig would be delighted to come to your area to offer a workshop or presentation for your community or professional organization. The program descriptions listed here represent his most current enthusiasms. But he will happily tailor programs on grief and loss or other end-of-life issues to your needs.
If you would like to bring Dr. Attig to your community, please email him.
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