HOSPICE RENFREW INC.

Where Trauma & Grief Meet being held at myFM Centre

General Admission

&nbsp;This workshop is designed to equip professionals with the necessary tools and knowledge to support individuals who have experienced grief and traumatic grief. Attendees will leave equipped with practical skills to assist those in need and foster resilience in the face of profound loss.Traumatic grief combines the intense sorrow of loss with the distress of trauma, making it a complex challenge to navigate. The workshop will also cover the importance of empathy, active listening, and creating a safe space for individuals to express their emotions.Loss is a guarantee for all of us. Part of being human involves living through loss. Sometimes those losses involve things we have time to prepare for, but sometimes losses come suddenly and accompanied with trauma. &nbsp;Here we find the challenge of not only trying to work through and understand the grief but trying to do this with trauma present.&nbsp;How do we understand the differences of traumatic grief and where do we begin to offer support. Far too often, trauma and grief, are looked at independently, however new research has helped traumatic grievers find ways to work through both in integrated ways. &nbsp; David Kennedy&nbsp;lives in Peterborough Ont. He is an accomplished facilitator and presenter who brings a wonderful combination of theory, skilled knowledge and life experience. David has worked professionally in various fields including Health Care, Education, Grief Counselling and Hospice. David served for 16 years as faculty for the Canadian Centre for Bereavement Education and Counselling as part of programs offered by the University of Toronto and taught several courses including: &nbsp;Cultural, Philosophical and Spiritual Issues in Death and Dying, Complicated Grief, and Special Losses.&nbsp; In 2008, after being in private practice for several years, David joined Hospice Peterborough as Bereavement Coordinator to develop and supervise the Grief programing. In 2018 David joined the Palliative Care Community Team at Hospice Peterborough as a Supportive Care Counsellor and provided support for those actively dying and their families both in the community as well as in the 10 bed Hospice Care Center in Peterborough. In 2021 David retired from Hospice and offers seminars and education in grief and dying along with being a co-host of the successful podcast&nbsp;What Now: On the Threshold of Life Death and Grief. &nbsp;

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This workshop is designed to equip professionals with the necessary tools and knowledge to support individuals who have experienced grief and traumatic grief. Attendees will leave equipped with practical skills to assist those in need and foster resilience in the face of profound loss.Traumatic grief combines the intense sorrow of loss with the distress of trauma, making it a complex challenge to navigate. The workshop will also cover the importance of empathy, active listening, and creating a safe space for individuals to express their emotions.Loss is a guarantee for all of us. Part of being human involves living through loss. Sometimes those losses involve things we have time to prepare for, but sometimes losses come suddenly and accompanied with trauma.  Here we find the challenge of not only trying to work through and understand the grief but trying to do this with trauma present. How do we understand the differences of traumatic grief and where do we begin to offer support. Far too often, trauma and grief, are looked at independently, however new research has helped traumatic grievers find ways to work through both in integrated ways.   David Kennedy lives in Peterborough Ont. He is an accomplished facilitator and presenter who brings a wonderful combination of theory, skilled knowledge and life experience. David has worked professionally in various fields including Health Care, Education, Grief Counselling and Hospice. David served for 16 years as faculty for the Canadian Centre for Bereavement Education and Counselling as part of programs offered by the University of Toronto and taught several courses including:  Cultural, Philosophical and Spiritual Issues in Death and Dying, Complicated Grief, and Special Losses.  In 2008, after being in private practice for several years, David joined Hospice Peterborough as Bereavement Coordinator to develop and supervise the Grief programing. In 2018 David joined the Palliative Care Community Team at Hospice Peterborough as a Supportive Care Counsellor and provided support for those actively dying and their families both in the community as well as in the 10 bed Hospice Care Center in Peterborough. In 2021 David retired from Hospice and offers seminars and education in grief and dying along with being a co-host of the successful podcast What Now: On the Threshold of Life Death and Grief.

General Admission

Free