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23 октябрЯ — 27 ноябрЯ 2024
ONLINE COURSE:
"THE SPACE OF GRIEF"
"THE SPACE OF GRIEF"
a practical course on supporting the grieving and compassionate communication with those in grief
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And anyone who wants to be more compassionate toward grieving individuals and become a grief-informed professional.
This course is designed for:
And anyone who wants to be more compassionate toward grieving individuals and become a grief-informed professional.
You will learn
01
How to talk about grief and create space for these conversations
04
Death doula tools for working with different types of grief
02
Factors that influence the grieving process
07
How to work with complicated grief
05
How grief support looks in real client cases
08
Supporting those grieving a loved one’s suicide
03
Types of grief and grief theories
06
Why grief-informed professionals are in high demand
09
Working with families of those who died in war or through violence
You will master
01
Providing support to grieving individuals
04
Facilitating group work with grief
02
Creating and holding space for grief work
07
Using body-oriented techniques for grief processing
05
Regulating strong emotions
08
Designing and conducting grief rituals
03
Withstanding intense emotional states in others
06
09
Recognizing and addressing complicated grief
Integrating these tools into your work with clients
10
Developing grief and legacy projects
11
Taking care for yourself while working with death and mourning
The course combines:
Death doula practices
Trauma awareness
Authentic Relating
Behavioral psychology
Facilitation
Course program
Theory + Practice + Role Play + Case Studies + Sharing Sessions
Theory + Practice + Role Play + Case Studies + Sharing Sessions
Before the main program begins, you will independently study the following topics. These prework materials are a mandatory part of the course and will provide the theoretical foundation for your learning.
- What is grief?
- Grief concepts: stages, phases, and tasks
- Anticipatory grief
- Disenfranchised grief
- Grief vocabulary
- Signs of healthy vs. unhealthy grieving
- Acute grief
- Types of loss
- The grief spectrum
- Less obvious losses
- The grief timeline
- How the type of loss and dying process impact grieving
Before the main program begins, you will independently study the following topics. These prework materials are a mandatory part of the course and will provide the theoretical foundation for your learning.
- Fundamentals of trauma-informed grief work
- Neurobiology of grief and trauma
- The role of self-compassion
- How to build an ethical grief practice
- Authentic relationships as a tool for communicating with people in distress
- Different levels of communication
- Basic Authentic Relating practices
- How context influences the grieving process
- Navigating emotionally charged conversations
- Taboo phrases and a toolkit for compassionate communication
- The difference between a death doula and a psychologist
- Viewing grief as a natural process
- A horizontal approach to grief work
- Active listening
- Holding space
- Ways to experience intense emotions without "fixing" them
- What is grief work?
- When you work with grief: practical processing techniques
- Re-experiencing death as a tool for closing the acute phase of grief
- What are rituals, and why do we need them?
- Types of rituals
- The history of rituals
- Liminality
- A scientific approach to rituals
- Ritual design toolkit
- An open session for questions and answers on the course material
- Anticipatory grief
- Disenfranchised grief
- Stigmatized losses: suicide, abortion, substance use
- Dementia, Alzheimer’s disease
- Missing persons
- Violent death
- Losses due to war
- Death of children
- Working with shame and guilt
- Meaning-making as a vital part of grief work
- What are grief and legacy projects? How do they differ, and why are they needed?
- How to create them
- The importance of self-care and resilience in grief work
- Death doula tools and practices for self-support while working with loss
- The role of celebration during grief
Final reflections and course completion
Additional questions this course answers:
How do I talk to people in acute emotional states and discuss grief with them?
How can I overcome my fear of intense emotions in grieving people?
Can I offer grief consultations if I am personally going through grief?
How do I distinguish grief from depression, and how should I respond accordingly?
Can I support grieving individuals if I have never experienced similar losses myself?
How can I ensure that my actions do not harm those I am supporting?
How do I know when I need additional support or consultation from colleagues or grief specialists?
What are the boundaries of my competence in grief work, and how do I avoid crossing them?
Course facilitators
Sasha Leah Adina Wickenden
She is an educator on the topics of dying and grief within the Russian-speaking community.
In 2021, Sasha Lea Adina completed her End-of-Life Doula training at INELDA in the United States, becoming one of the first Russian-speaking death doulas to extensively highlight the work of this emerging profession. Since her graduation from INELDA, she has also been actively building a community of professionals engaged with the themes of dying and grief from various professional perspectives.
Since 2021, Sasha Lea Adina has supported over 400 individuals through grief and 5 individuals through the dying process as a death doula. She has also conducted dozens of group workshops on death, grief, and aging.
Sasha Lea Adina maintains an Instagram blog with 16K followers, where she shares insights about dying and grief from the perspective of a death doula. In 2021, she released a free guide on loss and grieving, which has since been downloaded by over 700,000 people.
At the outbreak of war, Sasha Lea Adina founded the volunteer project Peaceful Warriors, composed of death doulas and psychologist colleagues, to provide free psychological help and support to those affected by the war in Ukraine.
The Peaceful Warriors project has since evolved into Mortally Important, focused on supporting grief and dying.
In 2022, Sasha Lea Adina trained in the communication approach and language of Authentic Relating (AR) at ART in the United States. She then decided to integrate death doula practices with Authentic Relating. In collaboration with Alla Savchenko, this led to the development of the current version of the death doula training course.
In 2021, Sasha Lea Adina completed her End-of-Life Doula training at INELDA in the United States, becoming one of the first Russian-speaking death doulas to extensively highlight the work of this emerging profession. Since her graduation from INELDA, she has also been actively building a community of professionals engaged with the themes of dying and grief from various professional perspectives.
Since 2021, Sasha Lea Adina has supported over 400 individuals through grief and 5 individuals through the dying process as a death doula. She has also conducted dozens of group workshops on death, grief, and aging.
Sasha Lea Adina maintains an Instagram blog with 16K followers, where she shares insights about dying and grief from the perspective of a death doula. In 2021, she released a free guide on loss and grieving, which has since been downloaded by over 700,000 people.
At the outbreak of war, Sasha Lea Adina founded the volunteer project Peaceful Warriors, composed of death doulas and psychologist colleagues, to provide free psychological help and support to those affected by the war in Ukraine.
The Peaceful Warriors project has since evolved into Mortally Important, focused on supporting grief and dying.
In 2022, Sasha Lea Adina trained in the communication approach and language of Authentic Relating (AR) at ART in the United States. She then decided to integrate death doula practices with Authentic Relating. In collaboration with Alla Savchenko, this led to the development of the current version of the death doula training course.
Alla Savchenko
Before becoming a death doula, Alla built a successful career as a model and led a modeling agency in Ukraine for many years. After the birth of her son and realizing her own mortality, Alla decided to explore death as an integral part of life.
Her desire to delve deeper first led her to attend Sasha Lea Adina’s workshop on death and later to the INELDA course. She completed the End-of-Life Doula training in October 2021 and began practicing as a death doula immediately afterward.
Following the outbreak of war in February 2022, Alla was forced to leave her hometown of Dnipro and relocate to Spain with her son. During this time, she grieved the loss of her familiar way of life and the stability of the world as she knew it. While processing her personal loss, Alla temporarily paused her work as a death doula.
In 2022, Alla also trained in the communication approach and language of Authentic Relating (AR) at ART in the United States.
Now, Alla has resumed her work as a death doula, focusing primarily on grief-related cases. She provides support to individuals who have been forced to leave their homes and their familiar lives due to Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine.
Her desire to delve deeper first led her to attend Sasha Lea Adina’s workshop on death and later to the INELDA course. She completed the End-of-Life Doula training in October 2021 and began practicing as a death doula immediately afterward.
Following the outbreak of war in February 2022, Alla was forced to leave her hometown of Dnipro and relocate to Spain with her son. During this time, she grieved the loss of her familiar way of life and the stability of the world as she knew it. While processing her personal loss, Alla temporarily paused her work as a death doula.
In 2022, Alla also trained in the communication approach and language of Authentic Relating (AR) at ART in the United States.
Now, Alla has resumed her work as a death doula, focusing primarily on grief-related cases. She provides support to individuals who have been forced to leave their homes and their familiar lives due to Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine.
Anastasia Levikova
Previously, Anastasia worked as a physician specializing in oncohematology, treating children and adults with malignant blood disorders. She also trained in a palliative care unit in Germany. During the pandemic, she served as a general practitioner in a COVID hospital, gaining extensive experience working with terminally ill patients.
Born in Moscow, she emigrated to the United States in 2017 and later moved to Ukraine in 2018. While pregnant in Odesa, Anastasia attended childbirth doula courses, which sparked her interest in the doula approach. Her experience with end-of-life care and her curiosity about the subject of death led her to train as a death doula. She completed her INELDA training in October 2021 and her Authentic Relating training in July 2022.
As a death doula, Anastasia provides consultations, supporting individuals through the grieving process and assisting those whose loved ones have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses. As a psychotherapist specializing in behavioral approaches, she works with complicated grief, depression, and C-PTSD.
Born in Moscow, she emigrated to the United States in 2017 and later moved to Ukraine in 2018. While pregnant in Odesa, Anastasia attended childbirth doula courses, which sparked her interest in the doula approach. Her experience with end-of-life care and her curiosity about the subject of death led her to train as a death doula. She completed her INELDA training in October 2021 and her Authentic Relating training in July 2022.
As a death doula, Anastasia provides consultations, supporting individuals through the grieving process and assisting those whose loved ones have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses. As a psychotherapist specializing in behavioral approaches, she works with complicated grief, depression, and C-PTSD.
Authentic Relating is a communication approach that allows people to build deep and meaningful connections while remaining true to themselves. This method will not only enhance student engagement during the course but will also be a valuable tool for working with clients in the future.
The training will be immersive and will include elements of Authentic Relating.
Participation details
~ Text-based learning materials and PDFs
~ Mandatory Zoom sessions
~ Online group and partner exercises during Zoom sessions to practice skills and tools
~ Podcasts in audio format
~ Q&A sessions in Zoom
~ Course channel in Telegram with materials and organizational updates
~ Optional Telegram chat for peer discussion and networking
~ Support Room – an option to reach out for facilitator support at any time during the sessions
~ Mandatory Zoom sessions
~ Online group and partner exercises during Zoom sessions to practice skills and tools
~ Podcasts in audio format
~ Q&A sessions in Zoom
~ Course channel in Telegram with materials and organizational updates
~ Optional Telegram chat for peer discussion and networking
~ Support Room – an option to reach out for facilitator support at any time during the sessions
~ To receive a certificate from the Death Foundation, you may miss only one class, and you must watch the recording and complete the exercises for that session (we will explain the process for making up exercises at the beginning of the course).
If you miss more than one session for reasons other than force majeure (illness, natural disaster, war), the certificate will not be issued.
~ If you attend a session but do not participate in the practice/exercises, the session will only be considered completed after you have made up the exercises.
~ A written final report on the materials covered in the course must be submitted.
Important: The certificate is issued as proof of successful completion of the informational and practical course and adherence to the certificate issuance conditions. It is not a state-recognized educational document.
If you miss more than one session for reasons other than force majeure (illness, natural disaster, war), the certificate will not be issued.
~ If you attend a session but do not participate in the practice/exercises, the session will only be considered completed after you have made up the exercises.
~ A written final report on the materials covered in the course must be submitted.
Important: The certificate is issued as proof of successful completion of the informational and practical course and adherence to the certificate issuance conditions. It is not a state-recognized educational document.
~ Camera must be on during the entire course, and you must have a working microphone.
~ A stable internet connection is a must for the entire course duration.
~ Quiet space: you cannot attend the course while on the go or traveling. During practical exercises in Zoom sessions, there should be no one in the space except for you, as this is crucial for the safety of your exercise partners.
~ A stable internet connection is a must for the entire course duration.
~ Quiet space: you cannot attend the course while on the go or traveling. During practical exercises in Zoom sessions, there should be no one in the space except for you, as this is crucial for the safety of your exercise partners.
If you are in the acute phase of grief (4−6 weeks) following the loss of a loved one, a miscarriage, divorce, or any other significant loss in your life.
If your loss occurred between 6 weeks and 6 months before the course starts, we will have a short online meeting to assess your your readiness before joining the course. Please note that in your application.
For those who are grieving for 6 months to a year, please take personal responsibility to evaluate whether you are ready to participate in group training. No one knows better than you if you are prepared for this kind of work and if it is necessary or important for you right now.
If your loss occurred between 6 weeks and 6 months before the course starts, we will have a short online meeting to assess your your readiness before joining the course. Please note that in your application.
For those who are grieving for 6 months to a year, please take personal responsibility to evaluate whether you are ready to participate in group training. No one knows better than you if you are prepared for this kind of work and if it is necessary or important for you right now.
- If you cancel your participation for reasons other than force majeure, you will receive a refund minus an administrative fee of € 200.
- If you cancel your participation due to force majeure (war, death of a loved one, illness), you will receive a refund minus an administrative fee of € 100.
- If you cancel your participation 10 days before the course starts for reasons other than force majeure, no refund will be issued.
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