• The participating delegates attending the two-day seminar on Dying, Death and Grief, do feel as though he or she is on a journey through the valleys of shadows of death. However, as the days progress, they begin to see the light, lose fear of death and lay their pain of damaged human emotions behind them, and claim their empowered freedom to continue their journey into living their lives purposefully, with meaning and with intent.
• This journey through the seminar is beautiful, validating, experiential, educational, and enriching. This experiential three days will demystify past beliefs, inspire your life, and create awareness of the things you have been avoiding and empower and equip you with skills, insight and understanding into the holistic dying process followed by a personal journey into the grief process.
• The seminar is presented by Jim Thorne Jnr, who draws from his wealth of experience and valuable knowledge based on his nursing career of 27 years, and for the past 13 years, from his life’s vocation as a practicing death educator, deathbed counsellor and grief counsellor.
• The two days fly past and as it does so, you will be made not only a better caregiver, but a healthier one.

Time frame
O8:30 - 16:00

Seminar content and program

Day one

• Registration tea/coffee/rusks
• Welcome / house rules / program / orientation
• “Tuesdays with Morrie” a video presentation on the Dying Process
• Refreshments & Beverages – 20 min.
• The Physical Process of Dying
• The Intellectual Process of Dying
• LUNCH BREAK 45 min
• The Emotional Process of Dying
• Refreshments & Beverages – 20 min.
• The Spiritual Process of Dying

Day two

• Tea / Coffee / Rusks
• The Physical Process of Grief
• Video – Cremation Process
• Refreshments & Beverages – 20 min.
• The Physical Process of Grief
• The Intellectual Process of Grief
• LUNCH BREAK 45 min.
• The Emotional Process of Grief
• The Spiritual Process of Grief
• Refreshments & Beverages – 20 min
• Children and Grief
• Grief Exercise
  
  Dates - to be confirmed
  September 2008
  October 2008
  November 2008
  December 2008
  January 2009
  February 2009
  March 2009
  April 2009
  May 2009
  June 2009
  
  Bookings
  
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  by telephone 021-9492939
  by fax 021-9492939

Learning outcomes

• At the conclusion of the seminar participants will be able to:
• Describe and understand the holistic dying process
• Understand and help with the needs of the dying
• Describe and understand the holistic grief process
• Understand the needs of grieving people
• Recognize the difference between support, counselling.
• Identify different approaches, strategies of care and support to the dying and their families
• Identify different approaches and strategies of care and support to those who are bereaved.
• Identify how their own self-awareness will impact on their work with both the dying and the bereaved
• Become demystified about:
• The cremation process
• The grieving process
• The dying process
• The counselling process
• The care and support process
• Acquire how to skills in the face of dying and death as well as grief
• Become empowered by the experience and knowledge acquired
• Become enthused about their work and rededicate and pledge their loyal support to the organisations they serve.
• Become emotionally free of past damaged human emotions that have caused a barrier in their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health.