Road Map for Life Seminars:

GRIEVING LIFE'S LOSSES: DEVELOPING THE COURAGE TO MOURN (PART 2)

Topic Outline

I. Unsuccessful Grief and How it Affects Our Lives

1. You will Learn
   
   1. How normal grief strays off course
   2. Why we pretend to be Super-Human
   3. How we try to ignore our feelings and shut out the loss
   4. What the purpose of grief is

2. What is Disfranchised Loss
   
   1. How it differs from other types of losses
   2. How addictions affect grief
   3. How our early childhood wounds affect grief
   4. The role psychodrama plays in resolving disfranchised loss

3. The Stages of Grief
   
   1. How numbness starts the grieving process
   2. Why we yearn and search for our lost loved one
   3. How disorganization, anger and despair make this stage so painful
   4. Reorganization allows us to finally accept reality and embrace life

4. The Role of Experiential Psychotherapy or Psychodrama in Grief Work
   
   1. How experiential psychotherapy helps with the grieving process
   2. Ways we can use psychodrama to say the words we never got the chance to say
   3. Why psychodrama is so effective in helping us mourn the losses we wrongfully assume we have no need to grieve, such as the death of an abusive parent or an unhappy marriage
   4. How psychodrama addresses our losses in a way talk therapy cannot

5. Resolving Grief Successfully
   
   1. The characteristics of people who succeed in grief therapy
   2. How we can find the places where we got stuck and heal them
   3. How to know when we are successfully moving through grief
   4. When it really is time to rejoin life

What You Will Learn
Topic Description

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Contact Mark Felber and schedule this series for your group.

Office:
Human Connections Counseling Services
Plano, Texas

Phone: (214) 796-2323

E-mail: mark@marriagecpr.com

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