Mapping losses – An experiential workshop

1st week -14th January

6.30pm-9.00pm

2nd week - 21st January

6.30pm - 9.00pm

Using the biosocial model ,the Learning outcomes will be

• To recognise what may have been a significant loss.
• To understand and acknowledge the common life events involved in a loss.
• To gain clarity of the aspects of your life effected .
• How this impacts identity over the life course.
• Identify ways you can process the loss
• Give some structured thought to rebuilding the elements lost.

Part of developing resilience in the face of loss and other difficulties appears to be about making sense of those experiences.

We all have touchstones from our turning points in life which inevitably involve losses of some degree.

In this workshop you are invited to ‘map’ your losses in terms of the wider impact it has had in your life and explore your understanding of this. Both death and nondeath loss brings broad and complicated grief.

An example could be loss through redundancy, illness or divorce.

Your loss could be through experiencing something traumatic. Every loss effects at least 8 aspects of your life.

You may have experienced ongoing losses and not had an opportunity to process these.

You may feel in low mood and been diagnosed with depression, we will explore the often powerlessness experienced in loss not chosen by us.

‘Making meaning’ is one of the most important personal development tasks in life.

The workshop will consider and explore transitions in life and how losses have been a part of this. This allows for a greater functioning in life, bringing greater clarity.

This workshop could also be used by therapists and carers to explore their own life experiences.

YOU ARE NOT EXPECTED TO SHARE YOUR EXPLORATION OF YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE GROUP, ALTHOUGH YOU CAN IF YOU WANT TO AND IT WILL SUPPORTED AND VALADATED THROUGH BEING HEARD AND UNDERSTOOD.

Helen is facilitating this workshop. Helen is a BACP therapist working with people who have experienced trauma.