“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” Helen Keller

An important principle concerning bereavement is that grief is a natural response to a significant loss. This webinar will walk participants through the grief journey and will present helpful tools to use during this time. We will also explore Dr. Alan Wolfelt’s Model of Grief Companioning to help participants find healthy and useful ways to grieve. The presentation will focus on how COVID-19 has created complicated grief and how participants can work through this type of grief. It will encourage participants to find ways to “ventilate” their grief and then find the right person to “validate” their grief experiences. There is no right way or wrong way to grieve – just your way! This webinar will present different approaches participants can follow to “do grief your way.” This webinar will be respectful in giving a Trauma-Informed way of working through one’s grief.

About our speakers
Eugene Dufour is an Individual, Marital and Family Therapist, Bereavement Specialist, Compassion Fatigue Educator and a Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Consultant. He received his Bachelors and Master's degree from King’s College at the University of Western Ontario. He has been working in bereavement, trauma work, hospice palliative care, and the HIV/AIDS movement for the past 30 years. He is a past president of the Ontario Palliative Care Association and the Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association. In 2002 Eugene was presented with the Commemorative Medal for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 2nd ‘s Golden Jubilee by the Governor General of Canada for his work in hospice palliative care. In June of 2019 Eugene was named a Paul Harris Fellow by The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International for his involvement in establishing the Rotary Hospice of Stratford Perth. Eugene presently works as a Psychosocial Spiritual Care Clinician with the Huron Perth Palliative Care Outreach Team. He is the proud “Pepe” to Julia, Aurora, Dylan and Oakland. In March of 2012 Eugene and Michelle O’Rourke published their book: Embracing The End of Life - Help for Those Who Accompany the Dying

Please Note:
This presentation is available in English only. For any difficulty with registration or any other questions, please contact us at info@ontariocaregiver.ca

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