Till Death Do Us Art; a creative exploration of loss and grief
Sat 23 Nov
|Matlock, DE4
The final of this year's Potting Shed weekend events for therapists, counsellors and mental health professionals; offering a creative weekend exploring death, loss and grief, its implications for work and impact on self-care.
Time & Location
23 Nov 2019, 10:00 – 24 Nov 2019, 16:30
Matlock, DE4, Main Rd, Lea, Matlock DE4 5GJ, UK
Guests
About The Event
"Dying is an art, like everything else." Sylvia Plath
Thoughts of death, loss and grief can be challenging. How do we work with a client's grief? How do we manage our own grief in this process? What does a dying client bring to the work? Death can touch on our most primitive defenses.
In this creative weekend you will have the opportunity to safely explore this important aspect of living, reflecting both on client work and on your own feelings and experiences.
Day 1: A workshop focused day, underpinned with up-to-date bereavement theory & concepts. You will be offered practical tools and be guided through creative exercises to expand your thinking around losses in thewidest sense and what that brings to the therapy room.
Day 2: A reflective day with space to play, create and experiment - using the grounds, gardens and pottingshed of Lea Green. Drawing on some aspects…