Cruse Conference July, Warwick University. Living with grief

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1 9 10 July, Warwick University Living with grief

2 Living with grief A two-day exploration of grief and bereavement issues, featuring world-class speakers alongside a packed programme of seminars, workshops and networking opportunities. Bereavement theory and practice is constantly evolving; join the UK s leading bereavement charity to explore the latest developments and enhance your skills in the company of other practitioners and professionals. 24 May and save up to 25% Simply complete and return the booking form in this brochure or telephone us on Book online at Programme Tuesday 9 July Registration Tea/Coffee from welcome: Chair opening: CEO Plenary 1: Workshops/Seminars Lunch Plenary 2: Tony Walter Tea/Coffee Workshops/Seminars End Dinner (residential delegates) Wednesday 10 July Registration Plenary 3: Linda Machin Tea/Coffee Workshops/Seminars Lunch Plenary 4: Peter Kennedy Tea/Coffee Plenary 5: Colin Murray Parkes and Closing session: Cruse Chair and CEO End

3 Keynote speakers Living with grief after sudden loss Tony Walter Contemporary community grieving Linda Machin Identifying vulnerability and nurturing resilience: using the Adult Attitude to Grief Scale in practice Peter Kennedy Living with grief a homeless hostel perspective Colin Murray Parkes and Discussion: Complicated grief is it an illness? For more information go to or conference@cruse.org.uk Dr Kenneth J. Doka, PhD is a Professor at the Graduate School of The College of New Rochelle and Senior Consultant to the Hospice Foundation of America. He edits both Omega: The journal of death and dying and Journeys: A newsletter to help in bereavement. He has written or edited 30 books on topics such as Disenfranchised Grief and gender issues as well as over 100 journal articles. Professor Tony Walter Sociologist and author of On Bereavement: The culture of grief, Tony currently directs the University of Bath s Centre for Death & Society ( where his research projects include bereavement following drug or alcohol related deaths, and how picturing the deceased as an angel functions within bereavement. He also trains both clergy and civil funeral celebrants. Dr Linda Machin An Honorary Research Fellow at Keele University, Dr Linda Machin established a bereavement counselling service in North Staffordshire and is a researcher, trainer and counsellor. She has developed the Range of Response to Loss model and from it the Adult Attitude to Grief Scale as a basis for understanding and working with grief. Peter Kennedy Peter Kennedy is Palliative Care Co-ordinator at St Mungo s, a leading homeless charity in London. His role includes developing a palliative care service for any of the 1,700 St Mungo s residents approaching the end of their lives, and he provides training to frontline staff on end of life care. Peter is a qualified social worker and has worked mainly on homelessness and addictions. He is co-author of an interactive end of life care resource pack. Dr Colin Murray Parkes OBE, MD, FRCPsych Colin is President for Life of Cruse Bereavement Care, and Emeritus Consultant Psychiatrist to St Christopher s Hospice, Sydenham. He is author of Bereavement: Studies of grief in adult life and Love and Loss: The roots of grief and its complications, and editor of Death and Bereavement Across Cultures and Responses to Terrorism: Can the cycle be broken? He has also published extensively on psychological aspects of bereavement. Colin was awarded the Times Sternberg Active Life Award and the ADEC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.

4 Workshops and Seminars W S CO Workshop (Workshops are more participative) Seminar Cruse delegates only This is an overview of the workshops and seminars. For further details go to: Addressing client anger Alan Donaghey A succinct review of client anger from a bereavement practitioner s perspective, and a reminder of basic skills already learnt. We will look at what anger is, and link basic theory and practice to working with angry clients. Will include opportunities to share good practice. Bereavement behind bars Sue Pritchett and Marion Wilson An overview of the differences between being bereaved behind bars and on the out, with an opportunity to look at an innovative new model used by Cruse incorporating both 1:1 and groupwork. Bereavement following drug or alcohol related deaths Tony Walter This workshop invites those with personal experience of drug and alcohol-related loss, and those who have worked with such clients, to share their experiences. It will also report on the early stages of a research project. Commissioning working in partnership with your local Clinical Commissioning Group Terry Silvers Explore the new emerging clinical commissioning landscape, what it means for local Cruse Areas and learn how to engage with and influence CCGs. Effective reporting after securing funding will also be covered. Developing bereavement services for children and young people in Wales Alison Thomas and Veronica Snow An informative and interactive workshop designed to promote discussion and give participants an understanding of the strategic and operational steps required to build a National Children and Young People s Bereavement Service in Wales. This session will be useful to all looking at strategic development of services and partnership working. Disenfranchised grief The contexts, causes of and complications arising from disenfranchised grief (grief that is not openly acknowledged, socially sanctioned, or publicly mourned) will be explored, together with interventive strategies that can enfranchise grief. Doing therapy briefly Professor Robert Bor An overview of the theory and practice of time-limited therapy, with an emphasis on starting it in a consultative format. By using your main or preferred therapy approach in a brief and focused way, collaboration, clarity of focus and an optimism that helps the client to feel that

5 Workshops and Seminars solutions are possible, without denying their difficulties or emotional pain, much can be achieved in a shorter period of time. Early intervention in bereavement Sarah Cheape There is increasing evidence that the experience of bereaved people around the time of death and soon afterwards influences the grieving process and the longer term health of bereaved people. Cruse s Early Intervention Project Manager Sarah Cheape outlines learning from this project and invites participants to discuss the challenge that early intervention may pose for current service delivery. Encouraging community engagement Lesley Lopez Who are the local partners, stakeholders and community leaders that will work with us in a joined up approach to providing bereavement support? Working collaboratively with these partners we will be able to support and engage with hard to reach communities, providing and developing services that are accessible, appropriate and inclusive to all. Groupwork for those bereaved by suicide Margaret Ginger This will explore the particular issues raised for people bereaved by suicide and the benefits of group support, drawing on the example of an open support group for those bereaved in this way which has run for 17 years in Cambridge. There will be opportunity to learn from each other. Handling concerns raised by or with volunteers Mike Pearson and Annika Taal As Areas grow and volunteer numbers increase, it is natural that more issues will be raised by or with volunteers. Cruse has developed a procedure to handle such issues as fairly as possible. This practical session will provide guidance to Areas. Making the most of supervision Robin Shohet A demonstration of group supervision, showing how a few simple techniques can be very effective, followed by a theoretical exposition of the seven eyed model described in Supervision in the Helping Professions, which places the demonstration in a theoretical context. Making sense of it all: using therapeutic songwriting with the bereaved Bob Heath Music therapy can help clients move through memories and begin to attach meaning to their experiences. Using real case studies this session will trace the journeys of clients who have used therapeutic song writing to express what at times felt inexpressible. It will include opportunities to engage with the process itself and explore your own use of creativity in bereavement care.

6 Workshops and Seminars Metaphors in the therapeutic encounter as a lever in grief therapy James Turner This workshop will enable the participant to work with and recognise metaphors in their therapeutic encounters. Working with metaphors and the imaginative imagery of metaphors has been found to be effective in grief therapy as well as in wider therapeutic encounters. Social media for Cruse Areas Clair Pike and Amber Dowell A workshop focusing on how Cruse Areas can utilise Social Media with a basic overview of Facebook, Twitter and Mailchimp. Successful partnership working Jim Glennon and Cecil Sinclair This practical session introduces participants to the key elements that need to be in place for successful partnership working, using real examples drawn from recent Cruse work with Samaritans at a local and national level. The challenge of technology Jim Glennon and Sarah Cheape With new technologies come new challenges for providing bereavement support. This highly interactive session evidences the power of both telephone and support and showcases new online training programmes in both Helpline and support now available throughout the Cruse network. When talking is not enough structured therapeutic writing following bereavement Trish Staples Writing is a useful medium through which to convey grief responses bereaved people find difficult to talk about. A brief explanation of the aims and benefits of structured therapeutic writing will be followed by a number of different writing structures. Attendees will be expected to participate in the writing. When two worlds unite: accompanying young children through grief Ruth Graham and Ruth Wilson This workshop will look at how bereavement might impact on a very young child, and how we can actively listen to their stories and their grief through activities and by using media. Working systematically with bereavement and loss: working with couples and families Barbara McKay An introduction to systemic and narrative ideas about bereavement and loss, exploring ways in which practitioners can use systemic interventions to incorporate the lost person. Bring your own case material for application of the ideas. Working creatively with bereaved people Suzanne Quinn Explore a hands-on approach to working with clients, including using memory boxes, stones and other props to help them make sense of their world. Participants will create memory boxes during the session.

7 Booking form CONFERENCE PRICES FULL CONFERENCE Two-day pass including entry to plenaries, your selection of workshops/seminars, en-suite private accommodation for one night, breakfast, lunch and dinner plus refreshments throughout. Places booked before 24 May External delegate: 370 Cruse delegate: 255 Places booked between 25 May 24 June External delegate: 455 Cruse delegate: 320 ONE DAY PASS One day s entry and associated programme, lunch, tea/coffee Places booked before 24 May External delegate: 165 Cruse delegate: 110 Places booked between 25 May 24 June External delegate: 205 Cruse delegate: BOOK YOUR PLACE Please select as appropriate: 2 FULL CONFERENCE (residential, two days) Tuesday 9 July (one day) Wednesday 10 July (one day) SELECT YOUR WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR OPTIONS Choose one from each session (from the list on the right) As some seminars have limited capacity it would be helpful for you to rank three preferences, in order, for each session. = Cruse delegates only Tuesday 9 July: MORNING Addressing client anger Bereavement behind bars Bereavement following drug or alcohol related deaths Developing children and young people s bereavement services in Wales Groupwork for those bereaved by suicide Handling concerns raised by or with volunteers Making the most of supervision Metaphors in the therapeutic encounter as a lever in grief therapy The challenge of technology Working creatively with bereaved people Tuesday 9 July: AFTERNOON Bereavement behind bars Commissioning working in partnership with your local CCG Encouraging community engagement Groupwork for those bereaved by suicide Making the most of supervision Making sense of it all: using therapeutic song writing with the bereaved Social media for Cruse Areas Successful partnership working When talking is not enough; structured therapeutic writing after bereavement When two worlds unite: accompanying young children through grief Working systematically with bereavement and loss: working with couples and families Wednesday 10 July: MORNING Addressing client anger Commissioning working in partnership with your local CCG Disenfranchised grief Doing therapy briefly Early intervention project Making sense of it all: using therapeutic song writing with the bereaved Metaphors in the therapeutic encounter as a lever in grief therapy When talking is not enough; structured therapeutic writing after bereavement When two worlds unite: accompanying young children through grief Working creatively with bereaved people Working systematically with bereavement and loss: working with couples and families Please complete all sections of the booking form (both sides).

8 Booking form Book online at YOUR DETAILS PAYMENT Name: Organisation (if Cruse, please specify Area): Address: Amount: Method of payment Please indicate Cheque (enclosed) Please invoice me Purchase order number must be provided Postcode: Telephone: Credit/Debit card (complete details below) Card type: Visa Mastercard Delta Maestro Card number: Special diet required? Please give details Accessibility requirements? Please give details Name on the card: Security code (three digits): Start date (mm/yy): Expiry date (mm/yy): Issue number (if applicable): Signature: Please note that fees are not refundable. Please ensure you have completed all sections of the booking form (both sides) and return to: administration Cruse Bereavement Care PO Box 800, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1RG Additional copies of this form can be downloaded from: For more information about the conference please go to: or contact us by conference@cruse.org.uk or telephone