Training to run a self-help grief group

NEWTON — The Bereavement Facilitator training is offered to anyone who has an interest in learning how to develop, implement and facilitate a bereavement self-help support group. Professional counselors can receive .6 CEU’s through NBCC. The program will discuss grief education, grief process, what is appropriate in grief, societal expectations in grief, facilitator self-awareness, multi-cultural diversity and perspectives, organization and implementation of a self-help bereavement support group. Objectives will be to learn appropriate expectations in grief; learn what appropriate expressions in grief are; become a self-aware and reflective facilitator; how to organize and implement a self-help bereavement support group; become aware of group dynamics; and how to run an effective self-help bereavement support group. The class will be held Monday, Feb. 20, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Joseph T. Quinlan Bereavement Center, 61 Spring St., lower level suite 100, Newton. Session topics include: The grief process. How to run an effective bereavement self-help support group. Facilitator self-awareness. Identify how individual personalities can affect group dynamics. Dealing with difficult or defensive behaviors. For more information call the Joseph T. Quinlan Bereavement Center in Newton at 973-940-0413, or visit www.KarenAnnQuinlanHospice.org. There is a $50 registration and materials fee which also includes lunch.