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Education on Grief and Loss
Resilience Workshops for health-care workers, who support others in the grief journey
It’s no secret, that unresolved stress can negatively affect many aspects of our lives. This can extend to our relationship with family, friends and significant others. Our performance on the job also becomes at risk, as we are challenged in demonstrating a therapeutic presence and connecting with others. Resilience has been proposed as a vital component in combating stress and helping us to cope well with life’s challenges. However, it can prove difficult to take that first step to achieving wellness, if we are already feeling depleted.
Perhaps, resiliency is best thought of as a strategy to live well with our stress, rather than a strategy to conquer stress. This is the goal of First Aid Resilience; to provide education which supports individuals in developing strategies to live well, while addressing the complex stress response associated with loss and grief.
Who Can Benefit from This Training?
The content of our workshops primarily address the needs of those,
whose work exposes them to the grief of others.
Workshops are focused on promoting the mental health and resilience of those working in
Hospice/End-of-Life Care, EMS & other Front-line Healthcare Providers
What is Psychological First Aid?
Not unlike traditional ‘First-Aid’, where the focus is preserving life, preventing deterioration, and promoting recovery, Psychological first aid (PFA)is about helping people who are in distress. Rather than primarily focusing on the physical dimension of care, PFA addresses the distress individuals experience, as a result of stress, loss, trauma or grief. The goal of PFA is to promote one’s ability to re-adjust to life, following a distressing event. It is about having conversations, that connects us to others.
Principles of PFA and Self-Care, are integrated in our educational sessions on grief and loss
“The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it,
is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet.”
Rachel Naomi Remen, Kitchen Table Wisdom, 1996.