T he Barr-Harris Children's Grief Center

COMING EVENTS IN THE CHICAGO AREA
 


Insight and Intervention:

Working with Bereaved Children

A Series of Six Workshops 
Designed for Mental Health Professionals

Saturdays, February 13 to March 20, 2010
9 AM - Noon

A Program of the
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis
122 S. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL  60603
(Across from the Art Institute)

You pay only $25 for each workshop
Or $125 for all six workshops.

Instructors are Barr-Harris therapists.

Brochure and registration form (PDF) -- Print on legal size paper

These workshops are designed to provide you with critical information about the impact of parent loss on children and families, along with appropriate treatment strategies. The focus of these seminars will be practical in nature. Specific situations will be presented and a variety of psychodynamic interventions will be explored.

Educational Credit

The Institute for Psychoanalysis is approved as a continuing education sponsor for Social Workers and for Professional Counselors and Clinical Professional Counselors. The Institute designates this continuing education activity as earning a maximum of three hours of continuing education credit for each workshop.

 
Saturday,
February 13		 PARENTAL ALIENATION

Barbara Hozinsky, M.Ed.
Colin Pereira-Webber, A.M.

This seminar will focus on the complicated syndrome in child custody situations in which the child rejects and avoids one of the parents. The seminar will be illustrated by rich clinical and theoretical material
 
Saturday,
February 20		 LOSS OF A PARENT
THROUGH ABANDONMENT


Sharon Williams, L.C.S.W.

A clinical differentiation of different kinds of abandonment/losses will be examined, along with appropriate therapeutic approaches for each type.
Saturday,
February 27

FAMILY ISSUES
IN DEALING WITH LOSS

Johanna Sonnenfeld, L.C.S.W.
Sharon Williams, L.C.S.W.

This workshop will deal with what family members can do to help a child who is experiencing loss. Clinical material and a brief film will be used to demonstrate the many possible interactions.
 
Saturday,
March 6

HOW TO TALK TO CHILDREN
ABOUT DEATH


Barbara Hozinsky, M.Ed.

Colin Pereira-Webber, A.M.

Children's experiences with loss due to death are affected by a multiplicity of factors. We will discuss their impact and how the responses of the environment and significant adults can support or impede development.
 
Saturday, March 13

THERAPEUTIC USES
OF PLAY AND
OTHER TECHNIQUES

Doris Libman, M.S., L.C.P.C.

This workshop will explore the important role of play, storytelling, group work and children's books in helping the bereaved child.
 
Saturday,
March 20 

VIOLENCE, TRAUMA AND LOSS


Sharon Williams, L.C.S.W.

Johanna Sonnenfeld, L.C.S.W.

This seminar will focus on the profound impact that violence can have on a child. The various clinical responses to violence will also be examined with a special emphasis on traumatic loss.