Grief Seminar Seasons for Growth: A program about the

Seasons for Growth is an innovative, evidence-based change, loss and grief education program that draws on the metaphor of the seasons to understand the experience of grief. It builds the knowledge and skills necessary to strengthen social and emotional wellbeing following significant loss by:

• Exploring the impact of change and loss
• Learning about effective ways to respond and adapt

Participants learn that they are not alone in their experience of change, loss and grief, and are able to build their communication, decision making and problem solving skills within the context of a safe and supportive peer group learning environment.
All Seasons for Growth programs are grounded in sound, person-centred educational principles.
As such, our programs have been shown to be a very effective education intervention. The programs do not provide counselling or psychotherapy.
https://www.goodgrief.org.au
 
There are two elements of the Adult Program: the seminar and the small group process.  Both elements will be offered by trained companions at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Parish, in 2021.
 
The seminar provides general information about grief.  It is suitable for adults who

• are grieving any change or loss in their lives
• want to prepare for a time of grieving
• want to reflect on something experienced but not understood at the time as grief
• want to support someone who is grieving
• want to understand the nature of grief

It is not necessary to discuss one’s own grief in this setting.