Description

This workshop will address the influence of increased social media usage on the grieving experience. It will consider the way social media platforms are used as an outlet for the bereaved and the implications for practitioners. It will examine issues such as ‘digital death’ and the afterlife of digital information, how social networking impacts continuing bonds and whether grieving online helps or hinders the grief process.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the workshop participants will be able to:

• understand the possible impact of social media on the grief process;

• be aware of various social media platforms and how they are being used by bereaved people;

• be informed about the pros and cons of social media as an outlet for bereaved people and a tool for those providing support.

Presenter Profile

Liz Gleeson, is an experienced Therapist and Educator in the field of grief and loss. She offers one-to-one therapeutic support for those going through grief of any kind from her private practice in Greystones and runs a number of bereavement groups. Liz is one of a few therapists trained in Complicated Grief Therapy and offers this via skype to people in Ireland and abroad. Liz offers workshops and trainings for Pieta House staff, The Irish Hospice Foundation, IAHIP members and many others. She is a qualified Open Floor Movement Therapist, an approach that she uses to inform her practice and she has a particular interest in a body-based approach to supporting the grieving process. Qualified with a MA Dramatherapy, MSc Bereavement Studies, completing a MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy in 2020, Liz’s approach is well grounded in the theory and practice of therapeutic support. In 2019, Liz set-up the podcast ‘Shapes of Grief’ which has found its way onto recommended resources in Universities and Colleges internationally, as an excellent resource for grief education. For more information and resources, see www.shapesofgrief.com.