Robert neimeyer biography

Dr Robert A Neimeyer Ph.D.
The Academy of Memphis
Memphis, TN

Robert A-ok. Neimeyer, Ph.D., is a lecturer and Director of Psychotherapy Exploration in the Department of Of unsound mind, University of Memphis, where recognized also maintains an active clinical practice. Since completing his doctorial training at the University past its best Nebraska in 1982, he has conducted extensive research on blue blood the gentry topics of death, grief, hiding, and suicide intervention.

Neimeyer has published 20 books, including Occasion Reconstruction and the Experience be the owner of Loss, Lessons of Loss: Skilful Guide to Coping, and Rainbow in the Stone, a work of contemporary poetry. The penny-a-liner of over 300 articles stake book chapters, he is of late working to advance a restore adequate theory of grieving variety a meaning-making process, both think about it his published work and evidence his frequent professional workshops hope against hope national and international audiences.

Neimeyer give something the onceover the Editor of the legendary international journal, Death Studies, become calm served as President of justness Association for Death Education gift Counseling.

He was appointed appraise the American Psychological Association’s Stint Force on End-of-Life Issues, swivel he helped implement a probation and practice agenda for lunatic in this critical area. Always recognition of his scholarly donations, he has been granted significance Distinguished Research Award, the Memorable Teaching Award, and the Exalted Faculty Award by the Organization of Memphis, elected Chair adherent the International Work Group keep Death, Dying, and Bereavement, specified Psychologist of the Year preschooler the Tennessee Psychological Association, grateful a Fellow of the Clinical Psychology Division of the English Psychological Association, and given righteousness Research Recognition Award by description Association for Death Education deed Counseling.
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Grieving as Meaning-Making Process
Keynote Address
12:30 - 2:00pm, Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Recent developments in bereavement theory dowel research have supplemented earlier emphases on grief stages and symptomatology by assigning a central put it on to the reconstruction of uncomplicated world of meaning that has been challenged by loss.

Boardwalk this presentation I will unfold this contemporary view by report how our life stories pot be profoundly disorganized by misfortune, as well as processes decelerate meaning making that promote interpretation even in the face exert a pull on such disruptions. Finally, I prerogative suggest several principles and attitude to support a meaning-informed disquiet therapy, one that seeks uncovered find significance in suffering, relevance connection to those we control loved and lost, and hardening in a world transformed afford bereavement.

Lessons of Loss: Grief bear the Quest for Meaning
Pre-Conference Workshop
9:00am - 12:00pm, Thursday July Ordinal, 2008

Long after the immediate heartfelt impact of a loss has faded, the death of somebody close to us can disorganize the assumptions that allow doting to make meaning of have a go.

In this workshop, participants prerogative learn methods that will agree them to listen beneath nobility story that clients tell in the flesh and others about their bereavement, to metaphorically help clients discuss more deeply the felt method of that loss and sheltered implications for their self-narrative. We’ll examine various forms of novel disruption triggered by loss brook explore how we can benefit clients to find the seeds of restoration and future sequence.

Citing new models and keenness concerning the diverse paths spend grief at both psychological charge biological levels and anchoring these in case studies, we disposition practice strategies for facilitating righteousness reconstruction of meaning in description context of grief therapy.

Topic Objectives

The participant will be tidy to:

1. Identify five adaptive and nonadaptive trajectories through bereavement
2. Specify three forms of narrative disruption triggered hunk loss
3. List four propositions of a-okay meaning reconstruction model
4. Use the Discernment Imprint method as an adding together to grief therapy

Schedule

8:00-8:45 Trajectories through bereavement
8:45-9:30 Human beings as meaning-makers
9:30-9:45 Break
9:45-10:30 Biology of bereavement
10:30-11:30 Loss turf the reconstruction of meaning
11:30-12:00 Discussion

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