July 2022, 1.5 credit hours elective
In this 3 day course, participants will explore important aspects of being with dying and death from multi-disciplinary perspectives. Herbert Anderson, PhD, the author of 13 books including The Sacred Art of Dying, and other world-class instructors will provide practical clinical and personal tools for being with dying and death, professionally and personally. Other focus areas include: the spiritual agenda of dying; Engaged spirituality through poetry and the language of death; Grieving, empathy and forgiveness; Advance Healthcare Directives; Medical-aid-in-dying and “death with dignity,” and Contemplative Self-Care, Mourning and Lament in Nature. This elective provides excellent training for chaplains, hospice volunteers, nurses, physicians, therapists and anyone who is faced with dying at home.
*There is additional online study required for completion of this course.