Event Phone: 701-690-2297

About the program:

Phyllis Kosminsky PhD, LCSW, FT 

This program is intended for nurses, social workers, psychologists, clergy, chaplains, counselors, hospice staff, physicians, nursing home, hospital and home care employees, funeral home and emergency personnel, educators, physical and occupational therapists, art therapists, marriage and family therapists, students and volunteers.

Phyllis Kominsky, PhD, LCSW, FT, Adjunct Professor at Fordham University

Phyllis Kosminsky is a clinical social worker in private practice in Westchester, New York, and at the Center for Hope in Darien, Connecticut, where her work focuses on grief, loss and trauma. She received her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Columbia University and her Ph.D. in Social Welfare from Brandeis University. She is a certified provider of EMDR and has extensive training in hypnotherapy as an adjunctive psychotherapy technique.

Dr. Kosminsky has conducted hundreds of training sessions for mental health professionals nationally and internationally in the treatment of normal and complicated grief and is a regular presenter at national and international conferences. Her publications include journal articles, book chapters, and the book Getting Back to Life When Grief Won’t Heal (McGraw Hill, 2007) Her book with John R. Jordan, Attachment Informed Grief Therapy: The Clinician’s Guide to Foundations and Applications was published by Routledge in 2016.

Dr. Kosminsky is an adjunct Professor of Social Work at Fordham University, a Past President of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, and a member of the International Work Group on Grief, Bereavement and Loss.

CONFERENCE TOPIC:

Attachment Informed Grief Therapy: Interventions to Create Safety, Strengthen Self Capacities, and Promote Re-engagement.

Objectives:
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Identify core principles of attachment theory that relate to grief and loss.
• Describe recent developments in bereavement research, neuroscience, and attachment theory that bear on our   understand of how people adapt to loss.
• Describe what is meant by “attachment informed grief therapy” and discuss the practical application of attachment theory in providing bereavement support to individuals with attachment related grief complications.

Agenda/Schedule (times are in CDT)