Continuing Bonds and Attachment in Grief

In the late 1990s grief theory and research saw a significant paradigm shift, moving away from the early “grief work”, stage-based models. Continuing bonds theory emerged during this era, normalizing the ongoing relationships that individuals often maintain with deceased loved ones. This session will provide a strong foundation in continuing bonds theory, including the limitations and concerns raised in the literature that are often neglected in cursory discussions of continuing bonds. In the years since the emergence of this theory, researchers and clinicians have examined the relationship be...Read moretween attachment and continuing bonds and interest in attachment work in grief continues to grow and evolve.

The session will also introduce attachment theory as it relates to grief and loss, drawing from current research and modern understandings of attachment style as more than just a function of the first 2 years of life. This will include an overview of John Bowlby and Colin Murray Parkes' theory of grief and some of the advancements in attachment work in grief, including Phyllis Kominsky and John Jordan's work on attachment-informed grief therapy and the work of Jakob van Wielink, Leo Wilhelm, and Denise van Geelen-Merks on the transition cycle and secure base counseling in grief. Less...

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss the principles of continuing bonds theory, the relevant research, and its relationship to other grief theories.
  • Identify the significant paradigm shift introduced through continuing bonds theory.
  • Apply attachment theory and John Bowlby’s grief theory on bereavement and continuing bonds theory.
  • Discuss and apply concrete tools and activities for assisting grievers in applying a continuing bonds approach to their grief.

Learning Levels

  • Intermediate

Friday, April 21, 2023

Live Interactive Webinar

01:00 PM EDT - 04:15 PM EDT

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EARN 3 CE Credit Hours

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Agenda

1:00-1:15 Introduction, data review, and defining grief

1:15-1:45 History of grief theory: grief work and beyond

  • Shifting the “grief work” paradigm and introducing continuing bond.

1:45-2:15 Understanding Continuing Bonds Theory 

2:30-2:45 Break

2:45-3:00 Re-grief and continuing bonds theory

  • Understanding regrief in children
  • Framework for continuing bond

3:00-4:00 Attachment theory and grief

  • Bowlby and Parkes’ on attachment theory and grief
  • Current applications of attachment theory to grief
  • Attachment in adaptive and maladaptive continuing bonds   

4:00-4:15 Tools and close. 



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