2025 NGHS Holiday Grief Seminar

The Annual Grief Seminar of the Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center

Sponsored by the Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center

The holidays are supposed to be “that most wonderful time of the year.” 

• But what do we do when those we love are no longer here? 
• What happens when we lose our reason for celebrating? 
• How do we cope when we are facing the holidays alone? 

Come join us as a prolific author and leading expert on grief and loss, Dr. Robert Neimeyer, helps us find hope for the coming new year.

Thursday, November 13, 2025 – 8:30 am to 3:00 pm

This seminar will help those living with grief find inspiration and coping strategies for surviving and thriving the holiday season after a significant loss of a loved one and support professional caregivers through FREE 4.5 CEU hours of skill building to help their clients meet the goals above.

Facilitator/Speaker: Dr. Robert Neimeyer

Coordinator: Dave Gladson, Bereavement Counselor, 770-219-0273

Hybrid Location:

In-Person: NGMC Walter Auditorium, 743, Spring Street NE, Gainesville, GA

AND Online:  Zoom Link will be emailed to all a week before the seminar.

Professional caregivers will receive 4.5 FREE CEU hours approved through the Georgia Society for Clinical Social Workers (GSCSW). 

If you would like to make a donation to our non-profit Foundation to help us provide care to anyone in our region regardless of ability to pay, please click here:  https://www.nghs.com/foundation/hospice/

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Bio

Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD, directs the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition, a global online training institute in grief therapy and maintains an active consulting and coaching practice.  Neimeyer has published over 600 journal articles and book chapters as well as 37 books, including Living Beyond Loss:  Questions and Answers about Grief and Bereavement and New Techniques of Grief Therapy and serves as Editor of Death Studies. He is currently working to advance a more adequate theory of grieving as a meaning-making process. 

Schedule

8:30 am:  Registration and Coffee

9:00 – 10:30 am: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Crisis:  Understanding and Managing Grief Attacks During the Holidays.

10:30-10:45 am:  Break

10:45 am-11:45 am:  How Do We Know When Grief Is Complicated?  

12:00 pm:  Lunch (Catered)

12:30-2:40 pm:  From Trauma to Transformation:  Growing Through Grief.  

Day Complete by 3:00 pm.

3x Topics/Sessions

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Crisis:  Understanding and Managing Grief Attacks During the Holidays. 

How Do We Know When Grief Is Complicated? 

From Trauma to Transformation:  Growing Through Grief

Grief Impairment Scale

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