Facing Up to Separation and Loss
A One Day Workshop on Adult Bereavement
Saturday 17 April 2010
London W2

The significance of the relationship with a parent or parents for the only child is particularly strong.   The loss of one or both through death is a huge experience for most of us, irrespective of whether our relationship was harmonious or not.  

With the death of one, we may be challenged to become a surrogate partner, with the death of the last or only one, we are orphaned.   We can feel devastated, relieved, angry, sad, confused, lonely, or all of these.   Whatever our experiences, it will mean there is no one left with whom to share our immediate family history and, as we confront life alone, we face ourselves as individuals in a new way, perhaps for the first time.

If you are an adult only who has lost one or both parents, or are anticipating the loss of them, this facilitated workshop is for you. It is a chance to grieve, support and be supported by others in a similar situation.   It is an invitation to explore your future.

Facilitators

Ann Richardson
is a UKCP registered Counsellor and Psychotherapist and has been working in private practice in London since 1994. She has specialised in working with only children and is Founder and Director of BeingAnOnly.


Tony Walker is a Senior Accredited Practitioner with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.   He is an only child.   He has been Head of Counselling at Middlesex University, worked with patients in primary and secondary care and recently conducted therapy groups, workshops and one-to-one sessions with clients undergoing treatment and rehabilitation for addiction at St Luke's First and Second Stage Centres in South London. He has facilitated a variety of groups including one for adult only children.   With a background in pastoral care, his wider experience in the community and local radio has made him sensitive to both spiritual and secular attitudes to bereavement.

Location
Little Venice, London W2

Fee: £80
Please make your cheque payable to M A Richardson and send to BeingAnOnly, PO Box 50341, London W4 5ZA to confirm your place.
Fees will ony be refunded if the workshop is cancelled.

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BeingAnOnly Workshops

'I just wanted to thank you again for the workshop on relationships. It was a great weekend and one I shall remember for a long time. I found it very valuable and it was a revelation to be able to talk and share about only issues.

In the last few weeks following the workshop, I have felt a greater level of self-acceptance.  

Strange, when we know what is at the root of our pain we cannot erase it completely, but we can take steps to learn how to live with it and move forward.'

Margaret

Workshops

An only child, by definition, does not grow up with other children in the immediate family, with whom s/he can compare, compete or share. With no peer witness inside the family, s/he can remain invisible to her/himself.

As an adult, the likelihood is you may still not have had the chance to meet with others who grew up as an only child. Workshops offer a new and unique opportunity to swap notes with those most likely to understand - other onlies.