Professional Training
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Creating New Meanings of Death, Dying, and Bereavement
Lorraine travels nationally and internationally to teach this innovative approach to hospices, universities and professionals. She has taught hundreds of counselors, nurses, physicians, ministers, caregivers, students and psychologists. Her seminars are also beneficial for those who work with dying people in a variety of capacities. Lorraine's seminars and presentations cover a variety of practical information for working with people who are dying and their loved ones. Following a one-day intensive program, you will leave with a good theoretical understanding and practical skills. |
To set up a seminar in your area, contact
Lorraine Hedtke.
What others have said about Lorraine's work:
- "Briefly, exuberantly, I want to say how very much I have enjoyed, learned from, admired, expanded to your article Stories of Living and Dying in the journal Gecko, and quite enamored of your expression. Brava!!"
- "Dear Lorraine, Just a note to say thank you for a great day, last Friday, in Sherman Oaks. I enjoyed your ease of presentation, the comfort you provided for all of us, and of course, the very valuable information."
- "After being in this field for so long, I always appreciate the chance to read a piece that challenges my thinking and offers a new way of looking at grief and loss."
- "I have been given two of your articles to read: 'Dancing with death' and 'Stories of living and dying'. I was ready to read them and they soaked into me like a sponge! I have studied narrative therapy so am familiar with this discourse. I want you to know that your writing 'gets to me'. Your voice seems to hit a nerve and talk to me personally. I feel my confidence grow as I place myself in a position of strength and self-belief. Your voice says to me 'you're going to be okay. You won't be forgotten'."
- "I want to tell you, also, that toward the very end of the presentation you used some words, used an image that either you hadn't used before or, if you did, I had missed. I want to share with you what happened for me at the moment you spoke the words. As you said something to the effect of 'hearing their voices,' I remembered with the vividness of hearing, the voices of my mentor, and my Dad, both deceased--but, as you suggest, both speaking to me, on and on."
- "Until recently I struggled with popular language around 'closure' and 'moving on with life.' Depending on my emotional status at the time these words either fell short or pierced me or irritated me. I cannot imagine bringing closure to a relationship that brought me so much life, vitality, goodness, rootedness in my humanity . . . truly it was/is the relationship of a lifetime. Your insight and efforts to reframe notions of death and dying certainly ring true for me and help me to envision a future that embraces through memory the fullness of our relationship with each other, with the world and those around me. So -thanks for your work - it helps me find meaning during these difficult days. I am grateful for your presentation."