Course Description:
The purpose of this module is to present the loss of a parent and its devastating effect on an adolescent, whether this loss occurs in earlier childhood or in adolescence.
Intended Audience:
Nurses, Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Addiction Therapists
Author Bio:
COLIN PEREIRA-WEBBER, M.A. Colin Pereira-Webber is an advanced candidate in adult and child psychoanalysis at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. He received his certification in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from the Institute as well. Since 1996, he has been the associate director of the Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy program and for many years was a therapist at the Barr-Harris Center for the Study of Separation and Loss in Childhood at the Institute. He has presented many seminars and workshops on the subject of death and parent loss in childhood. He has published on the topic of childhood bereavement in a number of books and journals and has presented at clinical conferences nationally and internationally.