Hear Dr. Wolfelt Speak

Click on this map to find out where and when Dr. Wolfelt will be speaking in the coming year. Please call us at (970) 226-6050 if you have questions.

Bring Dr. Wolfelt to your area

The Center for Loss brings its message of hope and healing to thousands of mourners and bereavement caregivers across North America each year. Director Dr. Alan Wolfelt presents dozens of workshops in communities across the United States and Canada. Click on the map to see when and where he'll be speaking in your area.

Educational Workshops Across North America

One of today's most respeected and popular educators, Dr. Wolfelt presents workshops on grief-related topics to both laypeople and professional bereavement caregivers throughout North America. Sponsor organizations include hospices, universities, funeral homes, churches, schools - any institution interested in providing grief education to community members, area professionals or staff members.

Typical presentation formats include all day workshops, breakfast of dinner presentations, keynote addresses and in-house trainings, and range from just a few participants, which allows fir interactive learning, to auditorium-sized audiences, which permits wide dissemination of this important information about the grieving process.

A sampling of popular recent presentations:

For Your Community Laypeople Who Have Experienced Death Loss
(usually done in an evening format - 7 to 9 p.m.)

  • Helping Yourself Heal When Someone Loved Dies
  • Understanding Your Grief: Ten Essential Touchstones for Hope and Healing
  • The Wilderness of Grief: Finding Your Way
  • Healing Your Grieving Heart: Self-Care Practices

For Your Community Professional Caregivers
(unusually done in day-workshop format - 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.)

  • Death, Grief, and Mourning: Principles and Practices for Caregivers
  • The Art of "Companioning" the Mourner: A Workshop for Caregivers
  • Exploring "Shadow of the Ghosts" of Grief: A Workshop for Caregivers
  • Exploring the Spiritual Dimensions of Death, Grief, and Mourning: A Workshop for Caregivers
  • Helping Children and Teens Cope with Grief: A Companioning Philosophy
  • Exploring "Complicated" Mourning: Sudden Death and Trauma Loss
  • Helping Suicide Survivors Heal: Touchstones for Providing Hope and Healing
  • Creating Meaningful Funeral Ceremonies: A Seminar for Clergy and Caregivers
  • Grief in the Workplace: A Companioning Philosophy of Caregiving