Certificate in Process Oriented Palliative Care

The 2 year certificate is an experiential and theoretical training in a process oriented approach to caring for and working with people who are terminally ill and dying. The programme provides students with a range of learning opportunities to develop skills and techniques supporting the development of an integrative approach to palliative care. Standard requirements include participation in seminars, classes, supervision, individual sessions and independent study.

The programme is intended for all those interested in exploring process work and its application to the experience of terminal illness, death and dying.

It will be of interest to:

• hospice and hospital staff
• caregivers
• counsellors
• social works
• pastors
• spiritual guides
• family members

Enrolments are now open for the 2011 Certificate Programme. Click here for overview of the programme.

For further information and admission process contact:
Ingrid Rose: or Kay Ryan:

2010 Certificate Group

Workshops 2012

The Language of Dying: Exploring metaphor and meaning near death.
Christchurch. 3-4 March. Contact Kay

Crossing Bridges: Altered states and dreaming: Communicating with people near death and in coma.
Dunedin. 6 - 7 March. Contact Keitha Ross: Keitha@Otagohospice.co.nz

The Dying Process and Beyond: Exploring phases of dying and how to interact with them. Auckland 13 - 15 April. Contact Kay

The Language of Dying: Exploring metaphor and meaning near death.
Whanganui. 12-13 May. Contact Janet Mace: aramoho@inspire.net.nz

The Path of Heart and Life Myth: Exploring chronic illness near death.
Auckland. November 23 - 25. Contact Kay

Once we succeed in communicating with people in strongly altered states, life after
death appears as a timeless, eternal reality trying to manifest itself in the present.
Arnold Mindell.