REBUILDING AFTER DIVORCE OR LOSS

	About the Instructor Bill Hollingsworth, M.S., CADC III, LICSW, LM&F, LPC Bill is a marriage and family clinical therapist and a practicing psychotherapist who has had special training in Colorado with Dr. Bruce Fisher, originator of the rebuilding course. Five trained group leaders who have personally completed the rebuilding course and special training also participate.
	About the Seminar The seminar is based on Dr. Bruce Fisher's model developed in Boulder, Colorado and has since been offered nationwide. Since 1991 over 190,000 people have participated and benefited from this seminar. Dr. Fisher created a 10 week course which he found hastens the adjustment period to the break up of a love relationship. His model is one of education and group support with a measured growth rate for each participant. Classes meet for three hours, one evening a week, for ten weeks and are open to both men and women, whether ending a marriage or a love relationship.
	What will I gain? An understanding of the process by which one adjusts to the end relationship. Explanation of the emotional aspects of this process, including grief, guilt, anger, rejection, and loneliness. Building a support system of new friends. Direct personal feedback of your own break up adjustment process. The ability to identify issues that may be worked on in counseling.
	Seminar Outline 1 Re-Building Blocks of Breakups 2 Analysis of relationships 3 Grieving your losses 4 Anger 5 Improving your self esteem 6 Leftovers from the past 7 The masks we hide behind 8 Learning to love again 9 Relationships and friends 10 Healthy sexuality and dating
	Approach The seminar is based on the belief that emotionally-healthy adults, given information, guidance and emotional support, can learn to cope with a crisis (such as the ending of a love-relationship) and use it as an opportunity for their personal growth and change. The model we use is an educational one allowing class members to get an intellectual understanding of the adjustment process and support, enabling one to better cope with the emotional stress of becoming single. During the seminar, members will come to understand the process by which one adjusts to the ending of a love relationship; understanding the emotional aspects of this process, including learning to deal with feeling such as grief, anger, loneliness, rejection, guilt and low self-esteem, plus members will build a support system of "life-line" friends upon whom they can rely in times of crisis. During this process each member will be supported by a trained psychotherapist and several group leaders who themselves have gone through the ending of a love relationship and are graduates of the group seminar.
	Fees The 10 week seminar costs $185 for advanced registration ($225 at the door). Payment plans are available. Most health insurance is accepted. Included in fees are30 Seminar Hours,the Workbook: When Your Relationship Ends, the Fisher Divorce Adjustment Scale (pre-test and post-test), and · Ongoing fellowship groups