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The Facilitation of Hope

Liese is a grief-therapist in private practice, guest-lecturer for the Goodfellow unit at the University of Auckland, and clinical hospice team supervisor with 30 years of experience working in the field of grief, loss and trauma.

Over a period of many years she worked with and for Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross as a workshop leader and staff member, conducting seminars and workshops in New Zealand, Australia, USA and Europe. After Dr. Ross' retirement she has continued conducting workshops and seminars on "trauma, grief and loss," "the facilitation of hope" and "care for health-care professionals" in New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines, India and Zimbabwe.

From 2001 to 2007 she was part of a Filipino medical specialist team as an outside consultant, involved in assisting with the set-up of a palliative care training programme in a large infectious disease hospital for the poor in Manila. Her main focus in the programme was attending to the high burn-out rates of staff, facilitating workshops in staff care, as well as training the Filipino team in the facilitation of grief and self-care workshops. The Starfish Palliative Care Programme continues to conduct ongoing training for Health Care professionals in the Philippines.

Website: www.liesegrootalberts.com