The Alchemy of Loss: Mourning the Self as an Essential and Transformational Step in Healing From Trauma

Live Online Workshop

Monday, May 19, 2025
1:00 – 3:00pm ET

NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 2 CE contact hours

As people heal from trauma, they often encounter profound grief — not only for what they endured but also for the self they might have been if they had received the love, protection, stability, and attunement they needed. This grieving process, known as 'mourning the self,' is not a setback but a crucial turning point — one that shifts clients from being stuck in past trauma to reclaiming their identity in the present. Though sometimes painful, this transformational process is essential for healing, self-compassion, and deeper connections. By acknowledging the lasting impact of their suffering, lost opportunities, and the coping strategies they developed to survive, clients can begin to integrate those experiences and move forward.

This second seminar in our Advanced Clinical series equips clinicians with practical tools to guide clients through this process, drawing from trauma recovery research, experiential methods and neuroscience. Participants will learn hands-on techniques from Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), including co-regulation, inner dialogue with past selves, and meta-therapeutic processing. Through a blend of structured didactic teaching, case study discussions, right-brain experiential reflection, narrative and somatic exercises, and interview clips with insights about mourning the self from a survivor, participants will gain insight and strategies they can immediately apply in their clinical work. Please note: This course does not include clinical video demonstration.

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Note: This workshop will be recorded and made available for future purchase and viewing. Contact silver.zeldafosterstudies@nyu.edu for more information.

As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Define the concept of mourning-the-self and its features
• Apply at least three AEDP-informed interventions to support the emergence and integration of mourning-the-self affects in trauma therapy
• Demonstrate the use of relational and somatic strategies to help clients remain regulated while processing mourning-the-self affects

Michael Mondoro, LCSW

Michael Mondoro, LCSW, is a Presenter at the AEDP Institute and a senior psychotherapist specializing in experiential, attachment-focused, trauma-informed care. A Trauma and Dissociation Specialist with advanced training in Accelerated Experiential-Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Michael is a Certified AEDP Therapist and Supervisor who teaches and mentors clinicians globally. With over 19 years of clinical experience, he focuses on attachment wounding, complex trauma, dissociative disorders, and affirmative care for LGBTQIA+ individuals. He maintains a private psychotherapy and consultation practice in New York and Connecticut.

General Admission: $75

Available Discounts:

• Current Practicum Instructors/Educational Coordinators: 10% discount ($67.50)
• NYU Silver Alumni: 10% discount ($67.50)

If after registering, you determine that you can no longer attend this event, The Office of Global and Lifelong Learning will issue refunds on the following basis:

• Refund requests made on or before May 12, 2025 (by midnight): full refund
• Refund requests made on or before May 16, 2025 (by midnight): 50% refund
• Refund requests made on or after May 17, 2025: no refund 

If this event is cancelled, all registrants will be fully reimbursed. To withdraw from and be reimbursed for this event, please complete the event withdrawal form.

NYSED and ASWB/ACE approved for 2 Continuing Education Contact Hours.

55 jurisdictions accept ACE-approved provider CE contact hours. ACE is not an approved Continuing Education provider in the states of New York (though NYU Silver is NYSED CE approved in NYS) and West Virginia, unless the event is outside of West VA. ACE only approves individual courses in New Jersey, though NYU Silver is CSWE-accredited and therefore accepted for licensed NJ professionals. Here is a full list of statutes related to social work CE.

Special Accommodations:
Students requiring accommodations have the opportunity to make these known upon registering or by writing to silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu.

Addressing Grievances:
For information on our grievance and complaint procedures, contact 212.998.9099 or silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu.

Note on Accessibility:
It is a priority to make our events inclusive and accessible. For any questions or to notify us of a request, please email silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu at least 72 hours before the event.

NYU Silver School of Social Work
Office of Global and Lifelong Learning
285 Mercer Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003

Email: silver.continuingeducation@nyu.edu
Phone: 212.998.5973
Fax: 212.995.4497