Good Grief for Helping Professionals
This online training is designed for professionals wanting to build their skills to more effectively support the bereaved. This session provides an overview of current grief theory, various indicators of grief, and how to support grieving individuals across the lifespan. Led by Bo’s Place mental health professionals, this 3-hour webinar will focus on supporting the bereaved client using grief-specific therapeutic elements through a variety of interventions. You will gain tools and resources to support your work with the bereaved, and interventions ready for implementation virtually or in-perso...Read moren. Opportunity for continuing education credit will be available.
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For questions, please contact Alison Smith at alison@bosplace.org or 713-942-8339.
Please note: all refund requests must be emailed to alison@bosplace.org 48 hours prior to the event. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Identify the Four Tasks of Mourning by William Worden, Ph.D.
- Distinguish children’s understanding of death at different developmental stages.
- Describe several indicators of grief as a full body experience.
- Differentiate between various types of grief a client may experience.
- Describe therapeutic elements that promote growth throughout the grief journey, including interventions to foster continuing bonds with the person who died.
- Construct a support plan for a bereaved client or family utilizing grief-specific therapeutic elements and interventions.
Friday, November 15, 2024
09:00 AM CST - 12:00 PM CST
Register for this WebinarAgenda
9:00-9:30 Introduction to grief
• Vocabulary, Worldview
• Four Tasks of Mourning
9:30-10:50 Understanding common grief reactions
• Grief as a full-body experience
• Grief over the lifespan (developmental stages)
10:50-11:00 Pandemic Considerations
• Anticipatory grief, trauma & grief
11:00-11:20 Supporting the bereaved
• Helpful/Not Helpful
• Client Bereavement Support Plan
11:20-11:45 Interventions using 6 therapeutic elements
• Various activities to use with clients
11:45-11:55 Self-care
• Practicing in a tech-savvy world
11:55-12:00 Resources, Q&A
CE Information - Earn 3 CE Credit Hours
CE Approvals
American Psychological Association
New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work
New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors
Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners
New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology
New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy
CE Process Info
Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by his/her licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend "live" (in real-time) to earn CE credits.
Before the event, you will receive an email from CE-Go with access to the virtual event. After the event, you will receive access to your evaluation and continuing education certificate via a personalized "attendee dashboard" link, hosted on the CE-Go website. This link and access to the virtual event will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event.
Upon accessing the CE-Go "attendee dashboard", you will be able to:
- Complete evaluation forms for the event
- Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE-Go process, please contact CE-Go at 888-498-5578 or by email at support@ce-go.com Please Note: Emails for this event will come from "support@ce-go.com".
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