The Big Picture: Guiding Clients through Grief and Loss
The Big Picture: Guiding Clients through Grief and Loss is organized by CE You LLC.
Description:
Loss and Grief are a normal part of the human life cycle. But knowing that, doesn’t make it any easier. Even experienced clinicians can feel at a loss when helping clients work through the pain of a loss. This six hour training will look at skills necessary to work with people experiencing grief due to the death of a loved one as well as other losses such as divorce, illness, and even the current loneliness and loss experienced by so many during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This training will look at current literature on the topic of grief and loss, including complicated grief. Participants will learn skills and the generally accepted guidelines to work with various populations including adults children and adolescents.
Learning Objectives:
• Participants will be able to identify the differences between grief, mourning, and bereavement.
• Participants will demonstrate knowledge and familiarization of various thoughts, beliefs, and approaches over the last 30-40 years of how people process grief and loss.
• Participants will be able to identify differences in how grief might be experienced by children and adolescents.
• Participants will explain the difference between grief counseling and grief therapy and why understanding these differences are important.
• Participants will summarize the therapist’s role in helping people heal/recover from loss.
• Participants will list 5 different techniques that can be used in grief counseling.
Course Level: intermediate
Level of Clinician: beginner
• New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
• Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
• Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
• Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives
Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.