Good Grief for Helping Professionals

This online training is designed for professionals wanting to build their skills to more effectively support the bereaved during the pandemic. This session provides an overview of current grief theory, various indicators of grief, and how to support grieving individuals across the lifespan. Through this training you will also gain a greater understanding of your client’s experience of grief through the lens of COVID-19. 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 i...Read morenterventions. You will gain tools and resources to support your work with the bereaved, and interventions ready for implementation virtually or in-person. Opportunity for continuing education credit will be available. Less...

Learning Objectives

  • Construct a support plan for a bereaved client or family utilizing grief-specific therapeutic elements and interventions.
  • Describe interventions to help clients foster a continuing bond with the person who died.
  • Identify several indicators of grief as a full-body experience.

Friday, May 21, 2021

Live Interactive Webinar

09:00 AM CDT - 12:00 PM CDT

Register for this Webinar
EARN 3 CE Credit Hours

About the speakers

Alison M. Smith, LCSW

Alison M. Smith, LCSW

Adult Groups Manager, Bo’s Place
Alison manages Adult & Young Adult Groups and the monthly Adult Groups. She joined Bo’s Place in September 2019. Alison earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Loyola University Chicago and a Master of Social Work from the University of Houston’s Graduate College of Social Work. She has seven years of experience in social work and mental health. Before joining Bo’s Place, Alison worked as a Bereavement Counselor at Silverado Hospice.
Marian Mankin, LCSW-S

Marian Mankin, LCSW-S

Program Director, Bo’s Place
Marian directs the clinical staff and grief support programming as Program Director at Bo’s Place. She also coordinates family groups. She joined Bo’s Place in 2004. Marian earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and a Master of Social Work from The University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Marian has over 18 years of experience in the social work and mental health fields and six years in corporate management.

Agenda

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 COVID-19 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
CE Learning Systems, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CE Learning Systems maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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.

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  • Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

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