Grief 101: A Foundation for Professionals

There has always been a deep need for therapists, social workers, and counselors to provide grief and bereavement support to clients. And yet the majority of Masters and PhD programs in theses fields do not require coursework in grief and bereavement. The landscape of modern grief theory has changed significantly over the last 50 years. However, despite this evolution, many clinicians are only familiar with the stage-based models that were the early foundations of grief theory. This leaves many counselors, social workers, and case managers working with those in grief without a strong foundatio...Read moren for understanding and supporting those in grief.

This session will provide clinicians a strong foundation for understanding grief. Using modern grief theory and research, this session will help participants to understand the most current conceptualizations of how individuals grieve, relevant types of grief, styles of grievers, and common cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual experiences faced by grievers. Less...

Learning Objectives

  • Review and interpret the evolution of grief theory and research, with a particular focus on the paradigm shift of the last 25 years that allowed for the emergence of modern grief theory and a significant shift the clinical understanding of adaptive grief and goals of grief support.
  • Identify and describe significant types of grief that may be relevant to their practice, including anticipatory grief, ambiguous loss, cumulative loss, disenfranchised grief, and nonfinite loss.
  • Recognize common cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual experiences common to adaptive grief.
  • Review common personal and interpersonal stuck points that can prove barriers to adapting after a loss.

Friday, February 19, 2021

Webinar

01:00 PM EST - 04:15 PM EST

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$30.00 - $50.00
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About the speakers

Eleanor Haley, MS

Eleanor Haley, MS

Eleanor Haley co-founder of What’s Your Grief, one of the country’s largest online grief and bereavement support communities. With a background in counseling psychology, Eleanor has an expertise in working with families who have experience traumatic and unexpected losses. She has been interviewed as grief expert for media outlets including NPR, Washington Post, The New York Times, USNews, and Huffington Post.
Litsa Williams MA, LCSW-C

Litsa Williams MA, LCSW-C

Litsa Williams is a clinical social worker and co-founder of What’s Your Grief, one of the country’s largest online grief and bereavement support communities, providing support to millions of individuals grieving, as well as professionals seeking continue education around grief and loss. Litsa has worked in the field of grief for well over a decade and has been interviewed as grief expert for media outlets including NPR, Washington Post, The New York Times, USNews, and Huffington Post.

CE Information - Earn 3 CE Hours

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Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners
What's Your Grief is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education learning activities and maintains full responsibility for this program. This training qualifies for 3 Category I continuing education units.
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CE Process Info

A continuing education certificate for the event will be obtained using the website, CE-Go. After the event, you will receive an email containing a link to CE-Go.   (This link will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event).

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• Complete evaluation forms for the event

• Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

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