Beyond the Basics: Enhancing Healthy Grief Reactions in Bereaved Clients
Speaker: Ann Steffen, PhD, ABPP & Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, PhD, ABPP
Date: March 24th, 2023
Time: 10am-12pm PT / 11am-1pm MT / 12-2pm CT / 1-3pm ET
Middle-aged and older adults experience the deaths of pets, friends, parents, siblings, and life partners. Other losses can be related to declining health, moves, and loss of roles that have been important parts of personal identity. This webinar features clinical strategies to support clients’ healthy grieving processes and management of daily life tasks. Screening and assessment tools are reviewed to aid clinicians in distinguishing normative grief reactions from prolonged grief disorder, with implications for treatment planning and implementation. An emphasis will be on grief therapy strategies that are responsive to the needs of culturally diverse aging clients, including within the context of telehealth. Case examples are provided to support the efforts of practitioners from a range of disciplines (e.g., social work, counselling, marriage and family therapy, nursing, clinical psychology) in busy clinical practices.
Learning objectives:
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Describe key differences between normative grief reactions and DSM-V-TR Prolonged Grief Disorder
- Discuss the rationale and technique for at least three culturally responsive strategies to support healthy grieving
- Identify at least 2 self-care strategies that promote healthy grieving
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