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Grief Counseling Primer

Based on 12 reviews

Topics: Crisis Management, Grief Counseling

Audience: Professional Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Play Therapists, Marriage & Family Therapists (MFT)

3 CE Hours
Grief Counseling Primer On-demand Course
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Tiffani Dilworth

MA, LCPC

Grief Specialist

Clinical Therapist

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Tiffani Dilworth, LCPC, CAGCS, FT, is a successful psychotherapist, author, and sought-after speaker on topics related to grief, PTSD, and sexual assault. Ms. Dilworth received her master’s in community counseling from Oklahoma State University. She’s a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who specializes in PTSD, grief, and sexual trauma. She’s a Fellow in Thanatology and a Certified Advanced Grief Counseling Specialist. Ms. Dilworth is an International Speaker who's worked with various organizations, schools, universities, and corporations to bring awareness to the grieving process and to teach countless people how to live alongside their grief. In addition to facilitating trainings for the United States Air Force Chaplain Team, Ms. Dilworth also maintains a private practice. Drawing on her rich clinical experience, Ms. Dilworth incorporates the most current information on the process of grieving with evidence-based and innovative treatment techniques that clinicians can immediately use in their practice. She’s the author of the books 11 Tools to Help Manage the Aftermath of Trauma and Types of Grief and is the host of Managing My Grief podcast.

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Course Overview

Via recorded webinar
Course Description:
Grieving can be a lonely and sad place. COVID-19 has changed the landscape of the standard skills that therapists must possess. Clinicians often struggle with supporting clients who are experiencing the grieving and mourning process. One important aspect of managing grief is understanding, with sensitivity and balance, how to help your clients when they are stuck in an unhealthy mental and emotional state. Your training and skills can greatly impact their lives and empower them to understand, process and work through the many important aspects and stages of grief counseling.

This training will explore the different types of grief and provide insight on how COVID-19 is causing acute grief for many people. Participants will learn about current therapeutic approaches for conceptualizing grief and interventions to confidently support clients as they learn to manage and live alongside their grief. While in the past, grief counseling was a specialty for those who pursued it, COVID-19 has made grief counseling a necessary skill for clinicians. This workshop will empower and guide you in providing a framework for understanding and effectively helping clients manage their grief. 
Original recording date: Original Recording Date: Oct 20, 2022; Length: 3 hours
Learning Objectives:
Upon the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Describe acute grief and differentiate the different types of grief.
  • Identify 3 grief models and their techniques for conceptualizing and supporting grief.
  • Demonstrate 5 effective interventions for grief counseling to better care for clients.
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    Cicchetti, R. J., Mcarthur, L., Szirony, G. M., & Blum, C. (2016). Perceived Competency in Grief Counseling: Implications for Counselor Education. Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences, 10(1). doi:10.5590/jsbhs.2016.10.1.02

    Corpuz, J. G. (2020). COVID-19: Spiritual Interventions for the Living and the Dead. Oxford University Press Public Health Emergency Collection. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdaa167

    Cozza, S. J., Fisher, J. E., Zhou, J., Harrington-Lamorie, J., Flair, L. L., Fullerton, C. S., & Ursano, R. J. (2017). Bereaved Military Dependent Spouses and Children: Those Left Behind in a Decade of War (2001–2011). Military Medicine, 182(3). doi:10.7205/milmed-d-16-00101

    Devine, M. (2018). It’s Ok That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand. Boulder, CO: Sounds True.

    Dilworth, T., MA, LCPC. (n.d.). Types of Grief.

    Doughty, E. A., & Hoskins, W. J. (2011). Death Education: An Internationally Relevant Approach to Grief Counseling. Journal for International Counselor Education, 3, 25-38. Retrieved from http://digitalcommons.library.unlv.edu/jice

    Harris, D. L., & Winokuer, H. R. (2019). Principles and Practice of Grief Counseling. doi:10.1891/9780826173331

    Høeg, B. L., Appel, C. W., Heymann-Horan, A. B., Frederiksen, K., Johansen, C., Bøge, P., . . . Bidstrup, P. E. (2016). Maladaptive coping in adults who have experienced early parental loss and grief counseling. Journal of Health Psychology, 22(14), 1851-1861. doi:10.1177/1359105316638550

    Myers, J. L., & Mulder, L. (2020). Frontline Workers in the Backrooms of COVID-19. American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 154(3), 286-292. doi:10.1093/ajcp/aqaa106

    Rosenblatt, P. C. (2019). Challenges to Cultural Outsiders from the Culture of Grief Counseling/Therapy. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 25(3), 207-223. doi:10.1080/15325024.2019.1672936

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