Grief 101: Beyond the Stages of Grief
Information
Date & Time
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Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Summarize how grief shows up across the lifespan.
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Identify at least two sources of grief support (including hospice and palliative care organizations).
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Explain how grief is a unique process impacting individuals in nuanced ways.
Educational Goal
The educational goal of this workshop is to provide a general overview of the grief process with a focus on the ways grief shows up across the lifespan and varied supports available to grieving individuals.
Description
This presentation will orient participants to the grief process and how grief shows up across the lifespan. Particular attention will be spent on dispelling misconceptions about grief. Hospice and palliative care will also briefly be discussed. The presenter will share her own experience as a hospice bereavement coordinator and explain how hospice and palliative care offer comprehensive bereavement support for communities all across the world.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Kailey is a licensed professional counselor, nationally certified counselor, and fellow in thanatology. She has a background in hospice work and feels that companioning and advocating for grievers is her life’s passion. In addition to counseling, she is an adjunct professor at Ashland Theological seminary where she teaches grief counseling courses and Marian University where she teaches courses on Childhood Bereavement, Pediatric Hospice Care, and Expressive Arts in Counseling. Kailey is also a doctoral student at Ohio University in counselor education and supervision. Kailey is passionate about advocacy and service to children and families, most recently being awarded as an emerging leader through the Association of Child and Adolescent Counseling and nominated as the president elect of the Association of Child and Adolescent Counseling Ohio branch. Kailey has also done a wide range of trainings and presentations on children’s bereavement, neuroaffirming care, spirituality, and sexuality.
Financially Sponsored By
- Association for Adult Development & Aging (AADA)