Sexual Bereavement: Sexuality at End of Life and in Grief
Information
Date & Time
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Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Explain how the mental health field has stigmatized and overlooked the role of both grief and sexuality in psychological functioning.
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Identify and describe at least two challenges that illness and loss pose in sexual functioning.
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Summarize how to help clients address, acknowledge, and validate the role of sexuality in their lives throughout illness processes and through the grief process.
Educational Goal
The educational goal of this workshop is to prepare helping professionals to broach a difficult topic/intersection: sexuality and grief.
Description
Grief, illness (acute and chronic) and sexuality have something in common: the vulnerable nature of each make it extremely challenging to address. When these elements intersect, the challenge is multiplied exponentially. In this training, Kailey Bradley, LPCC-S, counselor and grief specialist, will discuss the necessity for those in helping professions to be able to recognize the distinct nuances involved in working with the intersection of sexuality and grief. She will discuss the role of mental health stigma, challenges relevant to the impact of illness on sexuality, and ways in which sexuality and grief can be addressed from a practitioner-lead perspective.
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)