Expert Panelists: Heather Stang, MA, C-IAYT

Mindfulness-based interventions are becoming more and more popular in hospice and mental health settings, and they appear to be a one-size-fits-all solution to alleviate suffering. Care must be taken, however, to offer an appropriate style of meditation for the client’s circumstance, and to do so with a trauma-sensitive approach. This webinar explores how meditation can help with the physical and emotional reactions to grief, and in particular how it can help bereaved people cope with a wide range of difficult emotions.

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Continuing research on the adaptation of Americans to bereavement in the context of the pandemic has expanded to include those suffering losses from causes beyond COVID-19. The unique circumstances under which people die and grieve since March of 2020 are nearly universal, affecting virtually all individuals facing the death of a loved one.

Dr. Niemeyer compares the impact of loss because of COVID-19, other natural causes, and violent death, and considers the role of meaning making in mediating the circumstantial risk factors that can complicate grief and impair functioning of survivors. Utilizing clinically useful screeners such as the Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS) for severe grief responses in the pandemic, the speaker suggests how to bridge from assessment to intervention and offers principles and practices to inform professional support.

On Demand for one year after purchase
Continuing Education: 1.5 hours for a wide variety of professional boards included with registration and available for 1 year.

Expert Panelist: 

• Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychology, University of Memphis; maintains an active consulting and coaching practice; and also directs the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition, Read more

Hospice professionals face many losses every day in their professional lives—not only the deaths of patients but also their own personal losses. Many other professionals also come into contact with the bereaved—first responders, funeral directors, spiritual leaders. This program discusses the impact that this work can have on professionals and provides organizational and personal strategies to help them thrive.

Expert Panelists: Patti Anewalt, PhD, LPC, FT, and Kenneth M. Ralph, PhD

On Demand: For 1 year from purchase date
Length: 90 minutes
CE Hours: 1.5 CEs available for a variety of boards. Board Approvals List. 
CE Fees: 1 certificate included with purchase

While most people are able to cope with the pain of loss, up to 10 to 20 percent of bereaved persons have more complicated reactions that may impair and impede functioning for a prolonged period of time. This program is designed to assist counselors and others working with bereaved persons understand, assess and assist individuals who may be experiencing such complicated forms of bereavement. It begins with an overview of contemporary work on complicated grief, then explores interventive strategies to support grievers experiencing complicated forms of grief. 

Expert panelists:

• Kenneth Doka, PhD, MDiv
• Robert Neimeyer, PhD
• Therese Rando, PhD, BCETS, BCBT 
• Moderated by Frank Sesno

On Demand for six months from purchase date
Length: program is approximately 2 hours + selected chapters of HFA’s companion book (approx. 30 minutes of reading time)
CE Hours: 2.5 CEs are available for a variety of professional boards Board approval list
CE Fees: One CE certificate is included with purchase.