Joy R. Samuels - Counseling Grief Clients Certification Training: Functional Interventions for Everyday Use

Clinicians often struggle to develop an effective approach to counseling grief clients due to the uniqueness of each individual’s grief. The last 10-15 yea...

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Faculty:: Joy R. Samuels
Duration:: 6 Hours 5 Minutes
Format:: Audio and Video
Copyright:: Mar 13, 2020

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Clinicians often struggle to develop an effective approach to counseling grief clients due to the uniqueness of each individual’s grief. The last 10-15 years have seen an explosion of new research in the field and many new studies have turned what we thought we knew on its head.

Purchase this recording, and explore this new research about appropriate diagnosis of grief clients, ideas for how to assess grief severity and related constructs, and clarification about what is meant by “complicated grief.” Review the most commonly used current models for understanding grief and leave with tools, including 20 interventions, to more confidently assist clients in navigating the adaptive, yet confusing and difficult, grief process. The program will end with a focus on self-care, discussing how to appropriately manage and care for ourselves in this demanding, yet fulfilling, work.

Best of all, upon completion of this training, you’ll be eligible to apply to become a Certified Grief Counseling Specialist (CGCS) through Evergreen Certifications. Certification lets colleagues, employers, and caregivers know that you’ve invested the extra time and effort necessary to understand the complexities of grief counseling. Professional standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/cgcs for details.

Handouts

	Manual - Counseling Grief Clients (2.89 MB)	79 Pages	Available after Purchase
	Counseling Grief Assessments Handout (1.02 MB)	13 Pages	Available after Purchase

Outline

THE JOURNEY OF GRIEF

Models for understanding grief
- Older, familiar models
- Current theories and approaches
Grief expressions
- Emotional and cognitive
- Physical manifestations
- Behavioral
- Social behaviors and societal reactions
Predictors and mediators of the experience
- Background: grief is highly individual
- Personality and other vulnerability factors
- Who died; quality of relationship
- Social, contextual, and cultural influences
- Mode of death
- Other influences
Non-death losses

ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF GRIEF-RELATED SYMPTOMS

Differential diagnosis between depression, grief, and PTSD
Persistent complex bereavement disorder
Use of adjustment disorder diagnosis with grief clients
Measurement/assessment of grief symptoms

WHEN GRIEF BECOMES COMPLICATED

Common trajectories for grief
What is “complicated” grief and how do you recognize it?
Treatment interventions for complicated grief

TREATMENT STRATEGIES AND FUNCTIONAL INTERVENTIONS

Grief counseling
- How is it different from other types of counseling?
- Who often benefits (and who may not)?
Components of a general approach
- The 3 Rogerian conditions
- Power of presence
- Being a companion/therapist for your grief clients
Cross-cultural and other diversity considerations
Dealing with emotional intensity
Grief vs. trauma
When clients’ grief is disenfranchised
Working with couples or families who have experienced the “same” loss
Preparing for grief “spikes”
Post-traumatic growth

BEING A GRIEF COUNSELOR

The risks and joys of this work
Self-awareness
Self-care
Training opportunities in this field

LIMITATIONS OF THE RESEARCH AND POTENTIAL RISKS

Disparity in results across studies for grief
Risk factors for complicated grief

Faculty

Joy R. Samuels, D.MIN., LPC-MHSP, NCC Related seminars and products: 4

JOY R. SAMUELS, D.MIN., LPC-MHSP, NCC, has over 25 years’ experience as a licensed professional counselor, Fellow in Thanatology, chaplain, and ordained minister. She teaches in the graduate clinical mental health psychology department at Lipscomb University and at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in the United Methodist Church Course of Studies. She maintains a private counseling practice and supervises those seeking licensure as a LPC-MHSP.

Dr. Samuels holds D. MIN. and MDIV. degrees from Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC. Additionally, she holds an M.S. degree in counseling psychology from California State University, Northridge, CA, and a counseling certificate in substance abuse from the Northern Virginia Community College, Annadale, VA. Among her areas of expertise are individual, couples and family counseling, trauma and bereavement, and post-masters supervision.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Joy Samuels is in private practice. She is an adjunct faculty at Lipscomb University. Dr. Samuels receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Joy Samuels is a Fellow in Thanatology.