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Digital Seminar

Releasing the Pain of Grief, Guilt, and Trauma

Postvention Strategies for Healing After the Storm

Faculty:
David Kessler, MA, RN, FACHE
Duration:
2 Hours 02 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
23 Mar, 2024
Product Code:
NOS096380
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
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Description

After decades of seeing people in the aftermath of profound loss and trauma, I’ve learned there’s a critical distinction between prevention & postvention strategies, and that too often clinicians use prevention strategies when postvention is needed. Not understanding the difference can lead to significant harm and unknowingly increase self-blame, rumination, and more when working with everyone from those who have lost loved ones to abuse survivors. Therapists have minimal, if any, training in postvention strategies that can greatly enhance treatment. You’ll discover: 

  • Uncover the pivotal differences between prevention and postvention language and interventions and when to use both. 
  • Demonstrate four postvention strategies to help clients stuck in rumination, release guilt and shame 
  • Learn postvention meaning-making strategies the shift troubling narratives for clients and help lead to post-traumatic growth 

CPD

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



CPD

PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 2.25 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.



Faculty

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David Kessler, MA, RN, FACHE, is one of the world’s foremost experts on grief and the founder of Grief.com. He leads grief certification programs for professionals and online groups for those in grief. He’s the author of seven books, including Finding Meaning and his newest, Finding Meaning Workbook: Tools for Releasing Pain and Remembering with Love, as well as the coauthor of several books with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and Louise Hay. 


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: David Kessler is the co‑founder and President Emeritus of Project Angel Food. He maintains employment relationships with HSBC – London and Tender Hearts Grief Support Group. He is a published author and receives royalties from his publications, as well as compensation for his work as a lecturer. In addition, David Kessler receives speaking honoraria and recording and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: David Kessler has no relevant non-financial relationships.
 


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Objectives

  1. Articulate the differences between prevention and postvention. 
  2. Summarize the negative impact guilt may have on the grieving process. 
  3. Utilize four techniques for processing the guilt that comes along with grief. 
  4. Demonstrate how to address a client’s sense of being stuck in grief. 
     

Outline

  • Understanding perceived timeline of grief 
  • How to help clients move from the why to the how 
  • Working with guilt in grief 
  • Prevention vs postvention strategies: Definitions, strategies and when to use which 
  • Limitations of the research and potential risks of any intervention with grief 

Target Audience

  • Psychologists
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Counsellors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counsellors
  • Social Workers

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