On-Demand: Grief Surrounds Us: Coping with Grief in the Modern Era - 3 CEUs

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• CE Hours Included: 3 Core (please see below for details)
• Format: On-Demand Webinar (“Asynchronous”) ~ At your leisure to be viewed at your own pace. You may pause, rewind, and fast-forward at any point during the videos. You are in complete control of how you view this workshop. It also comes with a PowerPoint handout and multiple handouts & forms. There is a quiz at the end to ensure viewing and required by all CE approval organizations.
• Investment: $87 (provides lifetime access!)
• Presented by: Melanie Wilcox, Ph.D., ABPP (see bio below)
• Instruction Level: Intermediate
• Target Audience: Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Psychotherapists, Other Mental Health Professionals

Learning Objectives:

In this workshop, you will learn how to:

• Identify at least two barriers to responding well to grief
• Explain how to facilitate grief and mourning from a recent theoretical model of grief
• Compare normal grief and complicated grief

Workshop Description:

Modern Western culture has long struggled to deal well with grief. Yet, our modern era is replete with grief: The COVID-19 pandemic, addiction crises, violence, political discord, increasing employment and financial insecurity, and more. In this webinar, we will identify how and why grief presents, the barriers to responding well to grief, and how to develop more compassionate and responsive approaches to managing grief. The presenter will also describe how to recognize and facilitate grief and mourning in therapy, drawing on a contemporary theoretical model of grief. (Worden, 2018). Normal grief will be described, including the necessary tasks of mourning. Normal grief will be distinguished from complicated grief, including how to assess for more complicated grief. Principles for facilitating grief counseling in both normal and complicated grief and mourning, and common therapist barriers to addressing grief in counseling, will be discussed.

Presented by: Melanie Wilcox, Ph.D., ABPP

Melanie M. Wilcox, Ph.D., ABPP, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology and incoming Director of Doctoral Training for the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program at the University at Albany. She currently serves as President of Division 17, the Society of Counseling Psychology. She is also a member (and Chair-Elect) of the APA Committee on Socioeconomic Status, a former Chair of the APA Board of Educational Affairs, and an Associate Editor with the Journal of Counseling Psychology and Training and Education in Professional Psychology. Her research focuses on psychotherapy training, culturally and structurally responsive psychotherapy, racial and socioeconomic inequity in higher education, and racial and social justice more broadly. She has authored or co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed articles and given nearly 200 presentations (including peer-reviewed and continuing education workshops). She has co-authored numerous APA policy statements and guidelines related to graduate training and antiracism. Dr. Wilcox has been nationally recognized for her scholarship, leadership, teaching, and advocacy, earning multiple awards including recently the 2024 Karl F. Heiser APA Presidential Award for Advocacy, the 2024 Training and Education in Professional Psychology Outstanding Contribution Award, and 2022 Division 17 Fitz & Linn Kuder Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Counseling Psychology. Beyond her academic and advocacy work, Dr. Wilcox is a licensed and board-certified counseling psychologist who works part-time in private practice with the Aguirre Center for Inclusive Psychotherapy based in Atlanta. She specializes in trauma and loss, culturally and structurally responsive approaches to psychotherapy and assessment, LGBTQ+-affirming care, and the assessment and treatment of addiction.

What people are saying about this workshop:

• “The workshop was right on target to our views of grief today, and the presenter shared very personal and practical applications. Thank you so much for this timely and delicate topic. I have a lot of grief clients and often wonder if I am "doing it right," which I know there is no right way, but it affirmed me in some of the ideas you presented.” – DWR, LPC
• “Dr. Wilcox did a wonderful job navigating the chat/q&a/material. Speed of discussion was appropriate and kept me engaged in the material.” – KL, LPC
• “I haven't taken a grief training in a while, and I found this one to be excellent. It incorporated a lot of current aspects of grief that pertain to social/racial stressors, COVID fallout, and different types of grief besides death. Very comprehensive.” – Anonymous
• “Presenter was very passionate about the topic which captivated my attention!” – Anonymous
• “The presentation/presenter was wonderful. It was concise and I learned a great deal.” – RJ, PhD
• “Excellent presentation as most of the content was relevant in today's environment and tragic loss.” – JW, LPC
• “I'm extremely complimentary of this presenter's strong anti-oppressive perspective. She was extremely informative and communicated the information well.” – Anonymous

3 "Asynchronous" Core CEs Included - Details by License Type Below:

• PSYCHOLOGISTS: The Knowledge Tree is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Knowledge Tree maintains responsibility for this program and its content. For more detailed information on the current CE ruling in Georgia, or if you are licensed in another state or country, please click here.
• COUNSELORS: The Knowledge Tree has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP), ACEP No. 7153. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Knowledge Tree is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Please click here for more detailed information.
• SOCIAL WORKERS: This workshop is approved for 3 Core CE hours through the Georgia Society for Clinical Social Work (GSCSW), approval #052525. If you are licensed in another state or country, please click here for more detailed information.
• MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPISTS: This workshop is approved for 3 Core CE hours through the Georgia Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (GAMFT), approval #100-2025. If you are licensed in another state or country, please click here for more detailed information.

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