Presentation Description: In this presentation, participants will receive an overview of grief therapy and the neuroscience of grief. We will define what grief is, means, and can look like. We will explore what complicates grief, and ways to assess factors that could complicate or ease grief. An exploration of possible interventions will be a part of this presentation, though we will work to amplify connections that could help you look through the lens of your own modalities and how to use them as interventions to attend to grief. We will also talk about the grief we as clinicians experience when we lose a client, whether that is through death, termination, or anywhere in between. Considerations around confidentiality, connection, moral injury, and connection to burnout will also be discussed. 

Objectives:

-Define grief and grief responses 

-Identify assessment strategies for aspects that complicate or ease grief 

-Define ambiguous loss

-Explore considerations associated with client loss 

Learning Objectives

-Identify and define ambiguous loss as it relates to homelessness

-Identify clinical implications of integrating grief

-Identify tools to assist clients in integrated grief, including ambiguous loss

Presentation will provide education around brain impact during chronic stress, such as homelessness, and discuss why behaviors are adaptive, though challenging.  “Ambiguous Loss” and “Grief Work” will be defined with real examples provided.  Tools will be provided for creating a space that incorporates integration of grief for individuals experiencing homelessness, and discussion around clinical implications if grief is not integrated.  Engage in a conversation around what the experience of homelessness is like through personal narratives.

Information and registration: https://www.nasw-heartland.org/page/MNCEAnnualConference

Presentation will provide education around brain impact during chronic stress, such as homelessness, and discuss why behaviors are adaptive, though challenging. Tools will be provided for creating a space that incorporates principles to allow for person-centered engagement and increase follow through. We will engage in a conversation around what the experience of homelessness is like through personal narratives and photos and be open to being challenged on previous assumptions around homelessness.

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Learning Objectives

-Identify and define ambiguous loss as it relates to homelessness

-Identify clinical implications of integrating grief

-Identify tools to assist clients in integrated grief, including ambiguous loss

Presentation will provide education around brain impact during chronic stress, such as homelessness, and discuss why behaviors are adaptive, though challenging.  “Ambiguous Loss” and “Grief Work” will be defined with real examples provided.  Tools will be provided for creating a space that incorporates integration of grief for individuals experiencing homelessness, and discussion around clinical implications if grief is not integrated.  Engage in a conversation around what the experience of homelessness is like through personal narratives.

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