Helping Grievers Cope with Guilt, Anger, and Other Difficult Emotions

Live webinar

This presentation assists counselors and other professionals in assisting clients who are processing difficult emotions in grief such as guilt, anger, and shame. The webinar offers interventive strategies to help grieving individuals recognize and resolve such complicated reactions. The program will focus specifically on supporting and addressing issues faced by military families, especially those coping with traumatic bereavement.

Presenters

Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDiv

Dale G. Larson, PhD

Continuing Education Information

Continuing education credit (1.5 hours) is available from a variety of professional boards for $25 per certificate. Instructions for obtaining your certificate will be provided at the end of the program.

Learning Objectives:

1. Identify six different types of guilt experienced by individuals who are bereaved;
2. Describe the ways that anger can be evident in grief;
3. Explain the relationships between shame and disenfranchised grief;
4. Discuss challenges that military families face in coping with difficult emotions in grief; and
5. List and describe three types of interventive strategies that can be used with individuals struggling with difficult emotions.

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ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDiv, is Senior Bereavement Consultant to Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) and recipient of the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC). He serves as editor of HFA's Living with Grief® book series and its Journeys bereavement newsletter. He is a prolific author, editor, and lecturer; past president of ADEC; and a member and past chair of the International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement (IWG). In 2018, the IWG presented Doka with the Herman Feifel Award for outstanding achievement in thanatology. He received an award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Death Education from ADEC in 1998. Doka is an ordained Lutheran minister and a licensed mental health counselor in the state of New York.

Dale G. Larson, PhD, is a Professor of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University, where he directs graduate studies in health psychology. He is a Fulbright Scholar, a Fellow in the American Psychological Association, and member of the International Work Group on Death Dying and Bereavement. Dale authored the award-winning book, The Helper's Journey: Working with People Facing Grief, Loss, and Life-Threatening Illness, and was Senior Editor and a contributing author for Finding Our Way: Living with Dying in America, the Robert Wood Johnson funded national newspaper series that reached 7 million Americans. His scholarly publications on grief and loss, grief counseling, stress and stress management in health professionals, and self-concealment and secrets are widely cited, both in the scientific literature and in the popular media. He was the recipient of the Association for Death Education and Counseling Death Educator Award in 2016.

How do I view the webinar?

Viewing instructions will be emailed to you several times in the days leading up to the webinar.

How can I contact the organizer with questions?

Email Institute@taps.org or call 800-959-8277.

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