Date: Friday, July 28, 2023
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET // 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CT
Location: Live Zoom webinar
Presentation Title
Moving Beyond the Stages of Grief: Becoming a Grief-Informed Practitioner
Cost – $23
Logistics
Zoom information will be emailed to participants the afternoon before and morning of the event. Registration will close two hours before the event start time. This event is live and will not be recorded.
Discounts
To request a discount code, please follow the instructions below. One discount allowed per purchase.
- UTCSW Alumni: 25% – please email your graduation year and the program you completed to cswcep@utk.edu.
- UTCSW Field Instructors: 50% – please send an email using your agency email address to cswcep@utk.edu.
- UTCSW Faculty/Staff: 100% – you may have already received this info; please check your inbox before emailing cswcep@utk.edu to request the code.
- UTCSW Students: 100% – please contact your program staff member for access.
Course Description
While grief is most often associated with death, humans experience grief from a variety of other non-death losses as well. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, our clients have experienced unprecedented and cumulative losses over the past three years. Many practitioners express feeling ill-prepared to meet the needs of their grieving clients, especially when academic instruction is often limited to a “staged” or linear model of grief. This workshop will address common misconceptions about the grief process and empower attendees to engage in grief-informed practice with clients experiencing loss.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify common losses and grief reactions impacting children, adolescents, and adults;
- Compare modern models of grief counseling; and
- Describe the Core Principles of Grief-Informed Practice.
CEUs
Participants are eligible to earn 1.5 continuing education units.
Target Audience
Social Workers, Professional Counselors, Psychologists, Grief Counselors, and Marriage and Family Therapists.
Accessibility
There is space on the event registration form to indicate accommodations required. We work with the university’s Office of Equity & Diversity and Office of Student Disability Services to make arrangements and ask that you allow us adequate time to communicate with them about any services needed.
It is a priority to make our events inclusive and accessible. For any questions or to notify us of a request, please email cswcep@utk.edu at least three business days prior to the event.
Refunds
To request a refund, please email cswcep@utk.edu. Full refunds will be granted up to 48 hours prior to the event. In the event this program is cancelled, full refunds will be issued to all registrants.
About the Presenter
Dr. Sirrine is a licensed clinical social worker with over 20 years of experience in the field of death, dying, and bereavement. She earned a Ph.D. in social work from the University of South Florida and has been awarded the distinction of Fellow in Thanatology by the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Dr. Sirrine has conducted and published research on grief and bereavement, including a recent study on college student experiences of loss amid the COVID-19 pandemic that was featured in TIME magazine. She has extensive experience providing individual and group counseling to children, adolescents, adults, and families experiencing illness and loss and currently serves as the Director of Social Work at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.