Integrating Grief: Foundations for Building Your Therapeutic Toolkit, Wednesday, 3-26-25 (Live Webinar)

Join Carolyn Gartner, LCSW, FT, for this essential webinar geared to equip mental health professionals with a solid foundation in grief counseling. We’ll delve into the Holistic Grief Assessment, a comprehensive tool that goes beyond symptoms to address the multifaceted nature of loss. Explore the evolution of grief models, from Freud’s early theories to contemporary frameworks. Gain confidence in your basic death competency, ensuring you can effectively support clients facing their own mortality or the loss of loved ones. We’ll also equip you with practical strategies for client homework, including therapeutic writing exercises and guided meditations. Plus, we’ll address frequently encountered challenges such as medication use, the impact of social media on grief processing, and navigating the DSM-5 classification system for mental health disorders related to bereavement. Join us and build your skills to become a more confident and compassionate guide for clients on their grief journey.

Carolyn Gartner, LCSW, FT is the founder of The Center For Integrated Grief. She is a licensed clinical social worker and a Fellow in Thanatology (the study of dying, death and bereavement). She has an advanced certification in grief counseling and a certification in Mindfulness based on MBSR. She utilizes IFS and Jungian Shadow Work in her practice. Prior to this she worked in hospice for 9 years. She wrote a book about her experience available on Audible: The Gritty Side of Grace. She has been interviewed by HuffPost, Parade Magazine, American Tributaries Podcast and in the documentary Paw Prints, about pet loss. She hosts a podcast on YouTube called Thanatology Themes.