Approximately 2.5 million people die every year in the United States alone and, worldwide, the number of deaths reaches 60 million. Estimating an average of three very close friends and relatives means at least 7.5 million people are bereaved yearly in the United States and 177 million people are bereaved every year around the world. Mental health practitioners understand that the death of a loved one is a uniquely challenging life experience and is one of the most difficult a person can face.
Despite the difficulty of losing a loved one, over time most people find a way to come to terms with the loss, reshape their relationship with the person who died, and restore a sense of meaning and purpose in their own lives. However, for an important subgroup mourning is derailed, leading to development of complicated grief (CG). CG can be reliably identified and is associated with substantial distress and impairment, including a high risk for suicidal ideation and behavior.
In this two-hour continuing education web conference, Dr. Katherine Shear will share research suggesting people experiencing CG respond positively to a targeted treatment that addresses grief complications and also supports and revitalizes the natural healing process. She will describe CG and diagnostic criteria for the condition as well as outline the development and testing of complicated grief treatment (CGT), a targeted psychotherapy.
This intermediate instructional level course is designed to help clinicians:
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Two CE credits will be provided by GoodTherapy.org for attending this web conference in its entirety.
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Giving more structure to working with grieving clients, deeper understanding of attachment and how it relates to grief, mapping the process to integration, and the SHERPA concept - loved that! – Dawn Lewis, MS, LCPC, NCC
I appreciated hearing about this topic from a thoroughly researched perspective. I don't always enjoy this sort of approach but I felt the presenter had so much depth of knowledge and a flexible approach to psychotherapy. - Julia Steele, MA, RTC
Dr. Katherine Shear is the Marion E. Kenworthy Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Center for Complicated Grief at Columbia School of Social Work. Dr. Shear has spent decades conducting clinical research in anxiety, depression and related disorders. She developed complicated grief treatment and confirmed its efficacy in three large NIMH-funded studies. This treatment is strength-based and incorporates methods from other proven efficacious psychotherapies to provide a short-term, focused approach to fostering adaptation to loss.
Dr. Shear is widely recognized for her work in bereavement, including both research and clinical awards from the Association for Death Education and Counseling and invited authorship of articles for Uptodate and the New England Journal of Medicine.
For information about Dr. Shear's training workshops and to purchase the CGT manual and assessment tools visit www.complicatedgrief.columbia.edu.