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Materials composed and provided by Karen Shipley, Psy.D.

Instructional Level

Advanced

Course Description and Target Audience

This course will provide a general overview of current research with regard to grief theory and interventions, with an emphasis on cultural awareness and provider self-care.

Materials used for this presentation are derived from textbooks and literature reviews from leading experts in the field. The limits are those of the existing theories and research. There are no known risks associated with this presentation.

The target audience is mental health providers (advanced doctoral level psychology trainees, psychologists in practice, master’s level clinicians etc).

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss historical context & current research for models of grief & types of grief.
  • List DSM differential diagnoses & assessment of grief.
  • Utilize clinical interventions used with general or special populations to address grief.
  • Recognize psychosocial stress for providers.

Presenter Information

Dr. Karen Shipley is a licensed clinical psychologist who has approximately 20 years of experience in the mental health field. She currently provides psychotherapy and psychological assessment services to children, adolescents, and adults in an outpatient setting. Dr. Shipley is also an adjunct faculty member for the Clinical Psychology doctoral program of Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, California. She has spent approximately 15 years of clinical experience with child/adolescent/family populations dealing with chronic and terminal illness. She was employed by and trained with Emory University’s Infectious Disease Program and Children’s Hospital of Atlanta in the oncology and hematology departments.

Video Homestudy Format

CE’s for this homestudy training will be earned through completing the following tasks:

  • Watch the presentation video and review all provided documents in their entirety.
  • Pass the post-test questionnaire with at least 80% correct.

A program evaluation form will be provided to all who registered following the training. Please be sure to complete this form since your feedback helps direct future CE programming from our organization.

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