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Materials composed and provided by Heather Servaty-Seib, Ph.D.

Instructional Level

Advanced

Course Description and Target Audience

Loss, grief, and mourning are concepts that can be applied to both death loss and non-death loss situations. This presentation will address the broader application of these concepts while also reviewing advancements in the field of grief and mourning, including innovative theory and current research critical for evidenced-based clinical work with grieving individuals. Other topics addressed will include type of losses (e.g., physical, psychosocial, secondary and disenfranchised), myths about grief, common patterns of grief, multidimensional nature of grief, distinction between grief and mourning, factors associated with grief reactions, grief within families, and strategies for distinguishing between normative and persistent complex bereavement (i.e., DSM-5). Suggestions for practice and relevant case examples will be integrated throughout.

The information offered is evidenced-based and is there for as accurate as possible based on current empirical research. The limits are those of the existing theories and research. The risk might be the possible overgeneralization of any recommendations offered–as grief is so unique to each individual person.

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

Learning Objectives

  • List common myths about grief
  • Identify innovative theories of grief and mourning and their application to practice
  • Describe the challenges related to Persistent Complex Bereavement diagnosis
  • Articulate key elements of death-related rituals
  • Explain strategies for interacting with seriously ill individuals

Presenter Information

Dr. Heather L. Servaty-Seib is a professor in the Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program at Purdue University and a licensed psychologist. She maintains a small, grief-focused, private practice. Dr. Servaty-Seib is well published in the areas of adolescent and young adult bereavement, social support and grief, and the use of loss as a broad model for conceptualizing significant life events. She is a past president of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) and received the ADEC Death Educator award in 2013.

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 (24 of 30 questions 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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