*Participants will earn 3 CE hours*

This course on the exploration of grief and loss will center on the theories of grief counseling and the tools and techniques used in bereavement counseling. Additionally, it seeks to enhance understanding of the diverse needs of individuals experiencing grief due to death, illness, dying, impairment, separation, workplace changes, and other significant life losses. The goal of the course is to support clinicians in developing professional competence in bereavement counseling and comprehending the intricacies of the human grief response. It will also promote self-awareness of personal grief to better understand and address potential countertransference issues that may arise in this field of work.

Dr. Heidi Schreiber-Pan, Ph.D., founded Chesapeake Mental Health in Maryland and serves as the executive director of the recently launched Center for Nature-Informed Therapy. A former Loyola faculty member, licensed professional counselor, and board-approved supervisor, Dr. Schreiber-Pan is internationally recognized for her expertise in bereavement counseling, as well as the treatment of anxiety disorders, PTSD, OCD, stress reduction, and occupational burnout. Having been a faculty member at Loyola University, Maryland, she has researched resiliency, psychological well-being, and nature-informed therapy. Dr. Schreiber-Pan's impactful work extends to collaborations with organizations, schools, and corporations, where she implements stress reduction strategies and enhances organizational well-being through positive psychology and the integration of nature into mental health practices. Alongside her successful self-help book, "Taming the Anxious Mind," her latest publication, "The Outside Within: Stories of Nature’s Role in Psychological Well-being," was released in April 2023.

Additional Program Information:

Target audience: social workers, mental health professionals

Content level: all levels

Learning objectives:

1. Describe the basic concepts of attachment theory, five stages of loss, and four tasks of mourning.

2. Foster self-awareness and evaluate one's comfort level when faced with discussions about death and dying.

3. Explain general guidelines for counseling grieving people.

4. Identify specific techniques that can be used in counseling with grieving people.

Outline and Agenda:

9:00 - 10:00 - 7 principles of the Human Grief Response & Attachment Theory (Bowlby)

10:00 - 10:30 - Death & Dying

1030 - 10:40 - BREAK 

10:40 - 11:15 - Five Stages of Loss (Kuebler-Ross) & Four Tasks of Mourning (Worden)

11:15 - 12:00 - The Road to Healing: Tools and Techniques

12:00 - 12:15 - Q&A

Course interaction and system requirements:

This live webinar hosted on Zoom is fully interactive. Attendees may ask and answer questions throughout the presentation (using their microphones and/or the chat option). System requirements for Zoom can be viewed at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362023-System-requirements-for-PC-and-Mac.

Fee and registration:

Cost is $60-$70 for 3 credits/hours. Refunds are available for up to seven days prior to the program. After that, we offer credit that can be applied to a future program. Registration is open until the course is full. In some cases, we will enable a wait list option once the course is full.

Course completion and CE info:

To attend CE credit, social workers must log in at the scheduled time, attend the entire program and complete an online evaluation at the end of the program.

Certificates will be emailed out within 7 business days following receipt of evaluation.

CE credit is currently available for social workers in all 50 states (see below for more information). All other professionals (including psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists) must confirm CE approval with their state board.

Bright Ideas Continuing Education, #1757, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Bright Ideas Continuing Education maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/19/2021-11/19/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 3 continuing education credits.

Bright Ideas Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0781.

​Bright Ideas Continuing Education is also authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to provide social work continuing education. 

Our credits are also accepted by the New Jersey Board of Social Work Examiners.

If you have any questions, concerns or special accommodation requests, please contact us at 410-575-3870 or info@brightideasceus.com.​