This workshop is designed to give helpers an increased awareness of the dynamics of grief, as well as provide some guidance for tools and strategies that can make a huge difference for those in grief.
This will include an overview of what it means to be Grief-Informed & Trauma-Informed as a non-clinical helper or friend. We will use interactive presentation, personal reflection, case studies, and group discussion. Topics will include grief theory, the differences between normative grief vs. Major Depressive Disorder, Prolonged Grief Disorder, coping strategies / what helps, when to make referrals, and helper burnout.
Expect an invitation to be vulnerable in a safe space, to laugh at ourselves for the well-intentioned missteps we make, and to increase your comfortability in bearing witness to grief.
Aubrie Hills, LICSW, FT is a Clinical Social Worker & Thanatologist in private practice, specializing on helping individuals who have serious illness, who are themselves dying, or who are working on grief across the lifespan. Her professional background includes hospice, hospital response work, facilitating groups for parents & children through community grief centers, and serving as a consultant for organizations / clinicians seeking to expand their grief knowledge.
