Exploring Grief and Interventions to Support Grieving Adults

This training will analyze the difference between acute grief, integrated grief, and chronic grief and the differences between Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder and Prolonged Grief Disorder. Exploration of diverse assessments and grief models will be discussed to establish a foundation for clients’ grief treatment. Attendees will learn grief tools and interventions to better support their grieving adult clients. This training will empower clinicians with a foundational understanding of grief, grief assessments, grief models, grief interventions, grief tools, and grief resources to confidently and effectively support their grieving adult clients.

Objectives

• Differentiate between acute grief, integrated grief, and chronic grief.
• Recognize benefits of using grief assessments and grief models.
• Recall 3 effective tools and interventions to better support clients who are grieving.

About Tiffani Dilworth

Tiffani Dilworth, LPC, FT, is a successful psychotherapist, author, and sought-after speaker on topics related to grief, PTSD, and sexual assault.  Miss Dilworth received her Master’s in Community Counseling from Oklahoma State University. She’s a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who specializes in PTSD, Grief, and Sexual Trauma. She’s a Fellow in Thanatology and a Certified Advanced Grief Counseling Specialist.

She has worked across the US with various organizations, schools, universities, and corporations to bring awareness to the grieving process and to teach countless people how to live alongside their grief.  In addition to maintaining a private practice, Ms. Dilworth is an affiliate of PsychExperts & Associates, Inc, located in Baltimore, MD.

Drawing on her rich clinical experience, Ms. Dilworth incorporates the most current information on the process of grieving with evidence-based and innovative treatment techniques that clinicians can immediately use in their practice.  She’s the author of the books 11 Tools to Help Manage the Aftermath of Trauma and Types of Grief, and the host of Managing My Grief Podcast.