Pesi – Advanced Grief Counselling Specialist (CAGCS): CBT, Somatic, Narrative Strategies & More

Pesi – Advanced Grief Counselling Specialist (CAGCS): CBT, Somatic, Narrative Strategies & More

You are the face of refuge for grieving clients.

Challenges in our uniquely evolving world have led to the breakdown of traditional grief rituals.

Social media and technology have given rise to finding out about death and loss entirely alone, without safety nets. Even if your clients aren’t physically alone, sometimes clergy, family & traditional grief rituals simply aren’t enough.

Your clients’ grief falls in your hands now. But don’t worry, becoming a grief expert is easier than you think.

In just one simple course you can become a Advanced Grief Counseling Specialist (CAGCS) today. Get what you need to guide clients from despair to meaning and personal growth. You’ll walk away with the essentials to provide expert grief treatment from leading voices Christina Zampitella, Claire Bidwell Smith, Rita Schulte & more. Immediately put into practice:

• Strategies from CBT, EMDR, narrative reconstruction therapy, somatic, expressive arts & more
• Tailored interventions for prolonged, ambiguous, intergenerational grief & other types
• New strategies for clients dealing with “living losses” & infertility, deployment, retirement & more
• Innovative tools to create healing in a virtual therapy environment & with diverse populations
• In-depth insight on managing suicidality related to loss
• Expert education on managing anxiety and grief — panic attacks, hypochondria & more

And, as our gift to you we’re covering the cost of Advanced Grief Counselling Specialist certification for two years.

If that’s not enough you’re getting three incredible bonuses that will help you work with grief in a virtual setting, after suicide & explore the treating anxiety that manifests with grief.

Course Outline

Part I: Grief Counselling and Treatment Fundamentals
Diana Sebzda, LPC, FT

With more than 17 years of clinical grief counseling, Diana teaches you how to work with general grief, end-of-life processes, aging, developmental stages, and how grief type can impact treatment. Complete with interventions and tips you can use to normalize the grieving process for clients and offer hope to vulnerable clients. You’ll walk away with skills to:

• Treat prolonged, complicated, acute, anticipatory, disenfranchised grief, & more
• Explore contemporary models of bereavement to tailor treatment planning
• Apply bibliotherapy, Narrative Reconstruction, integrative CBT & more
• Know the ins-and-outs of working with Advanced Directives
• Implement screens & assessments unique to grief while considering comorbidities
• Help kids, adolescents, and adults navigate and move beyond grief
• Create family narratives surrounding grief experiences & much more!

Part II: Assessment and Clinical Considerations of Non-Death Losses, Prolonged Grief Disorder, Cultural Awareness & More
Dr. Christina Zampitella, Psy.D., FT

Dr. Zampitella brings more than 30 years of clinical experience integrating mind, body and spirit grief treatments to her teaching. Get the keys of assessment to uncover grief intensity, risks for suicidal ideation, PTSD & more. Plus, get strategies to build cultural awareness for more effective treatment. You’re going to learn how to:

• Diagnose Prolonged Grief Disorder & understand DSM5-TR updates
• Apply EMDR, Nature-based Therapy, Somatic approaches & MORE!
• Manage grief’s cultural impact on mourning, rituals, expectation, and continued bonds
• Help clients heal “living losses” — relationships, chronic illness, loss of faith, fertility, retirement & more
• Support clients with spiritual and religious differences than yourself
• Conduct culturally sensitive intakes, plus screens & assessments on grief responses!

Part III: Grief Treatment Planning and the Ultimate Grief Intervention Toolbox
Dr. Christina Zampitella, Psy.D., FT

Get a step-by-step guide to differential diagnosis and treatment planning for uncomplicated and complicated grief. You’ll get the latest DSM updates on Prolonged Grief Disorder and walk away with a comprehensive toolbox so you can tailor your approach to the uniqueness of each clients’ grief and help them:

• Embrace their emotions, accept grief, overcome shame & self-judgement
• Find forgiveness, resolve unfinished business & find meaning after loss
• Heal with techniques from expressive arts therapy, systematic desensitization & more
• Build resiliency and move toward post-traumatic growth
• Join and learn from grief support & treatment groups & more!

Plus, Dr. Zampitella will give you tips and suggestions for managing burnout and compassion fatigue so you can stay on the front lines and engaged in this meaningful work!

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