ACT for Grief and End-of-Life
Helping Clients Take Intentional Action and Find Meaning in the Face of Loss
4-Session Live Online Course
Wednesdays, starting May 7, 2024 | 8 CE Hours Available
ACT for Grief and End-of-Life offers an uplifting vision of how to help those facing loss connect with purpose and vibrancy in their lives.
Whether a client is facing anxiety about their own death, anticipating the death of a loved one, or finding their way after a loss, you’ll learn how to take a compassionate, effective, and process-based approach to treatment.
In 4 live online sessions, Dr. Gregg will take ACT skills and boil them down to their most essential elements so you’ll have a better understanding of how to work with the various parts of the model in a way that’s sensitive to this specific context. This will allow you to:
- Help clients develop psychological flexibility skills without requiring them to talk about death
- Be braver and more confident when working with clients facing loss
- Have a better understanding of the possibilities open to you and your clients when working in this area — including with those experiencing complicated grief
- Facilitate deeper work while respecting the client’s boundaries and supporting a stronger therapeutic relationship
- Give clients tools to take valued actions in the present moment even in the face of fear, grief, difficult stories about what might have been, or other challenging experiences
Throughout the training, you’ll engage in breakout group discussions and exercises, and will receive worksheets that can provide structure for conversations with clients who are particularly resistant to talking about loss.
You’ll also engage in experiential exercises that will invite you to examine your own thoughts, stories, and fears around death, giving you a personal understanding of the ACT work as well as a touchstone for empathizing with what clients might be experiencing.
Once you’ve completed the course, you’ll have a much clearer way forward with clients experiencing loss and a specific set of tools for helping them connect with the here-and-now, giving them an opportunity to be proud of how they show up each day for their values.