Grief doesn’t always look the way we expect—and for many immigrants and individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds, it’s not even recognized. This course reveals how grief can go unseen, unacknowledged, and unsupported, leading to profound psychological consequences.
Explore the invisible burdens your clients may carry—and gain the knowledge and skills to support them in ways that affirm their identity, culture, and loss experiences.
Tiffani Dilworth, MA, LCPC, FT, is a leading expert on grief, trauma, and PTSD. A Fellow in Thanatology and a seasoned clinician, Ms. Dilworth draws from her extensive experience working with immigrant communities and trauma survivors across the U.S. to deliver practical, culturally attuned strategies for clinicians. Her warm, empathetic, and evidence-informed approach has helped countless professionals better support grieving clients.
In this self-paced course, Ms. Dilworth combines storytelling, research, and clinical insight to guide participants through the complex territory of disenfranchised grief. The course is designed to deepen cultural sensitivity and enhance your clinical skillset, no matter your client population.
Topics covered include disenfranchised grief and its categories, the concept of migratory grief, immigrant mental health, acculturation stress, ethnic discrimination, and unique grief experiences across cultural groups such as Black South African, Korean, and Latino communities. The course also covers culturally responsive interventions, clinical assessments, and evidence-based practices to validate and support clients’ experiences of grief.
Key Takeaways:
Recognize disenfranchised grief: Understand its categories and how this type of grief manifests across cultural identities.
Support immigrant clients holistically: Identify unique stressors such as migratory grief, acculturation, and discrimination that impact mental health.
Apply inclusive strategies: Learn practical approaches that validate loss and promote healing for culturally diverse clients.
Why This Course?
Unique focus on culture and grief: Few courses explore the intersection of grief, immigration, and culture with this level of depth and clinical application.
Learn from a recognized grief expert: Tiffani Dilworth brings years of experience, academic knowledge, and compassion to help you grow your clinical confidence.
Support from a trusted organization: Offered by Telehealth Certification Institute, this course is rooted in a mission to empower clinicians with quality, ethically grounded continuing education.
Learning Objectives:
List 2-3 categories of Disenfranchised Grief in order to increase empathetic support to grieving clients.
Discuss 1-2 experiences diverse cultures have that can lead to experiencing Disenfranchised Grief.
Assess Migratory Grief and list 2-3 ways Immigrants can experience it.
Identify 1-2 ways to support clients who come from diverse cultures and Immigrants to support Disenfranchised Grief.
Honor your clients’ grief—seen and unseen—and expand your clinical toolkit to offer compassionate, culturally informed care. This course invites you to step into deeper empathy, sharper insight, and greater impact in your practice.
Enroll today—build your skills, grow your confidence, and make the lasting impact your clients deserve.
Format and Access
This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Instruction consists of 3 hours of video instruction and a post-test.
Availability:
From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.
Who Should Attend:
This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
Teaching Methods:
This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.
How to Attend:
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Instructor
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About Tiffani Dilworth, MA, LCPC
Tiffani Dilworth 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.
Disclosure Statement:
The instructor(s) for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.
Credit Hours:
This course consists of 2 continuing education hours of credit.
Counselors:
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Marriage and Family Therapists:
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Psychologists:
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Art Therapists:
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Other Professionals:
This course qualifies for 120 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.
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This course was recorded 09/13/24
