Supporting Clients who are Grieving due to Racism and Discrimination
Join us for a Live Webinar on September 22, 2022 from 1-4:10 pm EST
3 CE hours available for behavioral health clinicians
This training will analyze unique mourning rituals amongst diverse cultures and a range of spiritual beliefs regarding the afterlife. Conceptualization of how discrimination and racism can lead to an experienced loss, resulting in minority clients possibly grieving, will be discussed. Attendees will learn about current therapeutic approaches, diverse grief models, and steps to help create a safe space for clients who are a part of a subculture who are grieving due to discrimination and/or racism.
Conceptualizing Grief
- Grief
- Mourning
- Bereavement
Culture & Spirituality
- Culture & Mourning
- Spirituality & Afterlife
Racism Leading to Grief
- Anticipated Trajectory
- Micro Mezzo, and Macro Levels
- A variety of Losses
- Pigeonholed/Stereotypes
- History of Loss
- Loss of Culture
Creating a reliable space
Grief Models
- Companioning Model
- Narrative Therapy
- Dual Process Model
- ATTEND Model
- Assess personal biases and assumptions related to culture, religion, and race that can impact the therapeutic relationship.
- Explain how racism and discrimination can lead to grief in minority groups.
- Recall 3 to 4 grief models and techniques to create a safe space for clients to express grief.
Tiffani Dilworth is presenting three webinars in September and October 2022 - you can enroll in them individually or all three as a bundle for a reduced price of $200.
3 CE hours for the Live Webinar
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- participate fully during the event
- complete a post-test and course evaluation at the conclusion of the event
- collect your certificate of completion on your account after steps 1-3 are completed
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Tiffani Dilworth
MA, LCPC
Tiffani Dilworth, MA, LCPC, is a psychotherapist, author, and sought-after speaker who addresses topics related to grief, PTSD, and sexual assault. She is a Certified Grief Counseling Specialist. She has worked across the US with various organizations, schools, universities, and corporations to bring awareness to the grieving process and concrete tools to learn how to live alongside grief. Miss Dilworth is known for her innovative and story-telling presentation style. Her passion leads her to intensive studying of grief and continuous searches for new ways to support and share therapeutic techniques to support others in their grieving process.
Miss Dilworth has an extensive history of working alongside non-profit organizations that provide supportive workshops, conferences, and support groups to men, women, and teens who’ve experienced grief and/or sexual assault. She was a Co-host on Beyond Clarity Radio Show, on WTAN 106.1 FM in Clearwater, FL, as a Mental Health Expert. Miss Dilworth currently conducts grief workshops and hosts, Managing My Grief Podcast, to provide support to individuals who want to learn more about grief and ways to manage their own grief.
Miss Dilworth is the author of 11 Tools to Help Manage the Aftermath of Trauma and Types of Grief. She has a private practice and is an affiliate of PsychExperts & Associates Inc, located in Baltimore, MD. Miss Dilworth draws equally from her studies and rich clinical experience to balance her trainings with current information and experienced-based techniques.
