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Grief 101 for Clinicians & Supervisors
This training is a live virtual training, offering trained clinicians and supervisors the opportunity to deepen their expertise and confidence in grief work. $295
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Date and time is TBD
Virtual Training
About
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Are you a clinician seeking a basic understanding of grief through a clinical lens and strategies to support clients navigating grief? Grief 101 for Clinicians is suitable for supervisors and clinicians, and offers an opportunity to deepen expertise and confidence while meeting the client's needs.
Typical Agenda for the Day
What is grief
Attachment
Primary and secondary loss
Loss of the assumptive world
Types of grief
Continuing Bonds Model
Three Phases and Six “R” Processes of Mourning
Intake with DISRUTERS and TAAPS+
Psychoeducation
Psychological First Aid
After-death Communication
PRIME
Gratitude Rock
Guided Meditations
Resourcing Scripts
Practicum
Why Choose Grief 101 for Clinicians?
This training provides a structured approach to grief work, incorporating foundational grief theories and practical guidance on clinical work. It’s designed to help clinicians address grief effectively while honouring the natural and adaptive emotional processes of grief and mourning.
Who Can Attend
This training is exclusively for clinical supervisors or clinicians who plan to support those experiencing grief and loss. Participants must be fully trained in the art of counselling or psychotherapy.
What You’ll Learn
What is grief, and why it hurts so much.
Insights into foundational grief theories.
Techniques to guide clients through grief-related experiences.
Guides such as TAAPS+, DISRUPTERS, PRIME, SRRT
Practical approaches to integrating adaptive grieving and potential After-Death Communication (ADC) into grief work.
Demos, exercises, and case examples. The live trainings include practicums.
Included in your training:
Certificate of completion
Everything you need to use start working with grief including scripts and templates.

Krista Helman, MSW, RSW, RCSW is a therapist, author, and social worker based in Canada. With years of clinical experience, she is the founder and Director of the Trauma & Grief Institute (TGI), where she leads a team offering therapy, training, and community-based healing grounded in evidence-based and holistic practices.
As an EMDR Approved Consultant , she is the developer of the EMDR-GRIEF protocol, an integrative approach to processing grief using EMDR therapy, and she provides training for clinicians internationally. A sought-after speaker and presenter, Krista offers professional workshops, online courses, and transformative retreats for both the public and mental health professionals.
Krista is the author of Over the Rainbow: The Love, Loss, and Legacy of Your Dog, a heartfelt guide blending therapeutic strategies, psychoeducation, and personal stories for those mourning the loss of a beloved pet. She has also published Self-Care Moments: A Workbook to Navigate Your Grief.
While her expertise spans a wide range of therapeutic areas, Krista is particularly passionate about grief, trauma, and the human search for meaning. She has a deep interest in the phenomenon of after-death communication (ADC) and is committed to destigmatizing scientifically supported experiences that are often misunderstood.
When not working, Krista enjoys spending time with her family and finds peace in the healing rhythms of nature.
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