Topic: Ethical Considerations of Grief for the Helping Professional

As helping professionals, we encounter grief in every aspect of work, even if we are not aware. Grief affects how our clients interact with their lives and world. In order to provide the best care possible, it is essential that helping professionals view each encounter through a grief-informed lens while also considering ethical implications of practice.

This presentation helps participants understand grief through discussion of common misconceptions about grief, identifying physical and emotional symptoms associated with grief, exploring positive and negative responses to grieving clients, understanding compassion fatigue and vicarious grief and ways to minimize its effects on the helping professional through self-care.

Presenter: David McLawhorn, MSW, LCSW

Cost:

Students: Free

NASW Members: Free

Non-members: $30

Once you pay, your money cannot be refunded and it will be your responsibility to find someone to take your spot if you can no longer attend.

CE: 2 Ethics hours. Proof of attendance for CE will be distributed via email within 1 week after the event. Those registering as students will not receive CE for this event.

Zoom link will be emailed out to registrants the day before the meeting.

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Ideas presented by speakers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and policies of NASW-NC.