Expressive Arts for Children and Adults: Giving Grief a Voice

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Diana Sebzda, LPC, FT Related seminars and products

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Diane Sebzda, LPC, FT, is a licensed professional counselor with betterhelp.com, where she provides individual counseling for those coping with grief, anticipatory grief, and pet loss. In addition to 22 years of grief counseling experience, Diana also has over 15 years of experience as a veterinary technician where she’s witnessed the impacts of end of life and pet loss firsthand. Diana has been published in Healthy Pet Magazine and is a Fellow in Thanatology (FT) with the Association for Death Education and Counseling (where she is co-chair of their Pet Loss Networking Group). Diana earned her MA degree in Applied Clinical Psychology from William Patterson University.
 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Diana Sebzda is a counselor with BetterHelp.com. She receives compensation as a speaker and consultant. Diana Sebzda receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Diana Sebzda is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling.

Objectives

1. Assess when it is appropriate to introduce expressive arts as an intervention with clients at various developmental levels.
2. Use expressive arts to facilitate conversations with clients regarding their loss and grief process.
3. Develop coping strategies to help the client process their loss and grief.

Outline

• Developmental perspectives in grief
• How to use expressive arts to facilitate difficult conversations with clients
• Use specific interventions including emotion masks and body tracings to externalize grief and facilitate emotional expression
• Coping strategies to continue the externalization process

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Nurses
• Psychiatrists
• Psychologists
• Psychotherapists
• Social Workers
• Therapists
• Other Helping Professionals