Grief on the Job

CPD

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

Speaker

Megan Devine, LPC Related seminars and products

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Psychotherapist Megan Devine is a celebrated speaker, best-selling author, and a pioneer in the movement for a kinder, more human approach to grief – from life-altering losses to the everyday grief that we don’t call grief. With an audience in the millions, Megan’s ability to make complex emotional issues acceptable, relatable, and a lot less awkward has made her a sought-after leader. Known for her insight and practical guidance, she serves as a consultant to the entertainment and healthcare industries, speaks and teaches across disciplines, and maintains a select private practice.

Megan’s books, It’s OK that You’re Not OK, and How to Carry What Can’t Be Fixed, are the best-selling books on grief in over a decade, with nearly a million copies sold. Her work has been featured in The Atlantic, APM’s Marketplace, SELF, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNBC, NPR, Harvard Business Review, Stanford University, GQ magazine, Oprah Daily, and many others. Find her at megandevine.co and refugeingrief.com.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Megan Devine is the founder and CEO of Refuge in Grief. She maintains a private practice and is the on-line advisor/author of Empowering Parents, and is the creator and host of It’s Ok that You’re Not OK with Megan Devine. She receives royalties as a published author. Megan Devine receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Megan Devine has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Objectives

1. Investigate the ethical aspects and potential positive and negative clinical impacts of self-disclosure as it relates to clinical practice.  
2. Develop an action plan for managing the impact of emotional overwhelm and repetition in a clinical setting.  
3. Determine personal and professional boundaries that help the clinician navigate personal and professional losses to alleviate symptoms of grief. 

Outline

Repeated exposure to loss 

• Strategies for handling overwhelm, repetition, and frustration 

Creating and maintaining boundaries  

• Boundary setting with clients in-session 
• How to set boundaries with people outside your office 

Systemic failure and the limits of infrastructure 

• How the system doesn’t meet our human needs 
• Tools for emotional work  

Friction with the outside world 

• Building support with people who don’t (or won’t) understand 

The ethics of self-disclosure 

• Guidelines 
• Handling missteps 
• Risks and limitations

Target Audience

• Psychiatrists   
• Psychologists  
• Counsellors   
• Social Workers  
• Marriage and Family Therapists   
• Addiction Counsellors  
• Nurses   
• Physicians  
• Other Mental Health Professionals