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Digital Seminar

Survivors Guilt, Regret and Shame: Interventions for Today’s Grieving Clients


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Speaker:
Christina Zampitella, PsyD, FT
Duration:
1 Hour 36 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
29 Apr, 2022
Product Code:
POS058909
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
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Description

Guilt, regret, and shame are common emotions to experience after a loss or traumatic event. But the pandemic has added unique and complicated elements to counselling and treatment that we must account for. In this timely session, Dr. Christina Zampitella, FT will show you how to help clients manage the “should’s” of regret, end self-blame and shame, and overcome the profound sense of guilt they may feel because loved ones succumbed to the virus while they survived.

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This online program is worth 1.75 hours CPD.



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Christina Zampitella, PsyD, FT is a licensed clinical psychologist, Fellow in Thanatology, and founder of the Center for Grief and Trauma Therapy. She serves as an adjunct professor and international professional speaker, with a particular passion for training and mentoring emerging mental health professionals. Dr. Zampitella is also the host of her podcast Phoenix Rising with Dr. Z.


Her clinical practice, research, course development, and teaching focus on bereavement studies, meaning reconstruction, nature-based therapy, and integrative psychology. She has served as Chair of the Continuing Education Committee for multiple professional organizations and is a faculty member at the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition, where she holds certifications in grief therapy through meaning reconstruction as well as in non-death losses within the meaning reconstruction framework.


Dr. Zampitella previously served as the resident psychologist for Channel 5 News in San Diego and has appeared on NBC News in both California and Delaware. Her work has been featured in Elle Magazine, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, The New York Post, and several Delaware publications.
 

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Christina Zampitella is the owner of The Center for Grief and Trauma Therapy and has an employment relationship with National University. She receives compensation as a presenter and receives a grant from Delaware Workforce Training. She receives speaking honorariums from TZK Seminars and eCare. She is the founder and host of Phoenix Rising with Dr. Z. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Christina Zampitella serves on the advisory committee for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors and the National University's Integrative Psychology Bachelor's Degree Program. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Delaware Psychological Association. She is a fellow with the Association for Death Education and Counseling.
 


Objectives

  1. Analyze the relationship between guilt and the well-being of bereaved persons.
  2. Utilize mindfulness interventions to enhance grieving clients’ self-awareness and management of painful thoughts and emotions.
  3. Use psychoeducation to teach self-compassion interventions to clients they can use to build shame resiliency.

Outline

  • Define the multiple categories of guilt
  • Survivors guilt in the COVID era
  • Addressing the “should’s” and “if only’s” of regret
  • Mindfulness and acceptance to reduce distressing thoughts and feelings
  • Self-compassion interventions for shame resilience
  • Research, risks and limitations

Target Audience

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

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