10/20/2023
: Join us on Saturday, November 11, 2023 for ADEC's 4th Annual Virtual Half-Day Workshop. ADEC is honored to feature Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, FT for our keynote presentation on "The Quest for Understanding How Grief Gets Complicated: Diverse Perspectives and Clinical Applications"
Dr. Doka's session will be followed by a panel discussion with diverse perspectives and clinical applications. Our distinguished panel leaders include Wendy Lichtenthal, PhD, FT; Tashel Bordere, PhD, CT; and Darcy Harris, PhD, FT.
Our workshop will begin with our Annual Mid-Year Presidential Wolfe Report, by Melanie Wright, MSW, FT, ADEC President April 2023-2024.
Our workshop moderator will be Jane Milman, PhD, MA.
Half-Day Workshop:
12:30 pm - 4:15 ET / New York | 11:30 am - 3:15 CT / Chicago
10:30 am - 2:15 MT / Denver | 9:30 am - 1:15 pm PT / San Francisco
Description:
In this presentation, we explore the varied ways that clinicians, educators, and researchers in the field have tried to understand complicated variants in the grieving process. We begin by looking at the varied concepts of theorists ranging from Freud to Worden. Second, we examine the ways that the DSM-5-TR offers ways to classify forms of complicated grief including Prolonged Grief Disorder. The presentation also acknowledges the concerns within the field over such classifications. We describe culturally-informed conceptualizations of grief, such as suffocated grief, and explore whether and how the concept of Prolonged Grief Disorder is relevant to the grief experienced in non-death losses. We also discuss clinical considerations and intervention approaches that can be applied working with complicated grief.
Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss historical perspectives of complicated variants in the grieving process.
2. Identify ways in which forms of complicated grief have been classified in diagnostic taxonomies.
3. Describe intervention approaches that can be applied in working with complicated grief.
Biography Featured Keynote: Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, FT
Dr. Kenneth J. Doka is a Professor Emeritus at the Graduate School of The College of New Rochelle and Senior Vice-President for the Hospice Foundation of America. A prolific author, Dr. Doka has authored or edited over 40 books and over 100 articles and book chapters. Dr. Doka is editor of both Omega: The Journal of Death and Dying and Journeys: A Newsletter to Help in Bereavement.
Dr. Doka was elected President of the Association for Death Education and Counseling in 1993. In 1995, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Work Group on Dying, Death and Bereavement and served as chair from 1997-1999. ADEC presented him with an Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Death Education in 1998. His Alma Mater Concordia College presented him with their first Distinguished Alumnus Award. He is a recipient of the Caring Hands Award as well as the Dr. Robert Fulton CDEB Founderās Award. Both ADEC and IWG honored him with Lifetime Achievement Awards. In 2006, Dr. Doka was grandfathered in as a Mental Health Counselor under NY Stateās first licensure of counselors.
Please click the link for more information and to register: https://www.adec.org/page/2023-Annual-Half-Day-Workshop
Registration Rates:
ADEC Member* Non-Member
With 3.0 CEs $149 $199
Without CEs $ 49 $ 99
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