Training Series-Ambiguous Loss: Attending to the Providers’ Experience

Ambiguous Loss: Attending to the Provider's Experience with 

Kierst Finsand, PsyD, LP and  Heidi Bausch-Ryan, PsyD, LP

1.5 CEUs

Live-Stream Friday April 21st, 2023 8:30-10:00am CST

*This Live-Stream webinar is pending approval from the MN Board of MFT

Workshop Description: Amid the past few years, ambiguous could be seen as one of the more collective life experiences encountered, professionally and personally. The provider’s experience of loss inevitably enters the room (or Zoom) when working with an individual’s grief journey. During this webinar, Dr. Kierst Finsand will define the various forms of ambiguous losses and disenfranchised grief one is likely to encounter in their work. Dr. Heidi Bausch-Ryan will then share about a reflective process helpful in identifying and effectively navigating the provider’s experience during grief-oriented work. Lastly, the speakers will discuss ways providers can approach ambiguous loss and build resilience throughout grief related work to maintain a sustainable practice.

Workshop Objectives:

• Describe ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief
• Recognize how the provider’s personal experience(s) of loss intersects with grief-oriented work
• Practice and post-presentation apply reflective process and interventions for ambiguous loss
• Identify ways to build provider resilience throughout grief related work.