Therapeutic Writing for Grief: Tools Everyone Can Use

Description: Participants will learn the benefits and risks of writing about trauma and grief, as well as clear, research-based strategies to reduce the risks. This interactive workshop will invite participants to experience gently guided writing exercises, then provide them with a printable PDF handbook to allow them to begin using therapeutic writing exercises for grief in their practice.

CE Broker Tracking #: 20-764853

This event is sponsored by FMHCA, an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider. FMHCA NBCC Provider# 2058. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  FMHCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This course is approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW – FMHCA CE Broker #: 50-748

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand the benefits of writing about trauma and grief.
2. Understand the risks and know how to mitigate them in practice.
3. Provide experiential activities to allow practice and integration of the theory.

About the Presenter:

Maureen Pollard is a registered social worker with a private practice in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada. She has been working with individuals, families and groups for 30 years, and in her private practice she specializes in trauma and grief work. She is the author of The Twentieth Year: A Memoir of Miscarriage, and she co-wrote the song I Hope You Stay for World Suicide Prevention Day 2020, as well as the song One Breath at a Time for International Survivor of Suicide Loss Day 2020 with Murray Foster of the Toronto Songwriting School.