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Summary Psychologists, licensed mental health professionals, and ministry leaders understand how different the course of a person’s grief journey can be and how it is dependent on so many variables, including the level of attachment and frequency of contact. In this workshop, attendees will ex amine significant components such as the role relation ship of the person who died (spouse, parent, child, sibling, or friend) to the griever, how those role losses are typically manifested, and the evidence-based research of the com plicating factors that accompany the death, such as the differences with a sudden, anticipated, disenfranchised, traumatic or suicidal death. Furthermore, other factors, such as multiple deaths in a relatively brief period and the individual life circumstances of the griever (e.g., financial, education level, spiritual values, type and stability of em ployment, suitability of living arrangements, and the num ber, age, and relationship with children), can also impact the grief felt by the client. The evidence-based research on each of these factors will be discussed with regard to the recommended treatment approaches and strategies, along with special attention to spiritual interventions for Chris tian clients, to help achieve the goal of a healthy journey through grief and to avoid a clinical diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder.

Learning Objectives 1. Identify the primary characteristics of each role loss with existing life challenges that may complicate grieving. 2. Define similarities and differences among five primary role relationships along with grief responses to determine re searched treatment protocols to implement. 3. Describe evidence-based spiritual premises for treatment involving the five role relationships to facilitate a supportive, healthier journey through grief. 104. Creating a Wellness-focused Environment: Suicide Prevention as a Community-wide Effort 1.25 credit hours Continuing Education Accreditations applicable to this workshop: ASWB, NBCC, NAADAC, IBCC, Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling Educational CEUs applicable to this workshop: ACSI Continuing Medical Education Accreditations applicable to this workshop: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit, AOA Category 2A credits, Georgia Nurses Association, AAFP Level: Beginner Diane Sharp, Ed.D. Indigenous Community Empowerment Network

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