Holding Space for Grief: Mind-Body Practices for Clients and Clinicians

This training integrates principles from mind–body medicine and attachment-informed grief therapy to equip therapists with effective strategies for addressing various dimensions of grief and loss. Emphasis is placed on assessing grief from a mind-body lens, understanding cultural perspectives on death and dying, applying mind–body techniques, and implementing self-care practices to prevent therapist burnout.   

This workshop is in accordance with and compliance with the NASW Standards with a focus on service, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, competence, and social workers’ ethical responsibilities to clients, in practice settings, as professionals, to the social work profession, to the broader society. 

This workshop is in compliance with the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners’ COMAR 10.42.03.06.A(5) and with the District of Columbia Board of Social Work 17-70-7008.4.