Prolonged Grief (Recorded Webinar) – Online CE Course (New Course!)
Prolonged Grief Course Objectives, Description, and Outline
Course Objectives:
- Articulate diagnostic criteria for Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) and analyze pros and cons of the diagnosis
- Conceptualize an understanding of clients with PGD and formulate goals and interventions
- Create and utilize diverse treatment interventions to assist clients in the resolution of PGD
Course Description:
With the recent release of the DSM-5-TR, clinicians are eager to learn about updates, especially a new diagnosis. This new DSM edition ushers in only one official new diagnosis, Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD). This workshop will present the new diagnosis and its criteria, explore the pros and cons of such a diagnosis, and examine methods of assessing for PGD. The use of diverse interventions and tools will be covered. Clinicians will feel more informed about this new diagnosis and better prepared to support clients who may be have PGD.
Course Outline:
- Introduction to Martha’s case study
- DSM-5-TR – What’s new
- One new diagnosis – PGD
- Other updates
- PGD diagnostic criteria
- Analyzing the new diagnosis
- Pros and cons
- Influences of Covid
- Etiology of PGD
- Risk factors
- Conceptualization – thoughts, feelings, behaviors
- Martha’s case
- Assessment
- Assessment tools
- Differential diagnosis (MDD and PGD)
- Assessing Martha’s core symptoms
- PGD Treatment
- Goals of treatment
- Treatment options
- Common problems
- Strategies and procedures
- Treatment examples
- CBT
- Solution-focused questions
- Situational revisiting
- Additional treatment options
- Healing Milestones
- Growing around grief
- Termination with Martha
- Resources
- Video clip – Loss of child PGD
Instructors: Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW
Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Missouri and Kansas with over 25 years of experience in the mental health field. She has held various clinical positions as an outpatient and in-home therapist and clinical supervisor. Diane was an Adjunct Professor of Social Work for 10 years at The University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare and a Field Liaison and Field Instructor. She has also held administrative positions as a program Director and Coordinator. Diane is a frequent local and national trainer on a wide variety of mental health and workplace development topics with clinicians and corporations. Diane is most passionate about providing quality professional development to clinicians, employees, and leaders.
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