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Creative Interventions for Grieving Clients

CE Hours 2 2 Clinical

About this live event

Discover the transformative power of creative interventions in working with grieving clients. In this training, you'll explore innovative strategies for integrating art therapy, music therapy, writing, journaling, and poetry into your practice. Learn to design comprehensive treatment plans, evaluate effectiveness, and navigate ethical considerations. Through interactive exercises and case studies, discover their effectiveness in promoting emotional expression and healing for grieving clients. Acquire practical skills in applying tailored exercises to support clients on their grief journey. What to bring to the Workshop: Art Supplies you are comfortable using such as crayons, colored pencils, markers, oil pastels, pens, pencils, gel pens, and chalk pastels. Unlined Paper or Journal for art processes and notes Nice Pen Recording: This class will be recorded and made available within 2 hours after the live lecture. Recordings are available for 90 days after the class.

Learning Objectives

  • Explain the therapeutic benefits of creative interventions in the grief process.
  • Create innovative strategies for integrating creative interventions into grief counseling practices, considering emerging research and best practices.
  • Apply knowledge of creative interventions to design comprehensive treatment plans for grieving clients.
  • Critically evaluate the ethical considerations involved in using creative interventions in working with grieving clients.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of creative interventions in promoting emotional expression and healing for grieving clients.
  • Apply writing, journaling, poetry, and visual arts exercises tailored to meet the needs of grieving clients.

Learning Levels

  • Beginner and Intermediate, all levels are welcome

Live event Instructor(s)

  • Kelly Daugherty, LCSW-R, FT, GC-C, BC-TMH

    Kelly Daugherty, a seasoned social worker with over two decades in the clinical field, is a Fellow in Thanatology, specializing in death, dying, and bereavement. Anchored in Malta, NY, she owns Greater Life Grief Counseling, LCSW, and the Center for Informed Grief, LLC. Kelly co-owns Healing Strides, LLC, where emotional and physical well-being intersects in a unique 7-week program for grieving women. Kelly is also a contributing author of "Holistic Mental Health" and "Brave Kids," and lead author in the collaborative book "The Grief Experience: Tools for Acceptance, Resilience and Connection" set to release in February. She is dedicated to revolutionizing grief support by offering tools and insights to individuals and professionals alike.
    Connect with Kelly: https://linktr.ee/kellydaugherty

  • Tracy M. Gilbert, ATR-BC, LMHC

    Tracy Gilbert, ATR-BC, LMHC is a Board Certified Art Therapist and NY Licensed Mental Health program. After working in clinics, non-profits, schools, and hospital settings for 15 years, in 2018 Tracy established a private practice specializing in teens and younger adults who were facing struggles with anxiety, life transitions, and trauma. After guest lecturing and presenting at Russell Sage College multiple times, Tracy was invited to be an Assistant Professor and Program Director for the Creative Arts in Therapies/Expressive Arts in Mental Health program. She continues to maintain a small private practice so that she can be current in her teaching methods. Tracy has a working knowledge (read: rusty fluency) of American Sign Language and is a very beginner at Spanish. She is an avid reader and painter and loves to sing in the car.

Disclosure

Erena DiGonis and planners have no financial disclosures or commercial bias or promote commercial interests during CE activities.

CE Process Info

Each professional is responsible for the individual requirements as stipulated by his/her licensing agency. Please contact your individual licensing board/regulatory agency to review continuing education requirements for licensure renewal. Please note: You must attend "live" (in real-time) for the duration of the training to earn CE credits.

Before the event, you will receive an email from CE-Go with access to the virtual event. After the event, you will receive access to your evaluation and continuing education certificate via a personalized "attendee dashboard" link, hosted on the CE-Go website. This link and access to the virtual event will be sent to the email account you used to register for the event.

Upon accessing the CE-Go "attendee dashboard", you will be able to:

  • Complete evaluation forms for the event
  • Download your continuing education certificate in a PDF format

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the CE-Go platform, please contact CE-Go at 888-498-5578 or by email at support@ce-go.com Please Note: Emails for this event will come from "support@ce-go.com".

If you have any continuing education related questions, please contact your event organizer.

Please make sure to check your spam/junk folder in case those emails get "stuck". We'd also suggest "Allowlisting" support@ce-go.com. This tells your email client that you know this sender and trust them, which will keep emails from this contact at the top of your inbox and out of the junk folder.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for SW (NYSW)

    EngagedMinds Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0676.

  • Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

    EngagedMinds Continuing Education, #1858, formerly Erena DiGonis, LCSW, PLLC, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 8/25/2023 – 8/25/2024. Social workers completing this course receive 2 continuing education credits.

  • National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)

    EngagedMinds Continuing Education has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7455. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. EngagedMinds Continuing Education is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for LMHC (NYS LMHC)

    EngagedMinds Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0284.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners (NYS LMFT)

    EngagedMinds Continuing Education is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0117.

  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology (NYSEDPSY)

    Erena DiGonis, LCSW, PLLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0270.

New Business Name

Please note: EngagedMinds Continuing Education is Formerly Erena DiGonis, LCSW, PLLC.

Refund/Cancellation Policy

Please note: All refund requests will be honored if they are made within 24 hours prior to the course less a $10 processing fee. There are no refunds for participants who “no show.”

Disability Accommodation

ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law; please indicate your special needs upon registering at least 30 days prior to the event by sending an email to support@ce-go.com or by calling us at 888 498 5578. 

CE Credit Questions

ASWB ACE credit is only offered for Live, Online (synchronous distance learning) training.

ASWB ACE credit is NOT approved for self-study courses.

ASWB ACE credit is approved for the United States and Canada.*

Canadian Social Workers: Canadian provinces accept courses approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.

The California Board of Behavioral Sciences will accept courses approved by ASWB and NBCC, please see website:

https://www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/cont_ed.html

*New Jersey regulations state the following regarding acceptable sources of continuing education for Social Workers: "Attendance at programs or courses approved by boards that license social work practice in other states: one credit for each hour of attendance." This information can be found at the https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/regulations/Chapter-44G-State-Board-of-Social-Work-Examiners.pdf

Many State Boards accept ASWB ACE credit for Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Addiction Professionals. It is the participant's responsibility to check with their individual state board to verify continuing education requirements for their state.

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Grievance

We want to hear your concerns 
Please contact Erena DiGonis, LCSW-R via email and a response to your concerns will be provided within five business days. Please click here for complete Grievance Policy

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  • Date
    Sat Jun 7th, 2025
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