May - Monthly Grief Consultation Group
Join us for a monthly 90-minute Zoom consultation group designed for mental health professionals navigating grief in clinical work. Each session offers case consultation, therapeutic strategies, peer support, and space to reflect on the emotional impact of grief work.
First session: Friday, May 23rd
Time: 8:30–10:00 AM PST
Cost: $75 per session
Topic info below ↓
Join us for a monthly 90-minute Zoom consultation group designed for mental health professionals navigating grief in clinical work. Each session offers case consultation, therapeutic strategies, peer support, and space to reflect on the emotional impact of grief work.
First session: Friday, May 23rd
Time: 8:30–10:00 AM PST
Cost: $75 per session
Topic info below ↓
Join us for a monthly 90-minute Zoom consultation group designed for mental health professionals navigating grief in clinical work. Each session offers case consultation, therapeutic strategies, peer support, and space to reflect on the emotional impact of grief work.
First session: Friday, May 23rd
Time: 8:30–10:00 AM PST
Cost: $75 per session
Topic info below ↓
May Topic: Writing Across Time: Unfinished Conversations and Shifting Identity
Explore how writing can bridge the space between what was left unsaid and what has been forever changed. This session focuses on two core writing practices: timeline and narrative writing to help clients reconstruct identity before and after the loss, and letter-writing as a tool to address unfinished emotional business.
Themes to Explore:
Timeline exercises that reflect:
"Who I was before this loss" vs. "Who I am now"
Identity shifts and values that have emerged through grief
What parts of the relationship or self feel frozen in time
Using letter-writing to the deceased, estranged, or symbolically lost to express:
Regrets
Unspoken appreciations
Anger or unmet needs
Longings or future imaginings
How narrative writing supports integration of loss without requiring “acceptance”
Helping clients tolerate the emotional complexity of dual realities: love and resentment, sorrow and relief, presence and absence
Clinical Questions for Consultation:
When is it helpful to invite writing into grief work, and when might it overwhelm?
How do we support clients whose losses involve unresolved trauma or betrayal?
How do we support clients in exploring identity shifts and inviting meaning-making, without imposing it or rushing the process?
First Session: Friday, May 23rd, 8:30–10:00 AM PST
Ongoing: 4th Friday of each month, 8:30–10:00 AM PST
Cost: $75 per session
Format: Held via Zoom
Please note: This consultation group is not eligible for NBCC or CAMFT continuing education credits.