The Missing Stage of Grief: Clinical Strategies to Overcome Anxiety in the Wake of Loss – Claire Bidwell Smith

The Missing Stage of Grief: Clinical Strategies to Overcome Anxiety in the Wake of Loss – Claire Bidwell Smith

Description:

Anxiety is common, but the fear and anxiety brought on by grief is its own breed and needs to be treated as such.

Yet in the famous five stages of grief, anxiety has never been part of the equation. And traditional grief therapy has often failed to take the uniqueness of anxieties caused by loss into account. You’re left feeling out of your depth, unsure of the best way to move anxious and grieving clients forward.

Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC is an acclaimed bestselling author and expert grief therapist whose memoir The Rules of Inheritance has been published in 18 countries and is being adapted for film. Her latest pioneering book Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief combines experiences from her therapy practice, research, and personal life to give concrete strategies to help people heal the anxiety caused by loss.

Watch her at this groundbreaking seminar as she shares the practical techniques, skills and tools you need to take your practice beyond Kübler-Ross’ five stages and help your clients process their grief on a deeper level, manage their anxiety, find relief, and reclaim their lives. Step-by-step guidance will have you fully prepared to employ a combination of cognitive behavioral therapy, deep grief processing, and meditation techniques so you can help your clients unpack their fears about mortality, better bare vulnerability, and get their anxiety under control so they can come to terms with their losses.

Purchase today and breathe a sigh of relief knowing you’ll be prepared to treat anxiety following loss, and bring greater healing to clients facing one of the most difficult things they’ll experience in their lifetime.

Outline:
THRUST INTO A VULNERABLE PLACE:
How Anxiety Sneaks into Your Clients Lives during Grief

The link between grief and anxiety
Anxiety, loss and life’s unpredictability
Polyvagal Theory – how our bodies react to fear and sadness
Panic attacks, hypochondria and social anxiety following loss
Why anxiety surrounding death is unexpected
Complicated grief
TOOLS FOR ASSESSING GRIEF-RELATED ANXIETY

Where the traditional 5-stage model fails
How to measure intensity and duration
Identify grief and anxiety triggers
Recognize clients who mask anxiety symptoms
MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION TECHNIQUES:
Calm Your Clients’ Anxiety and Open Them to Healing

Awareness techniques – identify where fear starts in the body
Mindful breathing to restore a sense of calm and peace
Simple mantras to rewire anxiety and grief
Exercises that free clients from pervasive thoughts
Reduce anxiety with present moment immersion
PRACTICAL COGNITIVE INTERVENTIONS:
Relieve Anxiety to Move Clients Forward

Strategies to normalize anxiety and panic attacks
CBT techniques for reducing anxious rumination
Exercises to break fearful thought-spirals
Make amends to overcome guilt driven anxiety
Replace fear with anchor thoughts
DEATH IS NOT THE END OF LOVE:
Creative Grief Processing Techniques to Rewrite Stories of Loss

Personal narratives to overcome anxiety and grief
Grief recovery letters
Exercises to overcome the fear of losing more
Maintain connection – death is not the end of love
WORKING WITH SPECIFIC POPULATIONS

Sudden deaths, violent deaths, and chronic illnesses
Loss of partner or child
Children’s grief strategies
Research limitations and treatment risks
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