Foundations of Contemporary Grief Theory

A Two-Day Interactive CEU Workshop for Helping Professionals

Deepen your understanding of grief, expand your toolkit, and reconnect with your own sense of meaning as a helper.  10 CEU credits available from our co-sponsor NASW-PA-check if this is accepted by your licensing agency

Dates: January 23 & February 6, 2026
Time: 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM EST
Location: Virtual Classroom (Live via Zoom)

Workshop Overview

Our world is increasingly saturated with grief, loss, trauma, and collective sorrow. Helping professionals are often called upon to hold space for profound pain— all while navigating their own. Yet many feel underprepared to support grieving clients with confidence and skill.

This immersive, two-day CEU workshop is designed for social workers, counselors, medical professionals, and other helping professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of grief and loss through evidence-based theory, contemporary research, and creative interventions.

Participants will explore:

• Contemporary grief models, including meaning-making, dual process, continued bonds, and non-linear approaches
  
• Creative interventions inspired by art therapy, IFS, narrative practices, and writing for healing
  
• Current debates surrounding Prolonged Grief Disorder
  
• The power of SELF-led healing for grief professionals
  
  

Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Understand contemporary, meaning-oriented models of grief
  
• Apply cultural humility and comprehensive assessment strategies with grieving clients
  
• Utilize nervous system regulation, titration, and dual-process techniques
  
• Integrate legacy work and continued bonds practices
  
• Implement creative, experiential interventions for meaning reconstruction
  
• Analyze the clinical implications of Prolonged Grief Disorder
  
• Reflect on the personal impact of grief work on helping professionals
   

You’ll Leave With

• Practical tools and creative interventions ready for clinical use
  
• A deeper, embodied understanding of contemporary grief theory
  
• Renewed clarity, confidence, and compassion in your professional role
  

Join us for a powerful, creative, and restorative learning experience.  

Presenter

Lara Krawchuk, MSW, LCSW, MPH, CIFS
- Owner & Clinical Director, Healing Concepts LLC
- Co-Owner, Healing Perspectives
- Certified IFS Therapist & Consultant
- Adjunct Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania

An internationally recognized grief expert, author, and educator, Lara brings over 20 years of experience supporting individuals, families, and professionals through bereavement, illness, and trauma.

CEU Information

10 CEUs Approved
Accredited by the NASW-PA Chapter and meets CE requirements for social workers, counselors, and MFT.  If not from pA-please check to see if your licensing board will accept these credits.

Registration Details

• Cost: $340 ($290 for NASW-PA members-put NASWPA2 in coupon code-we will confirm membership)
• Registration Deadline: January 15, 2026
• Questions? Email Lara at [email protected]