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Ethical Considerations of Grief for the Mental Health Helping Professional

Course # 76397
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Ethical Considerations of Grief for the Mental Health Helping Professional

Location

Live Webinar
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Quiet Location with Reliable Internet Connectivity

Dates & Times

Dec 8, 2025 12:00 PM – 3:15 PM

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As helping professionals, we encounter grief in every aspect of our work, even if we are not aware. Grief affects how our clients interact with their lives and their world. In order to provide the best care possible, it is essential that those in the helping professions view each encounter through a grief-informed lens while also considering ethical implications of practice.

This presentation will help participants understand grief through discussion of common misconceptions about grief, identifying physical and emotional symptoms associated with grief, and exploring positive and negative responses to grieving clients; as well as understanding compassion fatigue and vicarious grief and ways to minimize their effects on the helping professional through self-care.

Drawing from the codes of ethics of various disciplines, including social work, clinical addiction specialization, marriage and family therapy, psychology, and clinical mental health counseling, this presentation highlights ethical principles that should be considered and practiced by helping professionals. More specifically, concepts of self-determination, fidelity, cultural and religious/spiritual awareness, and self-awareness are interwoven throughout the presentation to highlight the standards by which we agree to practice.

UNC Chapel Hill Dept. of SW / AHEC - Office of Sherry Mergner - This presenter is being supported through a partnership between UNC-CH, School of Social Work and the NC AHEC Program

Audience

Clinicians, Case Managers, Social Workers, Counselors, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Educators, Advocates, Healthcare Providers, Human Service Practitioners, and anyone working or volunteering in a helping profession.

Objectives

check Identify and articulate strategies to support oneself as a professional, to sustain ethical care
check Identify types of grief and loss
check Outline ways to support grievers
check Recognize compassion fatigue and vicarious grief
check Discuss basic physical and emotional responses related to grief
check Examine and describe common misconceptions of grief and loss
check Explain ethical and cultural considerations in supporting grievers

Fees

Cancellation Policy

Early Registration Fee

$75.00

Applies 7/23/25–12/1/25

Registration Fee

$90.00

Applies 12/2/25–12/8/25

Available Credits

CEU .300

The Mountain Area Health Education Center designates this entire live continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 0.30 CEUs as established by the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit.

Contact Hours 3.000

MAHEC designates this live continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 3.00 Contact Hours.

NBCC Hours 3.000


Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5514. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. MAHEC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 3.00 hours

Contact Hours (category A) CE for NC Psychologists 3.000

MAHEC is recognized by the North Carolina Psychology Board as an approved Provider of Category A Continuing Education for North Carolina Licensed Psychologists. Approved for 3.00 hours Category A. This program provided 3.00 Contact Hours of Category A NC Psychology – Ethics specific credits.

Speakers

David McLawhorn, MSW, LCSW

Sessions

Ethical Considerations of Grief for the Mental Health Helping Professional

12/8 12:00 PM – 3:15 PM

Additional Resources

Cancellation Policy

MAHEC has a pay-up-front policy for all CE programs. The only exceptions will be for pre-approved programs where an individual payment plan is appropriate. Registrations received without accompanying payment will not be processed and participants who have not paid the course fee will not be admitted into the program.

Unless otherwise noted in course materials, the following cancellation policy applies to all programs:

  • Cancellations must be in writing (fax, email, or mail).
  • Cancellations received more than 2 weeks prior to the event will receive 100% refund.
  • Cancellations received between two weeks and two full business days prior to the first day of the event are refunded at 70% of the registration fee subject to a minimum $25 cancellation fee.
  • No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations received less than two full business days prior to the event.
  • No vouchers will be issued in lieu of a refund.
  • Transfers/substitute(s) are welcome (please notify us in advance of the program).
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