About the webinar

While grief is a natural process, for many clients, the acute symptoms of loss persist for an extended duration, transitioning into a debilitating state known as Prolonged Grief (PG). This essential webinar, led by a founding member of the Columbia Center for Prolonged Grief, provides practitioners with the specialist, evidence-based knowledge to identify and effectively treat this complex condition.

Dr Skritskaya unpacks the defining characteristics of PG and clarifies how common grief-related thoughts can implicate its prolonged nature. The training covers the latest clinical research on PG and its evidence-based therapy, providing critical insight into assessment and intervention strategies that facilitate integrated mourning.

Secure your registration to gain specialist assessment and therapeutic skills, enabling you to confidently guide clients struggling with difficult loss toward healing and integrated long-term recovery.

Learning outcomes

Participating in this online professional training will enable you to:

• Explain the clinical models of acute, integrated, and complicated grief.
• Identify and assess for grief complications in clients who are struggling with prolonged loss.
• Analyse the core themes addressed in complicated grief treatment as they relate to overall objectives of recovery.
• Acquire strategies to help clients who are feeling stuck or overwhelmed in their experience of grief and loss.

Who should attend

This webinar is highly relevant for all practitioners working with clients experiencing significant or complex loss, grief, and bereavement.

The target audience includes:

• Counsellors and Clinical Psychologists
• Social Workers and Community Organisation Workers
• Health Professionals and Palliative Care Staff
• Therapists specializing in trauma and loss
• Professionals needing grief assessment skills

About the presenters

The webinar is presented by a clinical psychologist and research scientist specializing in one of the world's leading centres for grief research:

Natalia Skritskaya, PhD – A clinical psychologist, associate research scientist, and one of the founding members of the Centre for Prolonged Grief at Columbia School of Social Work. Since 2010, Dr Skritskaya has been conducting research on prolonged grief and its treatment, training clinicians in evidence-based prolonged grief therapy, and directly helping people struggling with a difficult loss. With a strong background in cognitive-behavioural therapy and an interest in the mind-body connection, she is the author of 40 scientific articles and several book chapters. Dr Skritskaya is particularly interested in understanding how some common grief-related thoughts are implicated in prolonged grief.

Purchase access

Use the purchase button to process your payment through our secure gateway. As soon as your purchase is complete, we’ll email you the details for immediate access to the recording within our Moodle Learning Management System.

System requirements for online training

To ensure you can participate in this webinar, please have access to the following:

• Desktop or laptop computer
• A reliable, stable internet connection
• Working microphone and speakers
• Webcam (either built-in or external to your computer)
• Headphones (recommended for optimal audio clarity)

Contact us

For further details or questions, please contact our Centre for Learning and Innovation:

Phone: (03) 8573 2222

Email: [email protected]