Intimate Partner Death and Loss

Intimate Partner Death and Loss: Clinical Approaches, Myths, and What-Not-To-Do (Ep. 130)

1 CE Credit Hour
Featuring Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

Intimate partner loss is a process that has some very different experiences, both for the surviving partner and those around them, than other losses. The dying process itself can lead to a better or worse outcome for the survivor, and a more or less successful goodbye. The grief process is informed by the dying process, and the partner’s ability to set boundaries and manage their grief their way. Therapists can alienate grief clients if they are not acutely aware of what to look and listen for and are careful not to impose their own grief bias on their clients based on assumed “knowledge” about grief. This course discusses how to appropriately address components of intimate partner loss, as well as discussion about the boundaries grieving partners need in the new world they are inhabiting.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to: Describe the circle of support paradigm and how it applies to grief, and specifically to a surviving partner; Name two ways widows/widowers may bring sexual intimacy loss into session; Describe the phenomenon of the ‘widow rules’

TARGET AUDIENCE & INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL

This course is intended for psychologists, therapists, social workers, clinical counselors, and addiction counselors. Instructional level: Introductory/Intermediate
HOW TO TAKE THIS COURSE

In order to receive a certificate of completion reflecting the associated CE credit hour, you must:
#1: Have an active paid Clearly Clinical membership
#2: Listen to the corresponding course podcast
#3: Achieve a passing grade on the post-presentation test (the test has up to ten questions and you must earn a score of at least 80%; users can re-test up to three times. After three attempts, users are advised to re-listen to the audio course in its entirety and then subsequently re-test. Psychologists who are seeking CE credit may not be awarded credit if they attempt to pass the post-test more than three times.)
#4: Complete the requested course evaluation.

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COURSE FORMAT

This course contains a one-hour, non-interactive audio podcast which is available for free on all major public podcast platforms, including YouTube, by searching for 'Clearly Clinical'. You can also listen to and download the audio file via our course player.
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CERTIFICATE ACCESS DETAILS

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COMMERCIAL SUPPORT

There is no known commercial support or conflict of interest for this CE program, presenter, sponsor, instructor, or content. The instructor references their own resources as a potential option for further learning.

Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW

Grief Specialist

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Jill Johnson-Young, LCSW, is the CEO and Clinical Director of Central Counseling Services in Riverside. She is a certified Grief Recovery Facilitator, and specializes in grief and loss, dementia, trauma, and adoption issues. She has more than a decade of experience with hospice and trains therapists and social workers in areas that include correctly treating childhood trauma, grief and loss, and dementia care. She holds a BA from UC Riverside, and her MSW from the University of South Florida. Jill is the creator of Your Path Through Grief, which is a year-long, comprehensive grief support program, and the author of the soon to be published books “Don’t Grieve like that! How to grieve your way from a rebellious widow” and the children’s book “Someone is sick- how do I say goodbye?” She is a member of the Purple Cities coalition in Riverside and facilitates a dementia support group monthly.

Elizabeth 'Beth' Irias, MS, LMFT

Interviewer & Clearly Clinical Founder

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Elizabeth 'Beth' Irias (she/her) is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and the Founder and President of Clearly Clinical. She has specializations in Clinical Documentation, Feedback Informed Treatment, Best Practice, and Utilization Review, and works closely with clinical teams across the US as a trainer and national conference presenter; Beth was formerly an adjunct professor at Pepperdine University in the Graduate Psychology and Education department. Licensed in California and Oregon, she provides therapy via her private practice to young adult and adult clients, members of the LGBTQ population, and those with addictive disorders. She has two young children, a super cool spouse who helps out with Clearly Clinical's tech, and a rescue dog.

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