Grief doesn't always begin after death.

Anticipatory grief is the emotional response to an expected loss—whether from terminal illness, dementia, chronic disease, or another life-limiting diagnosis. Clients, caregivers, and even individuals facing their own mortality often begin grieving long before a loss occurs, experiencing complex emotions that can be difficult to understand or navigate.

Join Diane Bigler, LCSW, LSCSW, for this practical one-hour webinar designed to help behavioral health professionals recognize anticipatory grief and provide compassionate, evidence-informed support to clients and families.

Using real-world clinical examples and actionable interventions, you'll learn how to help clients process the emotional challenges of impending loss while building resilience, meaning, and connection.

What You'll Learn

During this webinar, you'll discover how to:
☑️ Define anticipatory grief and recognize its emotional, cognitive, and behavioral signs.
☑️ Differentiate anticipatory grief from other grief responses.
☑️ Identify common situations where anticipatory grief occurs, including terminal illness, dementia, caregiving, and pediatric diagnoses.
☑️ Conduct meaningful screening and assessment conversations.
☑️ Apply person-centered interventions that foster resilience, coping, and emotional expression.
☑️ Utilize practical therapeutic approaches including life review, grief tasks, dialectical strategies, and adaptive coping techniques.
☑️ Support caregivers, families, and individuals through one of life's most challenging transitions.

Who Should Attend?

This webinar is ideal for:
➡️ Mental health counselors
➡️ Social workers
➡️ Psychologists
➡️ Marriage & Family Therapists
➡️ Case managers
➡️ Hospice and palliative care professionals
➡️ Behavioral health clinicians
➡️ Graduate students and interns

Anticipatory grief is often overlooked—but understanding it can profoundly impact the care we provide to individuals and families facing life's most difficult transitions.

Register today and gain practical tools to support clients with greater confidence, compassion, and clinical effectiveness.