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Continuing Connections: Supporting Traumatic Grief Through Holiday RitualsThe holidays can feel overwhelming and painful for those who are grieving. Traditions and rituals that once brought comfort may now feel empty or even distressing, leaving families unsure how to navigate the season.
This session is designed for both grievers and mental health professionals. Together, we’ll explore research on how ritual and continuing bond theory can support coping after loss and apply these ideas to practical ways of navigating the holidays.
The session will:
• Examine diverse grief and coping patterns within families, and the challenges of traumatic loss during the holidays.
• Understand how grief can affect traditions and how creating new ones can help bring comfort.
• Address common challenges such as letting go of or changing traditions and navigating family conflict.
• Explore how clients’ values can guide meaningful holiday choices and provide practical tools for ongoing, healthy connections after loss.
CEUs will be provided.Meet the Speaker:
Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C is the co-founder of the online grief community What’s Your Grief. She’s a grief therapist with 15 years experience specialized in grief, with expertise in sudden, traumatic, and unexpected. Drawing on personal and professional experience with grief, WYG was built as a resource offering concrete, practical, creative, down-to-earth, and relatable support, founded on the values of psychoeducation and creative coping. It has grown to serve more than 5 million visitors each year. Litsa received her master's degree in Clinical Social Work from the University of Maryland School of Social Work, as well as a master’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Warwick (UK). She has been interviewed as a grief expert for the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, NPR, and New York Times. She co-authored the book What's Your Grief: Lists to Help You Through Any Loss.
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