The Ultimate Grief Treatment Toolbox -- with Dr. Erica Sirrine, PhD, LCSW, FT | Live Training December 4, 2026 | Towson, MD
- Up to 6.25 CE hours
- 90-day replay access
- CGP certification eligible
Grieving clients have some of the most heartbreaking stories that we see as clinicians. Your client's world has been toppled following the loss of a loved one, and in addition to missing that person, your client is now questioning what they know about themselves and the world. Paralyzing grief has made even the simplest tasks difficult for them, and you are overwhelmed because nothing that you do seems to help.
Watch Dr. Erica Sirrine, Ph.D., LCSW, FT, as she walks you through over 60 interventions that you can use to help your grieving clients find hope and heal. Drawing on her expertise as a bereavement counselor and educator, Dr. Sirrine blends remarkable case studies with creative intervention strategies for an engaging and unforgettable workshop that will arm you with the skills you need to be an effective therapist for grieving clients.
Whether your client is experiencing feelings of premature grief due to the anticipated death of a loved one, pain and loss following a divorce, or feelings of disbelief and shock following a traumatic death, this workshop will prepare you to skillfully intervene.
Attend and discover:
- Over 60 interventions to help clients mourn, reconcile their losses & discover hope
- Assessment & treatment techniques for children, adolescents & adults
- Session topics & treatment approaches for individuals, groups & families
- Strategies to treat clients dealing with anticipatory grief
- Techniques & ideas for facilitating bereavement groups & grief camps
Best of all, upon completion of this live training, you'll be eligible to become a Certified Grief Informed Professional (CGP) through Evergreen Certifications*.
Register today to discover the ultimate grief treatment toolbox and revolutionize your treatment of grieving clients!
Ready to fill the gap?
Pick the format that works for you.
December 4, 2026 · 8am -- 4pm ET
Live · In Person
Towson, MD
Sheraton Baltimore North Hotel
- In-room Q&A and direct access to Dr. Sirrine
- 90-day replay access included
- CGP certification eligible
- Up to 6.25 CE hours
Live · Online
Livestream
- Live chat Q&A with Dr. Sirrine throughout the day
- 90-day replay access included
- CGP certification eligible
- Up to 6.25 CE hours
On-Demand
Watch Anytime
- Pause, rewind, revisit any section anytime
- Lifetime access
- CGP certification eligible
- Up to 6.25 CE hours
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Here's the gap nobody talks about --
but every clinician feels.
You can treat anxiety. Depression. Trauma. But grief? That's a different kind of hard.
You have frameworks for nearly everything that walks through your door. But when a client sits across from you -- shattered by loss, unable to function, waiting for you to say something that helps -- something shifts. You reach for the tools you were given in school. A staged model. One paragraph. And it doesn't feel like enough.
Because it isn't. And you've known that for a while.
"We are often better equipped to treat bipolar disorder than we are grief -- and not all of our clients will have bipolar disorder, but they will experience grief at some point in their lives."
-- Dr. Erica Sirrine, PhD, LCSW, FTHere's what makes grief different from every other clinical challenge: you can't treat your way out of it. You can only accompany someone through it. And that requires a set of skills nobody gave you -- skills for sitting with pain instead of fixing it, for knowing what to say (and what never to say), for creating the conditions where healing and hope can actually happen.
And grief shows up far more often than you realize -- not just after a death, but inside almost every caseload:
Any change -- even a joyful one -- can carry an undercurrent of grief that clients don't have language for. And if you don't recognize it, you can't help them with it.
This training is not about one type of loss. It's about every client you will ever see. And the gap it fills is one you've been quietly aware of your entire career.
What You'll Learn
One Day. Every Type of Loss.
A Complete Grief Toolbox.
Dr. Sirrine covers the full arc -- from assessment to intervention, across ages, modalities, and loss types. All in a single, unforgettable day.
Types of Grief & Their Clinical Implications
Understanding grief vs. mourning, distinguishing bereavement from depression, secondary losses, non-death losses, and what the research now says about the staged model.
Assessment Tools for Grieving Clients
The Loss Line assessment, intake considerations, continuing bonds after death, and how to differentiate normal grief from prolonged grief disorder.
Grief in Children & Adolescents
How kids grieve differently across developmental stages, decoding behavioral signs, what children need adults to understand, and age-specific intervention strategies.
Anticipatory Grief & End-of-Life
Normalizing the dying process, modeling healthy mourning behaviors, memorialization opportunities, death education, and preparing families for what's ahead.
Types of Grief & Their Clinical Implications
- Grief vs. mourning
- Depression & bereavement: a distinction
- Secondary losses after death
- Non-death losses
- Misconceptions about grief & mourning
Assessment: Intake Considerations
- Grief & coping models
- Factors that influence the mourning process
- Loss Line: the ultimate assessment tool
- Normal vs. complicated vs. prolonged grief
- Persistent Complex Bereavement Disorder
Grief & Loss in Children & Adolescents
- How children, adolescents & adults cope differently
- Considerations for different age groups
- Decode the meanings of behaviors
- Six common questions following a death
- Signs of concern & red flags
Anticipatory Grief & End-of-Life
- Normalize the dying process & grief experience
- Model healthy mourning behaviors
- Spot opportunities for memorialization
- Provide death education & practical support
- Preparing families for the funeral
60+ Interventions Across All Ages
- Therapeutic games (preschool through adult)
- Art & creative interventions
- Poetry, journaling & music
- Memorialization rituals
- Interactive family activities
- Grief camp curriculum
- Support group session topics
Learning Objectives
- Analyze the differences in the clinical presentation of depression as compared to bereavement.
- Evaluate developmentally appropriate grief symptomology across the lifespan and assess for clinical concerns.
- Design individualized therapeutic interventions for bereaved children, adolescents, adults and families using various modalities.
- Assess continuing bonds after death and their relevance to clinical practice with bereaved clients.
- Demonstrate how to create a support group for bereaved children, adolescents, and/or adults with corresponding therapeutic activities.
- Employ therapeutic techniques to address client grief associated with other forms of loss including divorce, chronic illness, military deployment and termination of parental rights.
The Promise
Your peers walked away ready to...
- Sit with grief -- without flinching, fleeing, or worrying about saying the wrong thing
- Tell the difference between normal grief and clinical depression or prolonged grief disorder
- Pull out a new intervention the very next day -- 60+ tools ready to use
- Feel called to the work -- not just credentialed in it
What Clinicians Say
A day with Dr. Sirrine changes how you practice.
"I've been a clinical social worker for almost 30 years. This presenter was definitely the best I've had at PESI and in my top 5 overall. Organized, thorough, and never felt rushed."
-- Social Worker, Child/Adolescent"I was able to use a handful of the information the very next day! Erica has great skill at presenting and touched on so many different areas of grief."
-- Social Worker, General Practice"This course was the best one on grief that I have attended since I was licensed as an LPC in 1987. The speaker was awesome -- practical, passionate, and impossible to disengage from."
-- Licensed Professional Counselor / Behavioral Health"Valuable to me as a therapist of 40 years as well as personally as a new widow. Thank you -- this was healing and deeply practical at the same time."
-- Psychologist, General PracticeMultiple attendees with 30+ years of clinical experience rated this as one of their top trainings ever. Psychologists. Social workers. Licensed counselors. Marriage and family therapists. Chaplains. Nurse practitioners. All say the same thing: this one was different.
Your Presenter
She didn't set out to become the country's leading grief trainer.
She just couldn't look away.
"It saddened me to see people often forced to experience their grief alone, especially when trained mental health clinicians even felt ill-equipped to help. I learned, through working with my patients and clients grieving significant losses, that I was comfortable sitting alongside people in their grief -- and not only did I feel capable of supporting them and learning from them, I felt like everyone deserved to have someone willing to accompany them through that grief."
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Certification
Leave Certified.
Zero Hidden Fees.
Complete this live training and you're eligible to become a Certified Grief Informed Professional (CGP) through Evergreen Certifications -- at no extra cost. PESI covers your application fee (a $99.99 value), included automatically.
Your CGP designation signals to colleagues, employers, and clients that you've invested the time and expertise to understand grief counseling at a deeper level.
Professional standards apply. Visit evergreencertifications.com/CGP for requirements.
Event Location
Sheraton Baltimore North Hotel
903 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson, MD 21204 · View on Google Maps
A newly renovated hotel in the heart of Towson -- just 10 miles north of Baltimore's Inner Harbor and convenient to the entire mid-Atlantic corridor. Whether you're driving in from across town or flying in from out of state, it's an easy destination with parking, dining, and shopping steps from the door.
- Connected by skywalk to Towson Town Center, Maryland's largest mall
- Fogo de Chao and The Cheesecake Factory across the street -- Rain 903 restaurant on-site
- 25 miles from BWI Airport -- complimentary local shuttle within 5 miles
- 10 miles north of Baltimore's Inner Harbor, Johns Hopkins, and Fells Point
Don't Miss This
Your clients are grieving.
You deserve the training
to actually help them.
Every client you see will experience grief. Most clinicians were handed one paragraph in school. On December 4th, Dr. Sirrine gives you everything else.
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Including up to 6.25 CE hours -- earn your CGP upon completion
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this training right for me if grief isn't my specialty?
Yes -- and in many ways it's especially valuable if it isn't. Grief shows up inside nearly every caseload regardless of specialty: anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship issues, and trauma often have unrecognized grief underneath them. This training gives you the language, the tools, and the confidence to recognize it and respond effectively -- whether you see it once a year or every day.
What's the difference between attending in person and watching via livestream?
The content is the same either way -- you'll receive all 60+ interventions, the full curriculum, and CE credit eligibility. In-person attendees get direct access to Dr. Sirrine for real-time Q&A and the energy of the room. Livestream attendees join live via video and have access to chat Q&A throughout the day -- from anywhere.
Will I be able to use these interventions immediately after the training?
That's exactly the goal. Dr. Sirrine designs her trainings for the real therapy room, not the textbook. Past attendees regularly report using material from the training with clients the very next day. The 60+ interventions are organized by age group, modality, and setting -- so you'll leave knowing which tool to reach for and when.
What is the Certified Grief Informed Professional (CGP) designation?
The CGP is issued by Evergreen Certifications and recognizes clinicians who have completed advanced training in grief counseling. Completing this live event and the included post-event evaluation is all that's required -- PESI covers the $99.99 application fee on your behalf. You'll receive your documentation within 4-6 weeks. Professional standards apply. Visit www.evergreencertifications.com/CGP for details.
Who should attend this training?
This training is designed for any licensed or credentialed professional who works with people experiencing loss, including:
- Social Workers
- Counselors
- Psychologists
- Chaplains / Clergy
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Nurses
- Thanatologists
- Case Managers
- Physicians
- Child Life Specialists
Is there an on-demand option if I can't attend on December 4th?
Yes. A recorded on-demand version is available for purchase and can be accessed on your own schedule. CE credit eligibility applies to on-demand as well.