The first half of this training will outline for participants a range of ethical, legal, and logistical burdens that fall on clients, colleagues, community partners, and loved ones if and when counselors do not prepare for the inevitable end of life. The training will explore ways of engaging thoughtfully with the process, including aspects of a professional will, and ways to ensure protection of all parties involved in the therapeutic relationship. The second half of training will open a broader conversation around our own relationship with death: fears, concerns, avoidances, and how our own reactions may limit our ability to utilize an emotionally-rich and universally human topic therapeutically.

Register through the Missouri Mental Health Counselors Association