Effective Grief Support in a Death-Denying Culture Featuring: Grace Terry Grace Terry, MSW, is the Director of Community Relations for Veterans Funeral Care. Grace has a varied thirty-year post-graduate background as a licensed mental health professional, trainer, grief educator, hospice bereavement counselor, funeral celebrant, and a Family Services Counselor. We are honored and thrilled to be featuring her in Inspire U. Grace is passionate about working with veterans, seniors and those in later life stages. We know you will be inspired and uplifted in this informative 60 minute webinar.

1. Inspire U Webinar Series
Presented by
the Center for
Compassionate Touch LLC

2. Effective Grief Support in a
Death-Denying Culture
Featuring Grace Terry, MSW
June 28, 2010

3. Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of the webinar, participants will be able to discuss:
1.The “broader” definition of grief and the difference between grief
and mourning.
2.Common cultural misconceptions regarding grief and the contrasting
realities.
3.Strategies for moving from a death denying culture to a life-
affirming culture - one person at a time - through education,
advocacy, and personal healing.
4. Additional resources for further personal and professional growth
and healing.
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4. Grief - The process of psychological, social,
spiritual, and somatic reactions to the perception
of loss (whether the loss is by death, divorce,
disability, disaster, downsizing, disillusionment,
extreme disappointment, disease, etc.)
Mourning – The outward expression of grief
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5. Common Misconceptions Regarding
Grief and Mourning:
1. Grief and mourning progress in orderly,
predictable stages….
2. It is best to move away from/avoid/medicate
grief, rather than to allow its natural progression and
expression…
3. The goal of bereavement care is to help people
get over grief as quickly as possible….
4. No one can really help a bereaved person deal
with his/her grief….
5. Once a person reaches the acceptance stage of
grief, his/her grief work is done forever….
6. Children do not grieve….
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6. Need for culture change…
Strategies for change
1. Grief education
2. Advocacy
3. Personal healing
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7. Resources
1.Understanding Your Grief, by Dr. Alan
Wolfelt
2.www.centerforloss.com
3.Grace Terry, MSW –
graceterry.veterans@gmail.com
727-487-3207
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8. About Grace Terry, MSW
Grace is the Director of Community Relations for Veterans Funeral
Care. With a varied thirty-year post-graduate background as a
licensed mental health professional, trainer, grief educator,
hospice bereavement counselor, funeral celebrant, and a Family
Services Counselor for a full service funeral home, she is uniquely
qualified to support other professionals in the mission of providing
compassionate care to grieving individuals, families, and larger
groups. She is passionate about the need for a cultural change
from a death denying culture to a life-affirming culture and
welcomes dialogue with other professionals on the subject. Grace
is available for public speaking, available to present community
education and professional education programming, available for
one-to-one and/or family support, and available to consult with
businesses and workgroups. She is also available to officiate at
funerals/memorial services/celebrations of life.
Contact Grace at graceterry.veterans@gmail.com 727-487-3207
(mobile)
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9. Lisa Parenteau,NCTMB, LMT Ann Catlin, NCTMB, LMT, OTR
Marketing and Training Consultant Owner and Director,
Center for Compassionate Touch LLC Center for Compassionate Touch LLC
lisa@compassionate-touch.org ann@compassionate-touch.org
617-797-7990 417-844-8514
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10. Next Inspire U Webinar:
Monday July 19, 2010 8pm EST
Featuring Ryan Hoyme, AKA the
Massage Nerd-
Ryan will share some of his secrets to
online video marketing!
Keep your eye out for registration
details
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