Gender & Grief Seminar

$5.00

Wednesday, January 15th

5:30-7pm

Light of the Valley Church, Room 105 of the back buildings.

9270 Bruceville Blvd. Elk Grove, Ca.

Gender & Grief Seminar

For most males and females who experience the death of a loved one, the impact and especially the expression of mourning can be so drastically different. Cultural scripts often determine a path that contains expectation on how one expresses feelings, behaviors they engage in, and accepting of support. Males attempt to master and control grief responses because of their perceived cultural expectations.

This seminar will examine how masculinity and femininity influence the ways each group engages with the mourning journey.

Facilitated by Daniel Hernandez, M.A. Clinical Thanatologist, LMHC

Daniel has worked in mental health for the past 25 years and specializes in the field of thanatology (the study of death, dying and bereavement) and Cross-Cultural Psychotherapy. For the past 25 years he has worked at university settings as a mental health therapist and educator.

He has a profound love for teaching and has taught graduate courses in counseling and human development, and mental health. Daniel has taught at San Jose State University, Syracuse University, Colgate University, Utica College and St. Lawrence University.

Daniel has provided support to individuals and families who have suffered a loss. He has facilitated support groups that have focused on: death of a child, survivors of suicide, and widows/widowers’ groups. Daniel continues to present topic seminars in the field of death, dying and bereavement.

Daniel did his undergraduate and graduate work at San Jose State University. He has received training at the Center for Loss at Fort Collins, Colorado and is a member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling. He is a past Chair of the People of Color Committee that addressed on end-of-life issues within a cultural context.

For any questions, please email hello@togetherwehealcommunity.org