Understanding The Dynamics of Grief and Navigating The Impact of Loss

Tuesday, September 17th

6-7:30pm

Light of the Valley, Room 105 of the back buildings

9270 Bruceville Road, Elk Grove

Facilitated by Daniel Hernandez

Daniel Hernández, M.A., Clinical Thanatologist, LMHC

Grief is a normal and natural, though often deeply painful, response to loss. The death of a loved one is the most common way that we think of loss, but many significant changes in one’s life can involve loss and therefore grief. Everyone experiences loss and grief at some time. The more significant the loss, the more intense the grief is likely to be.

This presentation will help participants conceptualize loss and all its complexities as well as gain an understanding of the following: what constitutes a normal grief reaction, physiological dimensions in grief and what are risk factors of an unhealthy grief process?

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 end-of-life issues within a cultural context.

$5/person

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