Self-Disclosure and the Grieving Therapist
Live Event

Self-Disclosure and the Grieving Therapist

Thu, Oct 1st, 2026
11:00am – 12:30pm US Eastern Time
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About the Event

Supporting yourself after a significant loss while continuing to care for clients can be challenging for many clinicians. Developing greater awareness, practical strategies, and effective coping tools can help clinicians navigate their own grief while maintaining ethical and therapeutic client care.

This training explores the complex topic of self-disclosure, including when, whether, and how to disclose personal grief experiences in clinical practice. Participants will examine the potential benefits and risks of self-disclosure, develop individualized plans for navigating grief-related situations in session, and explore professional boundaries that support a sustainable return to work following a loss.

Drawing from Compassion Focused Therapy and trauma-informed principles, participants will learn grounding techniques, coping strategies, and self-care practices that can be utilized before, during, and after client sessions. This training is designed to increase awareness, build confidence, and support clinicians who are grieving while continuing to serve their clients.

Live Event
This live online event will be held as a Zoom Webinar. Attendees will have the option to interact through features such as the Chat and Q&A, but cameras and microphones will not be enabled.

Live Event Instructor

Tiffani Dilworth

Tiffani Dilworth

Tiffani Dilworth, MA, LCPC, FT, is a successful psychotherapist, author, and sought-after speaker on topics related to grief, PTSD, and sexual assault. Miss Dilworth received her Master’s in Community Counseling from Oklahoma State University. She’s a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who specializes in PTSD, Grief, and Sexual Trauma. She’s a Fellow in Thanatology and a Certified Advanced Grief Counseling Specialist. Miss Dilworth has worked across the US with various organizations, schools, universities, and corporations to bring awareness to the grieving process and to teach countless people how to live alongside their grief. In addition to maintaining a private practice, Miss Dilworth is an affiliate of PsychExperts & Associates, Inc, located in Baltimore, MD. Drawing on her rich clinical experience, Miss Dilworth incorporates the most current information on the process of grieving with evidence-based and innovative treatment techniques that clinicians can immediately use in their practice. She’s the author of the books 11 Tools to Help Manage the Aftermath of Trauma and Types of Grief, and the host of Managing My Grief Podcast.

Target Audience

This live interactive is intended for Behavioral Health and Addictions professionals, including psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage & family therapists, art therapists, dietitians, school psychologists, psychoanalysts, music therapists, behavior analysts, dietetic technicians, and addiction counselors. It is appropriate for intermediate levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Describe appropriate considerations for the use of self-disclosure when working with clients during periods of personal grief.
  2. 2 Identify at least three strategies clinicians can use to manage grief-related triggers during client sessions.
  3. 3 Identify at least four professional boundaries that may support clinicians returning to work following a significant loss.

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The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Faculty

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Commercial support

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Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)

1.5 CE credit hour Ethics
Eligible until Oct 1st, 2026
CE Learning Systems designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Joint Accreditation (JA)

1.5 Psychologist CE credit hour
1.5 Social Worker CE credit hour Ethics
Eligible until Oct 1st, 2026
In support of improving patient care, CE Learning Systems, LLC, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
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Event Agenda

Agenda times are listed in US Eastern Time. That is 3 hours later than US Pacific Time. The event starts at 8:00am US Pacific Time.

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Self-Disclosure, Grief, and Clinical Practice

Types of self-disclosure

Research on self-disclosure

Reasons to avoid self-disclosure

Creating a self-disclosure game plan

Compassion Focused Therapy

Window of Tolerance

Identifying and creating work-related boundaries

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