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1035-20: Complicated Grief Group Therapy for Community-residing Persons with Serious Mental Illness

This presentation will include the theoretical underpinnings, research evidence and practical application of Complicated Grief Group Therapy, a specialized multi-modal group psychotherapy treatment of complicated grief. All CGGT intervention treatment elements will be presented with video and practice. Feasibility, participant retention and treatment adherence across practice settings will be discussed.

Presenters:  Katherine Supiano, PhD, LCSW, F-GSA, FT, APHSW-C; Riley Colin, RN

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.  Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  2 hours

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Discern the diagnostic differences between normal and complicated grief and who is appropriate for psychotherapy. 

Keywords:  Complicated Grief, Group Therapy, Serious Mental Illness

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
2.0 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 34th Annual Conference

Access to this course will end: December 1, 2024

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