Supporting Clients When Holidays Hurt:

Practical Tools for Clinicians and Helpers

The Holidays are so Challenging for Our Clients in Grief...

So many clients feel pressure to be “fine” while their hearts are breaking, and the people who help them can feel torn between wanting to make it better and knowing you cannot hurry grief.

Join David Kessler live for this free online training designed for clinicians, chaplains, coaches, and helpers who want clear, usable tools for supporting clients during the holiday season.

Holidays can stir memories, amplify family dynamics, and magnify comparison. The noise gets loud. Come for practical strategies, grounded language, and a gentle hour that helps you bring more confidence and care to the people you serve.

Free Video

Grief expert David Kessler shares tools and guidance to help you help those you serve navigate this difficult time of year.

 

This time of year can be even more heartbreaking when you're missing a loved one

What David will Share:
  • Compassionate language that names what hurts
  • Kind, clear ways to check in
  • A simple plan for the hardest days and dates
  • Tips to prepare for gatherings, anniversaries, and tough comments
  • Ideas for small rituals that honor grief and create anchor points
  • Tools for helping the people you work with create a flexible holiday plan
  • Support for navigating complicated family dynamics
  • Guidance for your own steadiness and boundaries as a helper

David Kessler

David Kessler is a grief specialist, speaker, and author of six books, including his latest bestselling book, Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief. He co-authored two books with Elisabeth Kubler Ross. His first book, The Needs of The Dying received praise from Saint (Mother) Teresa.

David’s personal experience as a child witnessing a mass shooting while his mother was dying in a hospital helped him begin his journey. For most of his life, David has taught physicians, nurses, counselors, police, and first responders about the end of life, trauma, and grief. However, despite his vast knowledge of grief, his life was turned upside down by the sudden death of his twenty-one-year-old son.

He now facilitates a new model of online grief groups that are attended by people worldwide and he leads one of the most respected online grief certificate programs. He recently hosted a 12-episode podcast for Spotify. He is the founder of Grief.com which has over five million visits yearly from 167 countries.

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