8:00 – 8:30 Virtual Networking

8:30 – 9:00 Introductions

9:00 – 11:00 Virtual Presentation: “Addressing Grief in an Age of Uncertainly” with Diane Akins, MA, CEAP

Link to Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/162331194

Diane will provide its participants with valuable information about grief including triggering experiences, types of grief including Anticipatory Grief and the new DSM-V diagnosis of Prolonged Grief Disorder, the sixth stages of grief, and observations and practices of various cultures when losing a loved one. She will offer suggestions about grief counseling in the workplace and counseling families and individuals. In addition, attendees will receive a list of grief support resources in the community.

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Diane L. Akins is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Addictions Specialist. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Regis University and a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from the University of Colorado. For approximately ten years, she worked in the Employee Assistance Program field, where she counseled clients and facilitated trainings, mediations, critical incident debriefings, and management consultations. In addition, she volunteered at Lutheran Hospice, formerly Collier Hospice, in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, for five years.