Asking for Help When You Are Grieving
Event Information
About this event
(Program rescheduled from 8/24/21)
There are many reasons it can be difficult to ask for help when we need it, and grief can make it more challenging. There could be fear that we are bothering someone with our problems. Maybe grief has taken too much energy and we can't figure out what we need or how to reach out. If a prior request for help or support was met with unhelpful or hurtful responses, we may hesitate to ask again. Join Dr. Ken Doka as he explores these realities and offers useful exercises and ideas to both ask for and offer support when someone is grieving.
Presenter
Kenneth Doka, PhD, MDiv, Sr. Vice President, Grief Programs, Hospice Foundation of America (HFA)
Continuing Education Information
Continuing education is not available for this program.
Viewing Instructions
Viewing instructions will be included in your confirmation email and they will also be emailed to you several times in the days leading up to the webinar.
Questions?
Contact the TAPS Institute via email at Institute@taps.org or call 800-959-8277.
Presented by Boeing
Meet the Presenter
Kenneth J. Doka, PhD, MDiv is Sr. Vice President of Grief Programs at Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) and recipient of the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC). He serves as editor of HFA's Living with Grief® book series and its Journeys bereavement newsletter and numerous other books and publications. He is a prolific author, editor, and lecturer; a retired graduate school professor from The College of New Rochelle; past president of ADEC; member and past chair of the International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement (IWG); and member of the TAPS advisory board. In 2018, the IWG presented Doka with the Herman Feifel Award for outstanding achievement in thanatology. He received an award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Death Education from ADEC in 1998. Doka is an ordained Lutheran minister and a licensed mental health counselor in the state of New York.
Organizer TAPS Institute for Hope and Healing®
Organizer of Asking for Help When You Are Grieving
The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) offers compassionate care to all those grieving the loss of a military loved one. Since 1994, TAPS has provided comfort and hope 24/7 through a national peer support network and connection to grief resources, all at no cost to surviving families and loved ones.
The TAPS Institute for Hope and Healing® is positioned to be the national and worldwide leader in training and education for bereavement professionals, bereaved individuals, and grieving military and civilian families. Through an alliance with the Hospice Foundation of America, the foremost leader in professional grief and loss education, the Institute will serve as a resource and training center, providing a hub for high-quality collaboration between professionals working in the field of grief and loss.
