Coping with Fertility-Related Grief and Loss: A Relational Approach

Join Dr. Shannique Richards for Coping with Fertility-Related Grief and Loss: A Relational Approach.

This is an interactive synchronous distance learning event. This event will be held on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM EST.

General registration fee: $37.00. Student/Trainee registertaion fee: $15.00.

Registration deadline is Jamuary 29, 2026 at 9am.

This is an intermediate level course.

This webinar offers continuing education credits for psychologists (CE) and social workers (CEU). Please review your state's continuing education guidelines for more information on specific CE/CEU requirements.

Employees affiliated with NYSPI/Columbia Psychiatry should email Psych.CE@nyspi.columbia.edu to register.

Overview

This presentation is for clinicians, professionals, and trainees focusing on grief and loss associated with infertility and pregnancy loss. Additionally, we will focus on understanding the psychological, emotional and social impact of fertility-related challenges associated with perinatal grief, explore how grief is experienced or expressed, and discuss treatment approaches for supporting individuals with grief and loss.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the unique psychological, emotional, and social challenges associated with infertility and pregnancy loss.
2. Identify how grief is expressed and processed from a relational framework
3. Discuss at least two therapeutic strategies for coping with perinatal grief and loss.

Presenter

Dr. Shannique Richards is a licensed clinical psychologist and Instructor in Medical Psychology in Psychiatry at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. She provides clinical care within the Department of Psychiatry.

Dr. Richards has extensive experience in hospital, community mental health, and university counseling settings. Her clinical interests include women’s mental health, perinatal and reproductive mental health, trauma, and stress-related conditions. She earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The City University of New York, City College, and completed both her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at Lenox Hill Hospital, where she received specialized training in reproductive mental health.

Continuing Education Information

This live activity is designated for a maximum of 1 CE credit.

Psychologists: Columbia University Department of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Columbia University Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Columbia University Department of Psychiatry is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0168. Columbia University Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Social Workers: Columbia University Department of Psychiatry is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0732. Columbia University Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Columbia University Department of Psychiatry, 1968, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period:7/19/2025-7/19/2028. Social workers completing this course receive 1 general continuing education credits.

Please direct any questions about CE credit to Psych.CE@nyspi.columbia.edu.

Currently, we do not keep transcripts of continuing education event attendance. It is the responsibility of the attendee to properly save their certificate of attendance and track their event attendance.

Attendance and Grievance Policies

Please note that in order to receive your continuing education certificate, you must attend the entire duration of the workshop and complete the evaluation survey. Refunds are not provided for late arrivals or early departures.

Certificates of completion for CEs will be distributed via email, within 7 days of the event, to those meeting the attendance requirements.

It is important that the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry meets the learning needs, goals, and interest of our learners. The Columbia University Department of Psychiatry is fully committed to conducting all activities in strict conformance with the principles, standards, and ethics of the organizations which we are accredited to provide continuing education. We will comply with all legal and ethical responsibilities to be non-discriminatory in promotional activities, program content and in the treatment of program participants.

The Columbia University Department of Psychiatry goes to great lengths to assure fair treatment for all participants and attempts to anticipate problems. Even so, there will be occasional issues that come to the attention of the continuing education program staff and require intervention and/or action on the part of the staff or a member of the continuing education committee. Please contact us for more information on our procedures and guidelines for handling such grievances.

Refund Policy

We will provide a full refund, less Eventbrite fees, for registration cancellations made within 24 hours of the event date. Please email us at Psych.CE@nyspi.columbia.edu to initiate a refund request.

Accommodation Policy

Requests for accommodations made at least seven days prior to an event will be reviewed and considered. We will make every effort to offer appropriate accommodations and supports for those with disabilities and/or various needs. Please email us . Please email us at Psych.CE@nyspi.columbia.edu with inquiries.