Grief Online Workshop-Navigating Grief Beyond the 5 Stages

"Navigating Grief Beyond the 5 Stages: Understanding and Applying Modern Grief Theories to your Lived Experience"

Facilitator: Dr .Raman Kaur Mohabir

Description: Grief is often misunderstood as a linear series of stages—but it seldom occurs in tidy, predictable steps. This workshop explores modern grief theories that better reflect the complexity of the human grief experience.

Together, we’ll explore prominent grief theories and frameworks that have emerged which offer language, validation, and tools that resonate with how grief actually shows up in your life. Participants will be invited to reflect on their own grief experiences, gain insight into how grief is shaped by numerous influencing factors, and leave with tangible ways to care for themselves and honor their loss—without pressure to “move on.”

Attendee Materials Recommended: N/A

More about our Presenter:

Dr. Raman Kaur Mohabir is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the state of New York, a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in the state of California, and a Nationally Board-Certified Counselor (NCC). She received her MS. ED in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from St. John’s University and her PhD from Montclair State University.

Dr. Mohabir has been a member of the Association of Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) since 2018 and has been awarded the distinction of Fellow in Thanatology (FT in the study of Death and Dying). With over 10 years in the field of grief counseling, she has extensive expertise providing individual and group therapy. She has many years of experience in the hospice setting working with end-of-life patients, anticipatory grief with those impacted throughout the end of life experience, and bereavement support following a death. Furthermore, she has experience providing grief support to pediatric hospice families following the death of a child.

She has also presented at national and regional conferences, published research and scholarly work related to grief and bereavement and co-taught a grief counseling course at Montclair State University. Her research focuses on various grief related phenomena which have been published in the Journal of Counseling and Development and the OMEGA: Journal of Death and Dying. Moreover, she engages in scholarship focusing on cultural and religious influencing factors on the grief process, with particular attention to the grief experiences of her own Sikh community.

Raman specializes in grief and loss, life transitions, and identity exploration. Her work centers on helping adults navigate the emotional, relational, and existential shifts that often follow a significant loss. Together, she supports clients to make sense of the many layers of grief—whether it’s the loss of a person, a role, a future you imagined, or a part of yourself. She offers education on grieving styles and models, but more importantly, she helps you honor your own process. Raman’s approach is collaborative, compassionate, and nonjudgmental.

Website: https://www.goodmourningmhc.com/

**Upon registration, you will be sent a confirmation email. To access the online workshop, it is important to use the Eventbrite reminder emails (one will be sent the day of the event) and log into your Eventbrite account to access the online workshop. Although we use the Zoom platform, Eventbrite emails will grant you access to the Zoom meeting. You will not be sent a Zoom link.**

For questions, contact Christin Alexander, Community Outreach Coordinator, at calexander@pinelawn.com or 631.249.6100 x120.

Disclaimer: The information shared in this program is not intended to act as a substitute for any legal and mental health advice concerning individual situations; neither Pinelawn Memorial Park or COPE, its Board of Directors, staff and personnel shall be responsible for any outcomes arising from any information or exercises provided in this program.

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COPE is a nonprofit grief and healing organization dedicated to helping parents and families living with the loss of a child. COPE offers community support – if you need support, please reach out: 516-832-2673 or info@copefoundation.org.

For more information, visit www.copefoundation.org

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