What You’ll Discover in Ligia M Houben Grief, Loss & Bereavement in Hispanic Clients Culturally-Get informed Tools & Strategies to Promote Healing & Hope after Loss
- Faculty:
- Ligia M Houben
- Duration:
- 2 Hours 45 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
- Jan 22, 2020
Description
The Hispanic population is now the largest ethnic minority group within the United States, and now, more than ever, this steadily growing population is seeking out the help of mental health professionals. The unfortunate truth is that most clinicians don’t know enough More Hispanic culture—and variations within it—to effectively treat these clients, especially with issues related to death, dying and bereavement.
This recording includes: Ligia M. Houben, MA, FT, FAAGC, CPC, author of Hispanics in Counseling LossGrief, and Bereavement: A Guide for Mental Health ProfessionalsYou can find valuable information here about how to Get help Hispanic People heal after loss.
Ligia will present losses that this population has experienced as a culture and walk you through tools you can use to Your clients can talk about grief and loss. You don’t have to be concerned about death.-related loss, this seminar Includes other losses that professionals do not yet recognize working with Hispanic people living in the United States.
You’ll gain new insight into the unique cultural and generational needs of Hispanic immigrants, and you’ll have the skills you need to identify the physical, emotional, social and spiritual manifestations of grief in this growing population. You’ll finish this program with new tools that you can use to address the multiple losses experienced by what is now the largest ethnic minority group in the United States.
Handouts
| Manual – Grief, Loss & Bereavement in Hispanic Clients (1.3 MB) | 23 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Outline
Sociocultural Aspects that Impact Loss for Hispanic People
- Special issues to consider
- Loss of cultural identity
- Religion as a source of comfort
- Suicide among Hispanic people
Unique Considerations for Grief &Â Loss
- Multiple losses unique to Hispanic culture
- Differences in loss for individuals within a family
- Traumatic loss
- Post-traumatic growth after loss
- Assessing loss within immigrant populations
Variations in Bereavement Across Hispanic Culture
- How subgroups may experience loss differently
- Grief expressions by country of origin
- Variations in funeral traditions
- How to integrate different spiritual practices
- The role of emotions in loss
Strategies to Promote Healing After Loss
- The 11 Principles of Transformation®
- The Body–Mind–Spirit Perspective
- Techniques for meaning reconstruction
- Bereavement support groups
Faculty
Ligia M Houben, MA, FT, FAAGC, CPC Related seminars and products: 4
My Meaningful Life
Ligia M. Houben, MA, FT, FAAGC, CPC, is a Fellow in Thanatology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Grief Counseling. Ligia is an international grief specialist and author, and she has devoted her life to help others transform their losses and their lives. A pioneer in Working with Hispanic people and grief, Houben is the author Of Counseling Hispanics through Loss, Grief, and Bereavement: A Guide For Mental Health Professionals (Springer, 2011). Ligia has presented about the needs of Hispanic people in times of loss on many occasions, including to the Association for Death, Education and Counseling (ADEC), the Baptist Health System and the International Death, Grief, and Bereavement Conference at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse.
She contributed to the creation of the first bereavement support group in her native country of Nicaragua, PUDE – an anagram for Personas Unidas en el Dolor y la Esperanza (People Joined by Pain and Hope), and for nine years, she co-trained Hispanic People to become facilitators in bereavement Support groups in churches.
Ligia M. Houben is a former adjunct professor of Florida International University, Miami Dade College, and Kaplan University, where she taught courses on ethics, religion, and death and dying. She is the founder of My Meaningful and Fulfilling Life, LLC. She is also the founder of My Meaningful Life, LLC. in Miami, Florida. Ligia a message from her to Audiences range from corporations to educational institutions and health care organizations. She has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, airing on networks such as CNN Español, NPR, NBC, and Univisión.
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Disclosures to Speakers:
Speaker Disclosures: Financial: Ligia Houben The Center for Transforming Lives’ Director and Founder is she. PESI Inc. provides a speaking honorarium.
Non-financial: Ligia Houben Has no pertinent non-Relationship with financial institutionsOnline viewing or digital downloadto disclose.
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