Decolonizing Grief Work: Exploring Indigenous and Ancestral Healing in Counseling
1 NBCC Clock Hour
Artwork by Monica Rickert-Bolter, Mothers Uplifting
On display at the National Museum of the American Indian
Summary
Today's episode looks at decolonizing counseling practice and grief narratives that are central to this work. Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Shaniqua Ford shares her unique approach to incorporating indigenous wisdom practices into work related to transitions, grief, and identity.
Learning Objectives
- Define the difference between decolonizing and deconstructing as it relates to counseling
- Identify strategies for incorporating social determinants of health into support frameworks
- Illustrate the role of community and connection in indigenous and ancestral grief processes
- Identify community and family challenges associated with attaining higher education through predominantly white institutions and systems
- Explore the connection between capitalism, ambiguous grief and self worth.
Course curriculum
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Interview with Shaniqua Ford
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Decolonizing Grief Work: Exploring Indigenous and Ancestral Healing in Counseling | Post-test
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Decolonizing Grief Work: Exploring Indigenous and Ancestral Healing in Counseling | Session Evaluation
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References
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How to access your certificate
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How to listen
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Instructor(s)
Guest Instructor
Shaniqua Ford
LCSW is a group practice owner in the state of Illinois. She earned her MSW from the University of Chicago. Shaniqua has over 10 years of experience holding space for folx within ministry and professional training through transition, loss and grief. As a spiritualist and therapist she helps folx utilize their faith traditions to cultivate healthy healing rituals to navigate both physical and ambiguous grief.
Host
Candice Creasman Mowrey
PhD, LCMHCS - Dr. Candice Creasman Mowrey received a Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling and Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008, and a Doctorate in Counseling and Counselor Education from North Carolina State University in 2015. She has worked in in-patient, psychosocial rehabilitation, community agency, disability services, and intensive outpatient settings. She founded Creasman Counseling, PLLC, a single-person private practice, in 2011, which has grown to a team of over a dozen culturally and professionally diverse clinicians. Dr. Creasman Mowrey has taught Masters level counseling students in online and in-person settings, and currently directs a Clinical Mental Health Counseling internship program.
Course Content Development
Decolonizing Grief Work: Exploring Indigenous and Ancestral Healing in Counseling was created, developed, advertised, planned, and implemented by the staff of Creasman Counseling, PLLC.
To learn more about presenter, Shaniqua Ford, LCSW, click here.
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