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Accredited workshops on grief, stress and professional well-being for funeral directors and embalmers, taught by Capreece (Cappi) Bowers: clinical counsellor, third-generation funeral director and celebrant.
Stress, Self-Regulation, and Professional Well-Being
9:00 am to 12:00 pm
A practical workshop on occupational stress, burnout, compassion fatigue and secondary traumatic stress in funeral practice.
3 CE credits for funeral directing and embalming · $100
Register for this workshopImplications for Funeral Service Practice
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Worden’s Tasks of Mourning, the Dual Process Model, Continuing Bonds and Meaning Reconstruction, applied to arrangements and ceremony.
3 CE credits for funeral directors · $100
Register for this workshopLunch will be provided between sessions. To register, email Cappi with the workshop(s) you’d like to attend.
Grief, traumatic stress, and the rituals we make around death have run through my whole working life: in the counselling room, alongside first responders, at my family’s funeral home, and now in research and in teaching the people who do this work.
Endorsed by the BC Professional Fire Fighters’ Association (BCPFFA).
Workshops and talks for crews and organizations, shaped by her work as an Occupationally Aware Clinician.
EnquireBroader grief education beyond funeral service, in development.
Register interestA comprehensive celebrant training program informed by her doctoral research, in development.
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