Caring for Ourselves
Understanding Meaning and Grief
About the Video
Grief has many faces in a pandemic. We may experience both macro and micro grief as we navigate the stress and uncertainty of the pandemic. The first step to caring for ourselves is understanding the complexity of loss and grief.
In this session, bestselling author of Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief, David Kessler explores the importance of understanding and processing grief and Dr. Denise Jablonski-Kaye offers strategies to address cumulative grief or “grief overload.”
Recorded in June 2021 as part of the CARE4YOU conference.
About the Presenters
David Kessler
Bestselling Author
David Kessler is one of the world’s foremost experts on grief and loss. His volunteer work includes being an LAPD Specialist Reserve for traumatic events as well as having served on the Red Cross’s disaster services team.
Denise Jablonski-Kaye
Ph. D, ABPP
Dr. Denise Jablonski-Kaye is a police psychologist and trainer with the Los Angeles Police Department. She coordinates the Peer Support Program and Critical Incident Response Team which provides support to the LAPD.
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