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- The CounselTalk webinar will switch to “On-Demand” credit after 11:59 pm on the day of the webinar.
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- We believe this change will provide greater flexibility and convenience for our participants.
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When Words Are Not Enough: Utilizing Creative Traumatic Grief Resources for Children, Adolescents and Adults
Thursday, November 6, 2025
6:00 – 8:30 PM ET
Level: Beginner
Presenters
Michele Louviere: After graduating from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and working in Oregon, Michele Louviere, LMFT, returned to New Orleans to serve as Celebration Hope Center’s Clinical Director following Hurricane Katrina. Michele has been seeing clients for over 30 years and currently works at The Refuge 18-2, providing trauma counseling for adults/ couples. Michele is a Certified Therapist and Supervisor for both Story-Informed Trauma Therapy (SITT) and Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist (EFCT). She has also served on AACC’s Trauma, Grief and Disaster Board for many years providing training to multiple post-disaster communities. See www.refuge182.com for more information.
Marlea Louviere: Before graduating with her Master’s in Arts in Marriage and Family Counseling at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in New Orleans in 2022, Marlea studied at Loyola University and Louisiana State University, specializing in child, adolescent, and family therapy modalities. She currently holds her Provisional Licensed Professional Counselor (PLPC) credential. She served as a Crisis Counselor at the Baton Rouge Crisis Counseling Center for 3 years and as an advocate with the Baton Rouge Children’s Advocacy Center. Additionally, she has partnered in working with an anti-trafficking initiative out of the UK, Operation Open Eyes, and additional international non-profits. She has been a child, adolescent, and family counselor with The Refuge 18-2 since 2019.
Summary:
With the ongoing traumatic pressure starting with the pandemic in 2020 and continuing with other human-made and natural disasters, licensed mental health professionals and ministry leaders are increasingly faced with clients who have experienced horrific traumatic grief. Because more than traditional talk therapy is needed to heal traumatic grief, clinicians and pastors serving clients of all ages need experiential resources to help their clients lament, make meaning, and resolve their traumatic grief. The increase of traumatic grief has resulted in an explosion of creative, experiential resources to help with traumatic grief resolution. In this webinar, participants who work with children, teens, and adults will be provided with the latest experiential resources for resolving traumatic grief that includes media resources and new ideas and techniques for grief rituals. Participants will be able to receive and participate in the development of an experiential traumatic grief resource handout for children, adolescents, and adults.
Learning Objectives
Participants will:
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Identify reasons that experiential resources are needed to resolve traumatic grief for a wide range of clients.
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Examine age-appropriate experiential grief resolution resources developed in the last 5 years.
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Develop their own creative, experiential grief resolution resources to add to the presenters’ handout that all participants receive.
Continuing Education
Approved for LPC, LMFT, LCSW, and IBCC
The American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) offers some psychologists, therapists, counselors, social workers, and play therapists Continuing Education (CE) credit due to good standing with certain states and a limited number of professional organizations. It remains the responsibility of each participant to be aware of state licensure and CE requirements.
Participants should check their state and/or local regulations regarding required Continuing Education hours. For more information on Light University Continuing Education programs, please visit https://www.lightuniversity.com/continuing-education-statements/.
*Webinars MUST be watched LIVE to receive CE Credit.
