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Digital Seminar

Grief as a Spiritual Practice

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Grief is more than an emotional process – it’s an existential passage that can deepen compassion, presence, and self-understanding. Dr. Marianela Medrano weaves Buddhist psychology, ritual, and clinical expertise to guide therapists in addressing grief’s spiritual dimensions with cultural sensitivity and skill.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Apply clinical tools to help clients process grief through impermanence, compassion, and growth frameworks
  • Identify and address spiritual struggles that arise alongside diverse grief presentations
  • Use ritual and contemplative practices to transform sorrow into meaning-making in therapy

Here's What You'll Learn

Introduction

  • Framing grief as both a psychological and spiritual passage
  • Clinical and cultural considerations in working with diverse populations

Buddhist Psychology & Grief

  • Core teachings on impermanence and suffering
  • Compassion and presence as therapeutic tools

Spiritual Struggles in Grief

  • Identifying common themes (loss of faith, existential questioning, cultural narratives)
  • Clinician’s role in supporting clients through spiritual disruption

Ritual and Contemplative Practices

  • Incorporating ritual into therapeutic (personal, cultural, collective)
  • Guided contemplative practices for meaning-making and integration

Clinical Applications

  • Translating spiritual practice into therapeutic techniques
  • Ethical and cultural sensitivity in practice

Closing Reflections

  • Grief as a pathway to deep compassion and self-understanding
  • Resources for ongoing clinical self-reflection and client care

Everything You're Getting

  • More than 1 hour of video content
  • Up to 1.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts

Marianela Medrano, PhD, LPC

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Dr. Marianela Medrano was born and raised in the Dominican Republic and has lived in Connecticut since 1990. A poet and a writer of nonfiction and fiction, she holds a PhD in psychology. Her literary work as appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines in Latin America, Europe, and the United States. She is the founder of Palabra Counseling & Training Center, LLC. Her TEDTALK at Ursuline College speaks about her work and research on the Taino people: youtube.com.

Dr. Medrano has trained in mindfulness and spirituality in a variety of settings. She is a mindful eating instructor/facilitator. Additionally, she is a certified mindfulness meditation teacher with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield through The Sounds True Foundation, a program for teaching awareness and compassion-based practices. She serves as a mentor/supervisor for the International Federation for Biblio/poetry therapy, IFBPT.

Dr. Medrano has lectured in many countries, including Spain, India, Colombia, El Salvador, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. She has worked with various populations and on various mental health issues, including drug and alcohol addiction, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and family/marriage counseling.

In 2023, Dr. Medrano received a grant from the Bess Family Foundation, which she is using to investigate mindfulness as a vehicle to advance ecological initiatives focused on interspecies care in the Dominican Republic.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Marianela Medrano maintains a private practice and is a faculty mentor with South-Western College. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Marianela Medrano is a blogger with the American Counseling Association.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS150544
Duration:
1 hour, 1 minute
Copyright:
Dec 05, 2025
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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