PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

We offer professional educational courses on all aspects of grief and loss, along with other issue-specific training opportunities.

Continuing Education

Since its inception, Cornerstone of Hope has provided excellent clinical services and programs to grieving children, teens and adults. In addition, Cornerstone of Hope’s Bereavement Training Institute has provided training on all aspects of grief and loss to community agencies, businesses, universities, schools, hospitals, and churches. Many of our bereavement trainings include CEU credits for counselors, social workers, and nurses, where noted. Our Lima location provides numerous mental health CEUs, trainings and workshops for professionals and the community at large.

TRAININGS OFFERED IN CLEVELAND

We offer Crisis Management, Disenfranchised Grief, The Impact of Grief on Mental Health and Addiction Recovery, Forgiveness, Suicide, Opioid Loss, Cultural Competence, The Impact of Culture in Clinical Supervision, School Crisis Team Training, Theology of Grief, and many other topics.

We offer half-day educational programs on a variety of topics. In addition, we regularly offer Group Facilitator Trainings and Advanced Grief Group Facilitation Skills.

TRAININGS OFFERED IN COLUMBUS

Group Facilitator Training is offered at our Columbus, Ohio location. We also work with organizations to design an educational program that meets the needs of their staff. 

TRAININGS OFFERED IN LIMA

We offer Anticipatory Grief, Boundaries, Building Up Kids, Creative Interventions, Ethics, Grief & Traumatic Loss, Group Dynamics & Interventions, Integrating Counseling & Faith, Parent Support, Self-Regulations, Stress, Anxiety & Depression, and Marriage Training. 

Client Care During the Holidays

This program will focus on defining mourning, grief, bereavement and complicated grief as well as discussing the difference between complicated and traditional grief. It will also look at the factors that make our grief unique from one another. We will also discuss how the bereaved experience holiday traditions and include clinical interventions to assist those bereaved clients throughout the holiday season.

Objectives:

• To define mourning, grief, bereavement and complicated grief

• List the tasks of grief and factors that make grief unique

• Discuss clinical interventions for assisting a bereaved person in trying to navigate the holidays and family traditions.

Cost: $40
CEUs: 2

Upcoming Sessions:
Monday, November 13, 2023  |  6 P.M. - 8 P.M. (Cleveland)
Monday, November 4, 2024  |  6 P.M. - 8 P.M. (Cleveland)

Grief 101

Grief is something that 100% of the population experiences. This program will focus on defining mourning, grief, bereavement and complicated grief as well as discussing the difference between complicated and traditional grief. It will also look at the factors that make our grief unique from one another. Special focus will be on the clinical issues surrounding suicide and other traumatic losses, and how to support families who have experienced them. Participants will leave with a greater knowledge of traumatic loss, and interventions to support the bereaved in their community.

Objectives:

• Define mourning, grief, bereavement and complicated grief, including the DSM criteria

• List the tasks of grief and factors that make grief unique

• Discuss how suicide, murder & other traumatic losses are different from non-traumatic loss

Cost: $40
CEUs: 2

Upcoming Sessions:
Wednesday, October 11, 2023  |  1 P.M. - 3 P.M. (Cleveland)
Monday, December 11, 2023  |  6 P.M. - 8 P.M. (Cleveland)
Wednesday, February 21, 2024  |  1 P.M. - 3 P.M. (Cleveland)
Monday, April 22, 2024  |  6 P.M. - 8 P.M. (Cleveland)
Wednesday, June 12, 2024  |  1 P.M. - 3 P.M. (Cleveland)
Monday, August 19, 2024  |  6 P.M. - 8 P.M. (Cleveland)
Wednesday, October 16, 2024  |  1 P.M. - 3 P.M. (Cleveland)
Monday, December 9, 2024  |  6 P.M. - 8 P.M. (Cleveland)

Grief at Work

It is important to understand grief in the workplace because our jobs are a large part of our daily lives. It can be difficult to maintain productive relationships with someone who is angry, anxious, and depressed, and interacting with traumatized people can make others feel traumatized as well. We handle our grief differently in the workplace than we do at home. Many people try not to cry or show emotions at work because they are under social pressure to act normally regardless of the crisis. They tend to view a show of emotions as a sign of weakness, but typically that is far from the truth. When a sense of loss is present in the workplace, everyone typically experiences a series of emotions that cycle through the grieving process.

Objectives:

• Identify five issues facing people who are grieving at work.

• List interventions for providing support for colleagues who are grieving.

Cost: $40
CEUs: 2

Upcoming Sessions:
Monday, October 23, 2023  |  6 P.M. - 8 P.M. (Cleveland)
Monday, October 21, 2024  |  6 P.M. - 8 P.M. (Cleveland)

Grief Ministry

As clinicians we have a responsibility to help our clients/patients with not only their physical and emotional issues but also their spiritual needs. In this workshop we will explore a holistic approach to end-of-life care. We will discover the meaning of spirituality, discuss the issue of having meaning of life, dying with dignity, and interventions that will help the clinician care for their clients and help them find wholeness. We will delve into our own spirituality and learn how we can tap into that source of help to assist those we work with.

Registration will become available 60 days prior to session start.

Objectives:

• List three specific areas of care-giving that need the spiritual dimension.

• Describe David Tracy’s method of reflecting on scripture.

• Understand the meaning of Spirituality.

Cost: $295
CEUs: 12

Upcoming Sessions: (Must attend both days)
Thursday, January 18 - Friday, January 19, 2024
9 A.M. - 4 P.M. (Cleveland)

Thursday, June 6 - Friday, June 7, 2024
9 A.M. - 4 P.M. (Cleveland)

Grief Support Group Facilitator Training

This course is open to any professional interested in learning more about grief and loss, and how to help others through their bereavement journey. This workshop is educational and interactive — participants will learn basic and complicated grief interventions, as well as advanced group facilitation skills. In addition, they will practice their group facilitation skills with each other, group work, as well as grief work spans all generations, races, and socioeconomic groups, and is a skill that will enhance any clinician’s practice.

Registration will become available 60 days prior to session start.

Objectives:

• Identify interventions for disruptive group members.

• Practice learned skills via role-playing.

• Identify clinical differences in individual counseling vs support groups.

Cost: $295
CEUs: 12

Upcoming Sessions: (Must attend both days)
Thursday, February 1 - Friday, February 2, 2024
9 A.M. - 4 P.M. (Cleveland)

Thursday, May 9 - Friday May 10, 2024
9 A.M. - 4 P.M. (Cleveland)

Thursday, August 15 - Friday, August 16, 2024
9 A.M. - 4 P.M. (Cleveland)

Infant Loss Facilitation Skills

Losing an infant goes against what feels normal — you are supposed to bury your parents, not your child. This program will look at the unique needs of parents who have lost an infant, whether miscarriage, stillbirth, or SIDS.

Objectives:

• List the unique needs of a griever who has lost an infant.

• Discover clinical interventions designed for this population.

Cost: $40
CEUs: 2

Upcoming Sessions:
Monday, March 11, 2024  |  6 P.M. - 8 P.M. (Cleveland)
Monday, October 7, 2024  |  6 P.M. - 8 P.M. (Cleveland)

Murder Loss Facilitation Skills

Grief is something that no two people experience the same way. When trauma is involved in a death situation, the grief gets complicated. This program will look at the unique needs of a griever who has lost a loved one through homicide.

Objectives:

• List the unique needs of a griever who has lost a loved one to murder.

• Discover clinical interventions designed for this population.

Cost: $40
CEUs: 2

Upcoming Sessions:
Friday, March 1, 2024   |  1 P.M. - 3 P.M. (Cleveland)
Friday August 23, 2024 |  1 P.M. - 3 P.M. (Cleveland)

Overdose Loss Facilitation Skills

Recovery from addiction can be challenging and rewarding for both the addict and those walking through it with them. This training will seek to equip attendees with an overview of the impact of addiction on the brain, phases of recovery, the role of the therapist, what may be contributing to their addiction, practical steps to help people make progress toward recovery, implementation of relapse prevention, faith in the midst of healing from addiction, and how to utilize the power of relationship.

Objectives:

• Explore the culture of addiction with treatment interventions for persons diagnosed with a chemical dependency who are also grieving.

• Learn how to deal with set-backs in addiction treatment that may come as a result of grief.

Cost: $40
CEUs: 2

Upcoming Sessions:
Friday, March 15, 2024  |  1 P.M. - 3 P.M. (Cleveland)
Friday, August 30, 2024 |  1 P.M. - 3 P.M. (Cleveland)

School-Based Interventions

This program is designed for educators and clinicians to understand the unique needs of children who may be grieving a parent, grandparent, or other family member, and how that grief intersects with schoolwork.

Objectives:

• Understand regressive behaviors that can happen with grieving children.

• Learn methods of communicating sad news to classmates.

Cost: $40
CEUs: 2

Upcoming Sessions:
Friday, September 29, 2023   |  1 P.M. - 3 P.M. (Cleveland)
Monday, May 20, 2024   |  1 P.M. - 3 P.M. (Cleveland)
Friday, October 11, 2024   |  1 P.M. - 3 P.M. (Cleveland)

School Crisis Team Training

Schools have their own crisis plan, however, the challenge is having enough trained staff to meet the need when there is a sudden loss. Designed for private and public schools who intend on developing a team within your district, or in combination with other schools/districts. This three-day workshop will provide specific training about child and adolescent grief, trauma and related issues (crisis preparation and response), and the specific roles, functions and development of the crisis. Participants will practice skills and develop social media and communication policies for their schools.

Registration will become available 60 days prior to session start.

Objectives:

• Understand grief and loss, and how it impacts schools.

• Develop a crisis response plan for when a student or school employee dies.

• Gain a greater understanding of the mental health needs of children.

Cost: $495
CEUs: 18

Upcoming Sessions: (Must attend all three days)
Wednesday, April 10 - Friday, April 12, 2024
9 A.M. - 4 P.M. (Cleveland)

Wednesday, September 11 - Friday, September 13, 2024
9 A.M. - 4 P.M. (Cleveland)

Suicide Loss Facilitation Skills

This program will focus on dispelling myths of suicide and examine the risk factors. It will help the participants understand the suicidal brain, and how it works.

Objectives:

• To understand the impact of suicide by the numbers.

• To dispel the myths of suicide by looking at the facts.

• To examine the risk factors of suicide and discuss how you may be able to help.

Cost: $40
CEUs: 2

Upcoming Sessions:
Monday, February 5, 2024   |  1 P.M. - 3 P.M. (Cleveland)
Friday, September 27, 2024  |  1 P.M. - 3 P.M. (Cleveland)

Traumatic Loss Facilitation Skills

Participants will understand various aspects of what trauma will look like, develop skills for self-regulating, and gain tools for helping others learn to self-regulate. Learn strategies for creating safety for self when dealing with families who are in the midst of a traumatic situations or are experiencing the effects of trauma. Learn skills to deescalate difficult conversations related to trauma.

Objectives:

• Identify ways that our bodies hold onto trauma.

• Discover ways to avoid re-traumatization in the counseling process.

Cost: $40
CEUs: 2

Upcoming Sessions:
Monday, January 22, 2024   |  1 P.M. - 3 P.M. (Cleveland)

Graduate Internships

Cornerstone of Hope is one of the premier training sites for graduate interns in the fields of social work, counseling and art therapy. Internships are available at our Cleveland and Columbus locations. Intern opportunities fill up quickly and often a year in advance.

Cleveland Opportunities

Each intern typically carries an individual caseload as well as assisting in support groups each semester. Interns receive a high level of clinical supervision, including one hour per week of individual supervision and two hours per week of group supervision. 2nd year graduate students are eligible to apply.  Interns are required to commit to two consecutive semesters for their clinical field placement. For more information about our internship program, please contact our Cleveland office at (216) 524–HOPE (4673).

Columbus Opportunities

Each intern typically carries an individual caseload as well as assisting in support groups each semester. Interns receive a high level of clinical supervision, including one hour per week of individual supervision and one hour per week of group supervision. 2nd year graduate students are eligible to apply.  Eligible interns are required to commit to two consecutive semesters for their clinical field placement. For more information, please contact our Columbus office at (614) 824–4285.