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. 

Grief Support Group Facilitation Training

Cornerstone of Hope offers grief facilitator training for school counselors, clinical counselors, social workers, psychologists, administration and organization leadership. This training provides the necessary knowledge and skills that will allow you to conduct grief support groups at Cornerstone of Hope as a member of our PRN Staff, or at your own organization. The course is designed to be educational and interactive, with opportunities to explore personal loss histories, and is facilitated by licensed professionals.

Cleveland

March 20, 21, & 28, 2023  |  6 PM - 9 PM
Cornerstone of Hope, Cleveland

Cost: $175 (Includes dinner each night, training materials, curriculum & CEUs)

CEUs: 6 CEUs for Social Workers, Counselors & Nurses 

Presenter: Julia Ellifritt, LISW-S, Hannah Mascio, LPCC-S, and Amy Quinlan, MA

Attendees must attend all 3 training sessions.

Register by Monday, March 13, 2023

Supervision: Implementing Coaching Skills to Enhance the Supervision Process

An essential component of the development and enhancement of professional counseling skills is effective clinical supervision. As a supervisor, the use of coaching can be effective in supporting supervisees in their performance and development of their clinical skills.

 Objectives:

• Participants will participate in an exercise to define the qualities of effective leadership in healthcare.
  
• Participants will be able to identify the benefits of implementing coaching with their clients/patients and their supervisees.
  
• Participants will be able to define the coaching continuum and how to move from managing clients/patient/supervisees to mentoring clients/patient/supervisees to coaching clients/patient/supervisees.
  
• Participants will practice and process the Guide Coaching Model with several client/ patient and supervisee vignettes.

Cleveland

March 31, 2023  |  9 AM - 12 PM
Cornerstone of Hope, Cleveland

Cost: $50

CEUs: 3 (This meets the CEU requirement for supervision)

Presenter: Kelsey Loushin, LICDC-CS, CDP, Certified Leadership Coach

Register by Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Traumatic Loss Bereavement Training

Interested in Learning More About Grief or Facilitating a Support Group?
Cornerstone of Hope is offering a free program to train professionals to facilitate traumatic loss grief support groups in the four counties of Crawford, Delaware, Marion, and Morrow. The training is sponsored by the Delaware Morrow Marion Crawford Mental Health and Recovery Services Boards through the Mid-Ohio Traumatic Loss Response Team, which provides postvention support to survivors of suicide and overdose loss. 

Eligible participants include clinical counselors, social workers, psychologists, frontline workers, ministers, and others in the helping field who live/work in one of the four counties of Crawford, Delaware, Marion or Morrow. We are looking for qualities that include but are not limited to the following:

• Knowledge of traumatic loss and grief
• Trauma informed practice
• Flexibility to facilitate group sessions

This program is eligible for the certificate in Traumatic Loss Group Facilitation from Cornerstone of Hope. Candidates that complete the training will be eligible for contracted work with Cornerstone of Hope to facilitate Mid-Ohio Traumatic Loss Response Team support groups.

Delaware, Ohio

April  3 & 4, 2023  |  9 AM - 4 PM
Andrew’s House
39 West Winter Street, Delaware, OH 43015

Cost: FREE (Includes lunch, training materials, curriculum & CEUs)

CEUs: 12 CEUs for Social Workers and Counselors 

Presenter: Julia Ellifritt, LISW-S & Pete Bliss, DMin

Attendees must attend both training sessions.

In Partnership With

ADDITIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

School Crisis 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. This training is designed for private and public schools who intend on developing a team within your district, or in combination with other schools or districts. This training is also in partnership with ESC of Northeast Ohio.

2023 National Symposium 
Traumatic Loss & Grief Support

September 6-8, 2023
Embassy Suites Hotel Rockside 
5800 Rockside Woods Blvd N
Independence, OH 44131

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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.