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This workshop bridges theoretical concepts and body-centered practices to help professionals translate grief theory into actionable, somatic-informed care. Participants will explore frameworks that facilitate meaning-making, foster connection, and support adaptive integration as clients learn to grow alongside their grief. Emphasizing the practical application of these tools, the workshop guides practitioners in ethically integrating somatic modalities into their specific scope of practice while evaluating essential professional sustainability strategies to mitigate secondary traumatic stress and maintain long-term well-being.

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Synthesize learning into applied professional insight.

  • Develop grief-informed strategies that support meaning-making, connection, and adaptive integration following loss.

  • Evaluate professional sustainability strategies to mitigate secondary traumatic stress.

  • Integrate somatic frameworks ethically into professional roles.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop aims to empower professionals to ethically synthesize somatic frameworks into their practice, equipping them with strategies to support client meaning-making after loss while establishing sustainable professional practices to mitigate secondary traumatic stress.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Amy Pickett-Williams, LCSW, RYT is a licensed clinical social worker, yoga teacher, and founder of LIGHT Movement (Love In Grief Held Together), a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing somatic approaches to grief support and education. With more than 25 years of experience as a psychotherapist specializing in grief and trauma, Amy has worked extensively with families experiencing the death of a child, as well as individuals navigating complex losses including illness, infertility, injury, relationship loss, and loss of identity. Amy’s work bridges psychotherapy and embodied practice. Drawing on contemporary neuroscience, polyvagal theory, attachment theory, and yoga-based somatic practices, she teaches individuals and professionals how grief and trauma manifest in the nervous system and how movement, breath, and sensory awareness can support regulation and integration. Through LIGHT Movement, Amy leads trainings, workshops, and community programs that reach thousands of participants. Her work focuses on helping people understand that grief is not only a psychological experience but also a deeply embodied one, and that healing requires approaches that engage both the mind and the body. Amy provides continuing education trainings for mental health professionals, healthcare providers, chaplains, educators, and community leaders. Her work centers on creating compassionate spaces where grief can be understood, supported, and integrated within community.

Financially Sponsored By

  • LIGHT Movement