Disenfranchised Grief: The Unspoken Losses
Education and prevention are the best tools for coping with issues associated with addiction. Families currently living with addiction may find themselves experiencing disenfranchised grief. Grief experienced from secondary and non-death losses is real and should be treated with awareness and acknowledgement, care and support. This class will focus on understanding disenfranchised grief and its different categories (especially related to non-death loss and addiction), as well as ways to support those experiencing disenfranchised grief.
Dr. Kenneth Doka researched and coined the term Disenfranchised Grief with supporting evidence. Dr. Darcy Harris compiled research and support for non-death losses and the associated grief. The foundations for non-death losses come from Bowlby’s Attachment Theory and Parkes theory of the Assumptive World and the associated Shattered Assumptions posed by Janoff-Bulman.
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Presenter
Julie Olds, MMC, CT, CFC
Julie Olds is the Director of Community Relations and Education for Schoedinger Funeral and Cremation Service in Columbus, Ohio. She graduated from the Ohio State University with a Bachelorās Degree in Allied Medicine and from Franklin University with a Masterās Degree in Communication. She is a Certified Thanatologist and a Certified Funeral Celebrant.
During her career, Julie has worked hard to bring a greater understanding and awareness of grief in the community through education. In 2013 Julie was instrumental in developing Schoedingerās continuing education program, applying to become an approved provider by the Counselor, Social Worker, and Marriage and Family Therapist board of Ohio. In 2021, Julie established the Central Ohio Grief Care Coalition in response to the increasing demand for grief care and support following COVID. Today, the coalition represents organizations and agencies that provide grief care and support for all types of losses to families and individuals in the Central Ohio community.
In her spare time, Julie enjoys jewelry-crafting and creative activities. She also enjoys playing games with her family as well as cooking and baking. Julie hopes to one day publish her own book about non-death loss and disenfranchised grief.
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