Death Communication for Clinicians: Discussing End-of-Life with Clients

This workshop focuses on improving death communication with clients specifically how to discuss end of life planning, how to have conversations with loved ones, and completing an advance directive. We will explore how to approach this difficult topic through case studies, reflect on our own death attitudes and death anxiety, and steps to healthy conversations with clients regarding life review, wishes if they are incapacitated, and identifying a health care agent. The workshop will include prompts that can be given to clients to help them articulate their own values and preferences for life-ex...Read moretending care, and communicate these to their loved ones. Less...

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Learning Objectives

  • Discuss their own attitudes towards death and dying and how it may impact one's ability to effectively work with a client toward end of life.
  • Identify a client’s level of death anxiety and client's openness to discussing end of life issues.
  • Recognize cultural and religious values that may impact a client’s willingness to discuss end of life or face their own dying process.
  • Explain what advance care planning and an advance directive is to a client.
  • Discuss how they would help a client identify one or more designated health care agents.
  • Discuss how they would help a client assess their own values and wishes if they were unable to communicate at the end of life.

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.

Friday, September 18, 2026

Live Interactive Webinar

01:00 PM EDT - 03:00 PM EDT

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$125.00
EARN 2 CE Credit Hours
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About the speaker

Anisah Bagasra, Ph.D.

Anisah Bagasra, Ph.D.

Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at Kennesaw State University
Anisah Bagasra, Ph.D. from Saybrook University, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at Kennesaw State University who specializes in behavioral health research in the Muslim American and African American faith communities. She teaches a wide range of psychology courses and mentors students engaged in undergraduate research with a focus on culturally competent research in minority communities. Specific research interests include Islamic Psychology, the impact of Islamophobia, teaching Death & Dying, and perceptions of mental illness. Her recent publications include four co-edited volumes, “Working with Muslim Clients in the Helping Professions”, and “The Changing Faces of Higher Education: From Boomers to Millennials” and ‘The Impact of HBCUs in the 21st Century’, and ‘Digital Narratives of Trauma among Immigrant and Refugee Women’ and numerous journal articles. She also conducts CE workshops in the area of religious and spiritual competencies for psychologists, conflict resolution, and community-based research. Dr. Bagasra has recently founded the Death, Dying & Bereavement Research Consortium to promote collaborative, interdisciplinary research within the field of Death & Dying.

Agenda

Hour 1 Minutes 0:00-5:00: Introductions and Overview of Workshop

Hour 1, Minutes 5:00-10:00: Assessment of Death Anxiety

Hour 1, Minutes 10:00-20:00: Discussion of Death Anxiety and Death Communication

Hour 1, Minutes 20:00-30:00: When to discuss end of life issues with a client

Hour 1, Minutes 30:00-40:00: What is Advance Care Planning?

Hour 1, Minutes 40:00-50:00: Why is ACP so important?

Hour 1, Minutes 50:00-60:00: What is an Advanced Directive?

Hour 2: Minutes 0-15:00: Identifying potential Designated Health Agents

Hour 2: Minutes 15:00-30:00: Talking to potential Health Agents and determining end-of-life wishes

Hour 2: Minutes 30:00-50:00: Case Studies and Discussion of Case Studies

Hour 2: 50:00-60:00: Q & A and Wrap-Up

CE Information - Earn 2 CE Credit Hours

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