Online Module
This self-paced online module is directed towards mental health professionals. Animal related grief and bereavement is a real form of loss. Many health professionals miss the intensity of the loss as well as the opportunity for healing that resides in the special bereavement process. This certificate provides education, training, and experience in helping people through this form of loss through didactic and experiential means. The online module is a pre-requisite to the face to face workshop.
Through this online module students will be able to:
- Identify special considerations regarding the loss of an animal.
- Identify and discuss grief experiences for special populations.
- Identify at least 3 evidence-based treatment interventions for animal loss.
- Identify at least 5 rituals or ways to memorialize after an animal’s death.
Presenter
Sarina Manifold is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in TN and NC, and Adjunct Professor with the University of Tennessee College of Social Work.
Sarina previously worked at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine for 10 years as one of the clinical social workers who provided grief support and crisis intervention to clients of the Small and Large Animal Hospitals and members of the community, provided counseling to UTCVM students and House Officers, and oversaw the communication training for UTCVM’s veterinary medical students.
She has moved to NC with her family and now owns a private practice where she continues to provide Veterinary Social Work services.
Specifically she offers grief counseling for the loss of an animal, counseling to animal care professionals to help manage compassion fatigue, and consultation to the community for animal related issues.
She graduated from High Point University in High Point, NC with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, and received her Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Tennessee.
In her free time, Sarina enjoys running and exercising, reading, spending time with her family, and she has recently started to enjoy planting and growing flowers. Sarina’s fur-family members include their 16 year-old cat, Jasper and their 6 year-old Shepherd-mix, Finn.
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This module is available for purchase year-round. This module is a part of the Veterinary Social Work Certificate. Though it is a part of the certificate, you can purchase and complete this course even if you are not enrolled.
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