Grief and Loss: Navigating a Universal Pain in Life

Friday, October 23, 2026
9:30 - 11:00 a.m..

Zoom Webinar

Registration Fee: $25

Julia Stegeman has co-owned Alliance Clinical Services, LLC since 2020. She has practiced as a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW) since 2017 and has been a Licensed Master’s Addiction Counselor (LMAC) since 2013. Julia earned her master’s degree in social work from the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC). She has also been certified in Neural Desensitization and Integration Training (NDIT) since 2025, a trauma-focused approach used to support individuals experiencing PTSD.

Julia provides individual counseling for first responders, healthcare professionals, teachers, therapists, and caregivers who are navigating compassion fatigue, burnout, secondary trauma, and major life transitions, including grief and loss, relationship changes, and career transitions.

She facilitates a monthly support group for parents who have lost an adult child.

Julia is also launching a monthly support group for women in their silver era, focused on retirement and the transitions that come with this stage of life, beginning in September 2026.

OBJECTIVES: After attending this Zoom webinar, the participant will be able to:

Define grief and recognize it as a natural, individual response to loss,
Identify the Tasks of Mourning and apply them as a framework for understanding the grief process,
Describe the impact of out-of-order death and moral injury on the grieving experience,
Recognize the “grief rollercoaster” as a way to understand the emotional ups and downs that can occur after loss.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
This continuing education webinar is designed for mental health professionals, therapists, psychologists, social workers, case managers, nurses, and health care professionals. The community is also invited to attend.

CONTINUING EDUCATION:
Mental Health America of the Heartland is a pre-approved provider for social workers through the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board (BSRB) Provider Number 17-007. This continuing education provider is approved 1.5 hours for social workers and accepted for psychologists, professional counselors, masters prepared psychologists, marriage and family therapists and addiction counselors.

In order to receive continuing education credit and a certificate of attendance for this Zoom webinar, you will be required to participate in the Zoom webinar. You will receive a Zoom invitation via email within a week of webinar. Also you will need to take an online exam and complete an evaluation that will be sent in a separate email after the live Zoom webinar. You must pass the test by 70%. The Zoom webinar will not be available by recording and viewing at any other time.

Questions?

Stacy Davis
Mental Health America of the Heartland
739 Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66101
Phone: 913-222-5933
Email: [email protected]
www.mhah.org

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Please register by October 22, 2026. If you are unable to register online or have questions or need translation or accommodations please contact Stacy Davis at least 5 days prior to the workshop.

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