This course awards 1.0 CE Credits.

Format: Video

Multiple Choice Questions: 6

CE Credits: 1.0

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Target Audience:  Mental Health Professionals, Psychologists, Counselors, Addiction Specialists



Beyond the Pain

Transforming Grief and Disappointment in Clinical Practice

Course Overview

This engaging workshop offers behavioral health professionals a powerful, solution-focused framework for understanding and transforming grief and disappointment. With over two decades of experience in mental health, the Madhur-Nain Webster, LMFT introduces a 30-stage model that bridges empathy with actionable tools. 

Participants will explore the physiological and psychological impacts of unprocessed grief, learn how to guide clients through emotional processing, and gain practical strategies to foster resilience and emotional well-being. Ideal for clinicians, counselors, and therapists seeking to deepen their practice with transformative, client-centered techniques.

Who Should Enroll

This course is designed for psychologists, counselors, marriage and family therapists, social workers, and other healthcare professionals seeking to expand their expertise in grief counseling and provide their clients with the best possible care.

Why Choose This Course

Beyond the Pain: A Solution-Focused Approach to Grief and Disappointment stands out as a vital resource for behavioral health professionals seeking more than just theory. This course bridges the gap between emotional insight and practical transformation, offering a structured, 30-stage model that clinicians can immediately apply in their practice.

You’ll gain:

✅ Actionable Tools: Move beyond empathy with a clear roadmap for helping clients process grief and disappointment.

✅ Neuroscience-Informed Strategies: Understand how the brain and nervous system respond to emotional pain—and how to support healing.

✅ Client-Centered Techniques: Learn how to teach clients to sit with their emotions and build emotional resilience.

✅ Professional Growth: Enhance your therapeutic toolkit with a solution-focused approach that empowers both you and your clients.

✅ Personal Insight: Engage in reflective practices that support your own emotional well-being and professional sustainability.

Whether you're working with trauma, loss, or everyday emotional challenges, this course equips you with the knowledge and confidence to guide transformation—one stage at a time.

Meet Your Instructor:
Madhur-Nain Webster, LMFT


 Madhur-Nain Webster is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, author, and internationally recognized Kundalini Yoga instructor. With over two decades of experience in the mental health field, she specializes in integrating traditional psychotherapy with mindfulness, meditation, and somatic practices to support emotional healing and personal transformation.


Abstract

This dynamic course, based on Madhur-Nain Webster’s book Beyond the Pain, offers behavioral health professionals a transformative framework for understanding and addressing grief and disappointment in clinical practice. Unlike traditional approaches that focus solely on emotional validation, this course introduces a 30-stage model designed to guide clients from emotional overwhelm to empowered healing.

Participants will explore the neurobiological underpinnings of emotional distress, including the role of the amygdala and the stress response system, and learn how unprocessed grief can shape perception, behavior, and physical health. Through a blend of psychoeducation, mindfulness, and solution-focused strategies, clinicians will gain practical tools to help clients process emotions, build resilience, and reclaim agency in their lives.

Whether working with trauma, loss, or everyday disappointments, this course equips professionals with actionable insights to support both their clients and their own emotional well-being.

Competency Areas

  • Emotional Regulation & Processing: Understanding how unprocessed emotions affect cognition, behavior, and physiology
  • Clinical Assessment: Recognizing the signs and symptoms of unresolved grief and disappointment.
  • Intervention Planning: Integrating a structured, 30-stage model into treatment planning.
  • Client Empowerment: Teaching clients how to sit with and process emotions to foster autonomy and healing.
  • Neuroscience Integration: Applying knowledge of the brain and nervous system to therapeutic practices.
  • Cultural Competency: Acknowledging that grief and disappointment are universal experiences with diverse expressions.


Key Words:  Grief, Disappointment, Emotional processing, Trauma, Mental health, Solution-focused therapy, Nervous system, Amygdala, Emotional resilience, Clinical tools, Behavioral health,Transformation stages

Learning Objectives: By the end of this course, participants will be able to: Define grief and disappointment and distinguish between the two in clinical contexts; Identify the psychological and physiological side effects of unprocessed grief and disappointment; Explain the role of the amygdala and the nervous system in emotional responses; Apply the 30-stage transformation model to support clients in processing grief and disappointment; Utilize solution-focused tools to help clients move from emotional stagnation to resilience and healing; Demonstrate how to guide clients in sitting with and processing their emotions effectively.

Target Audience: Licensed mental health counselors, Marriage and family therapists, Clinical social workers, Psychologists and psychotherapists, Behavioral health coaches, Grief counselors, Trauma-informed practitioners, Graduate students in mental health fields

Approval Statements

American Psychological Association
 The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd. is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd. maintains responsibility for the program and its content.

National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. 
The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd. is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC-approved CE credit hours for programs that meet NBCC requirements. NBCC CE Programs for which NBCC-approved CE credit hours will be awarded are identified on the Website. The ACEP is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. Our NBCC provider number is #5448.

NAADAC, The Association for Addiction Professionals
The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd. is an Approved Education Provider of continuing education which meets the national standards of education developed for alcoholism and drug abuse counselors. Our NAADAC provider number is #62695.

Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
The Hatherleigh Company is approved by the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services for New York State which covers Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselors (CASAC); Credentialed Prevention Professionals (CPP); and Credentialed Prevention Specialists (CPS). Our OASAS provider number is 0011.