The Journey of Grief: Remembering, Supporting and Healing
You are cordially invited to attend our in-person conference, featuring guest speaker Dr. Alex Cammarano, who will lead us through three insightful educational topics:
- Grief Across the Lifespan: Developmental Expressions and Considerations
- The Body Remembers: Grief, Trauma and the Somatic Self
- Supporting with Compassion: Ethical Presence, Boundaries, and the Inner Work of the Practitioner
Date: Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
Time: 9AM to 3PM
Where: Davidson-Davie Community College (297 DCC Road, Thomasville, NC 27360
Cost: $50 per person – lunch provided
Five (5) CE hours available through North Carolina Board of Funeral Services upon completion of the conference.
About our Guest Speaker: Dr. Alex Cammarano
Dr. Cammarano received her PhD in Counseling and Counselor Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as well as a Master’s in Counseling from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
During her master’s program, she completed a Graduate Certificate in Grief, Loss, and Trauma, which deepened her understanding of how to support clients through difficult life experiences. She is a National Certified Counselor (NCC), a Certified Trauma Professional (CTP), a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate (LCMHCA) in North Carolina, and a licensed school counselor in both North Carolina and Tennessee. Her areas of expertise include grief and loss, crisis response, suicide prevention, life transitions, child and adolescent counseling, and building school-community partnerships.
Currently she serves as the Director of the Nicolas A. Vacc Counseling and Consulting Clinic and Clinical Assistant Professor at UNC Greensboro.
From Dr. Cammarano:
“Grief and trauma often walk hand-in-hand. My passion lies in helping individuals untangle the two by attending to both the pain of what was lost and the wounds that remain. At this conference, my goal is to share insights and trauma-informed approaches to grief support that help individuals process loss with compassion, safety and dignity.”
Registration and Additional Information
Program Content Description:
Content will focus on the topic of expressions of grief across the stages of development and lifespan, as well as the topic of trauma/traumatic losses; examining factors affecting the grieving and healing processes. Content will also offer insights on how those in helping professions can utilize ethics, boundaries, and self care to better support bereaved persons.
Program Learning Objectives:
After completing the program, participants will be able to identify different ways in which grief can present across the lifespan, and how traumatic loss can affect grief presentation and the healing process. Participants will also receive education on the topics of providing compassionate care, and how those in helping professions can utilize ethics, good boundaries, and self care to support grieving individuals/bereaved persons. After completing the program, participants will be able to identify the concepts of traumatic loss, the grief and healing process, and self care for counselors/clinicians.
Please use the link below to access our secure ticketing platform, where you can safely purchase your conference ticket.
If you have any additional questions about the conference, please don’t hesitate to contact our office at 336-475-5444. We look forward to welcoming you at the conference.