Kelly Karavousanos is a compassionate and passionate Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Thanatologist, Licensed Funeral Director, Coach, Educator, and Public Speaker. She has worked for over 25 years in a variety of settings including substance abuse treatment, hospice, community mental health, and private practice helping individual's mind, body, and soul. Her passion and career focus is on grief, loss, and life transitions. She has been a frequent educator and speaker on the topics of grief, loss, stress management, change and resilience in times of crisis, and other aspects of leadership and mental health. She volunteers as the Co-Lead of the Professional Women's Mentorship Program for Athena Leadership Foundation of St. Charles County and is a board member of Turning Point Advocacy Services.
Grief Seminar
for Professionals
with Kelly Karavousanos, LPC, CT
Community & Professional Grief Seminars
with Kelly Karavousanos, LPC, CT
Professional Seminar
The Resilient Companion: Self-Care in Death, Dying, and Grief Work
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
This presentation is to help professionals build their grief knowledge and skills to create a space for the bereaved to express their feelings of grief and to teach self-compassion skills. This will include activities and conversations to increase skill-building.
Complimentary CEs will be available for attendees of the Professional Seminar.
Objectives:
- Identify the unique challenges you face in end-of-life and bereavement care.
- Recognize your own signs of compassion fatigue, burnout, or secondary trauma.
- Learn practical self-care strategies that nourish your mind, body, and spirit.
- Build resilience by setting healthy boundaries and embracing restorative practices.
- Strengthen your emotional stamina while staying compassionate and present.
- Create a personalized self-care plan you can immediately put into practice.
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