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Episode 30 is all about grief & loss. Kylee Shields, LCSW …

Kylee Shields is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and the Clinical Director of Juniper. Juniper is a trauma informed, community based outpatient treatment program for youth ages 13-18 who have experienced sexual exploitation and sexual abuse. Juniper is part of the Malouf Foundation and a part of PHASE Alliance ( Malouf Foundation + The Elizabeth Smart Foundation + Fight The New Drug). PHASE stands for prevention and healing against sexual exploitation. 

Throughout her career Kylee has worked closely with adolescents in the areas of trauma, substance use, depression, anxiety, oppositional defiance, bereavement, processing disorders, process addictions, and more. She draws from her prior experience working at EFY, residential treatment settings, HEFY, a therapeutic boarding school, and wilderness therapy. 

CONNECT WITH KYLEE SHIELDS:

All Links: https://thebelongingplace.komi.io/ 

RESOURCES:

GriefShare (griefshare.org), Grieving.com https://www.griefincommon.com/ 

Megan Devine: www.refugeingrief.com , Book: “It’s Okay To Not Be Okay”

Eleanor Haley & Lista Williams: www.whatsyourgrief.com , Book: “What’s Your Grief”

Dr. Alan Wolfelt: www.centerforloss.com , Book: “You’re Not Crazy–You’re Grieving”

Rebecca Soffer & Gabrielle Birkner: www.modernloss.com, Book: “Candid Conversations About Grief”

Suicide Loss: www.save.org 

Military Loss: www.taps.org  

Miscarriage/Stillbirth Loss: www.hopemommies.org 

Jason & Kristen Clawson: @lightaftergrief, www.hopekit.com 

SOURCES:

1. THE GRIEF EXPERIENCE Types of Grief and Loss. National Hospice Foundation. https://www.nhpco.org/about-nhpco/patients-and-caregivers/the-grief-experience/types-of-grief-and-loss/

2. Us C, Now D. Characteristics of “Normal” Grief. Sfsuicide.org. https://www.sfsuicide.org/prevention-strategies/dealing-with-grief/characteristics-of-normal-grief/  

3. Speaking Grief | Understanding Grief: Types of grief.https://speakinggrief.org/get-better-at-grief/understanding-grief/types-of-grief/

4. American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/topics/grief 

5. PDQ Supportive and Palliative Care Editorial Board. Greif, Bereavement, and Coping With loss  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK66052/

6. National Institutes of Health. Coping with grief.

7. Rogalla KB. Anticipatory grief, proactive coping, social support, and growth: Exploring positive experiences of preparing for loss. https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222818761461

9. American Psychological Association. Coping with Grief (https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2017/10/coping-grief

10. Shear MK. Grief and mourning gone awry: pathway and course of complicated grief. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.31887/DCNS.2012.14.2/mshear

11. Szuhany KL, Malgaroli M, Miron CD, Simon NM. Prolonged grief disorder: Course, diagnosis, assessment, and treatment. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20200052

13. American Academy of Family Physicians. Grieving: Facing illness, death, and other losses. https://familydoctor.org/grieving-facing-illness-death-and-other-losses/

14. American Psychological Association. Grief: Coping with the loss of your loved one. https://www.apa.org/topics/families/grief

15. Hospice Foundation of America. When do I seek professional help? https://hospicefoundation.org/Grief-%281%29/Journeys-with-Grief-Articles/When-Do-I-Seek-Professional-Help

16. Cancer Care Association. How to help someone who is grieving. https://www.cancercare.org/publications/67-how_to_help_someone_who_is_grieving

17. Betz, G., Thorngren, J. M. (2006). Ambiguous loss and the family grieving process. The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families,

18. Boss, P. (2016). The context and process of theory development: The story of ambiguous loss. Journal of Family Theory & Review,

19. Boss, P., Carnes, D. (2012). The myth of closure. Family Process

https://www.ambiguousloss.com/