Grief-Informed Practice
Foundations of grief-informed support for professionals accompanying people through bereavement, loss, and significant life disruption.
SPEAKING & EDUCATION
Education for the work of supporting others.
Andrea O'Reilly, MSW, RSW, offers workshops and presentations on grief, traumatic loss, trauma-informed care, and the emotional demands of helping work.
Her sessions are warm, clinically grounded, and attentive to the realities of supporting people through experiences that rarely have simple answers.
Available for in-person and virtual presentations
ENQUIRE ABOUT SPEAKINGA THOUGHTFUL APPROACH
Education that makes room for complexity.
Andrea brings clinical experience in grief, traumatic loss, trauma-informed care, and relational practice to educational settings. Her presentations offer clear, compassionate language for experiences that can be difficult to understand, discuss, or support.
Sessions can be tailored for healthcare teams, social workers, psychotherapists, educators, community organizations, workplaces, caregiver groups, and other audiences seeking clinically informed, human-centred education.
WHO I SPEAK WITH
Education shaped for the people in the room.
The language, examples, and depth of each presentation are tailored to the audience, setting, and purpose of the event.
Healthcare & Social Service Teams
For professionals supporting people through illness, loss, trauma, caregiving, and significant change.
Social Workers & Psychotherapists
For clinicians seeking thoughtful education related to grief, traumatic loss, relational practice, and the emotional impact of clinical work.
Educators & Community Organizations
For groups seeking accessible language and practical understanding of grief, trauma, mental health, and supportive responses.
Workplaces & Leadership Teams
For organizations considering how grief, loss, caregiving, and emotionally demanding experiences affect employees and workplace culture.
Caregiver & Bereavement Organizations
For communities supporting people living with anticipatory grief, bereavement, prolonged uncertainty, and caregiving responsibilities.
PRESENTATION TOPICS
Presentation topics shaped for your audience.
Traumatic Loss & Complex Grief
Exploring the intersection of grief and trauma, including how traumatic circumstances can shape bereavement and support needs.
Supporting People Bereaved by Suicide
A thoughtful exploration of experiences that may follow a death by suicide, with attention to sensitive, non-judgemental, grief-informed support.
Compassion Fatigue, Burnout & Sustainable Practice
Recognizing the emotional demands of helping work and considering professional boundaries, responsibility, rest, and sustainable ways of remaining present.
Grief in the Workplace
Understanding how loss may affect employees and colleagues, and considering compassionate, grief-informed workplace responses.
Anticipatory Grief & Caregiver Burnout
Understanding the emotional impact of grieving before a loss and supporting people carrying prolonged uncertainty, responsibility, and change.
THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Clear information without reducing the human experience.
Presentations are designed to offer clear language, practical frameworks, and room for thoughtful questions—without treating grief, trauma, or emotional distress as experiences with simple solutions.
Andrea brings clinical knowledge into conversation with the realities of supporting people through experiences that may be prolonged, ambiguous, or unresolved. Participants are invited to consider not only what may be helpful, but how to respond with care, sound judgement, and humility.
Clarity does not require simplification. We can understand more without reducing the person in front of us.
WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
Formats shaped for your setting.
Presentations
Focused sessions introducing a topic, framework, or area of understanding for professional or community audiences.
Interactive Workshops
Longer sessions that may include guided reflection, discussion, case examples, or practical application.
Tailored Team Learning
Education shaped around the needs, context, and questions of a particular organization or professional team.
Sessions may be offered in person or virtually. The topic, format, length, audience, fees, and availability are discussed during an initial enquiry.
PLEASE NOTE
Continuing education credits
Therapy Bee educational offerings are not currently pre-approved for continuing education credits. Any program that carries approved credits will state this clearly in its description.