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Ohio Counseling Conversations

The official Ohio Counseling Association podcast. Our mission is to host experts from our membership, leadership, and throughout the counseling field to bring listeners relevant conversations around what it means to be a counselor in Ohio. In addition, this podcast will provide a platform for Ohio Counseling Association divisions, chapters, and committees to share information and updates. Made for counselors by counselors, we hope to highlight important conversations in the profession that will inform our work as we continue to grow as professionals and as people. Thank you for tuning in! Views, beliefs, or references mentioned in episodes do not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Ohio Counseling Association. The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of the Ohio Counseling Association or any of its officials.

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Conversation 1 - Permission to Grieve

February 01, 2023 • Ohio Counseling Association • Season 1 • Episode 1

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In this episode, we interview Kailey Bradley who is both a counselor and thanatologist. She discusses her passions for grief and her own journey of becoming a grief specialist. Kailey emphasizes common misconceptions about grief as well as the notion that loss goes far beyond death loss. She provides some insight into her work and provides us with some great resources. Check it out!

Here are the resources she discussed:

Her favorite grief books were mentioned-

Modern Loss by Rebecca Soffer

Understanding your grief by Dr. Alan Wolfelt

It is okay you are not okay by Megan Devine

The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller

Bearing the Unbearable by Joanne Caciatorre

Her favorite grief websites were also mentioned-

Whatsyourgrief.com

Modernloss.com

Refugeingrief.com

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Created by the OCA's Media, Public Relations, and Membership (MPRM) Committee & its Podcast Subcommittee

·Hosted by Marisa Cargill

·Pre-Production & Coordination by Kailey Bradley, Marisa Cargill, Victoria Frazier & Kendra Thornton

·Editing by Leah Wood

·Original music selections by Elijah Satoru Wood

·Closing song: Accretion Discotheque by Who AD