Grief & Loss
Dr. Likis-Werle discusses grief and loss processes for clients and clinicians.
about Dr. Likis-Werle
Elizabeth Likis-Werle, PhD, LCMHC-S is currently a Counselor Educator at Western Carolina University. She graduated from WCU in Community Counseling and got her PhD in Counseling and Supervision from UNC Greensboro. During the past 25 years, she has primarily lived and worked in the Asheville area and has extensive experience in clinical mental health centers, school based therapy, foster/adoption services, three university counseling centers, and IOP. After several years as a faculty at East Tennessee State as Director of the Community Counseling Clinic, she returned to WCU. She developed a grief and loss course and has been diving into research and experiences of non-death grief and loss processes and meaning making. Other interests include identity development, trauma, addictions, and life transitions.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Darcy Harris and Harold Winokuer’s Principles and Practice of Grief Counseling, 3rd edition.
Berinato, S (March 23, 2020). That discomfort you’re feeling is grief. Harvard Business Review.
David Kessler: https://grief.com/ (David Kessler worked with Elisabeth Kubler Ross on original 5 stages and he got permission to add 6th stage - Meaning Making)
Smith, P. H., & Delgado, H. (2020). Working with non‐death losses in counseling: An overview of grief needs and approaches. Adultspan Journal, 19(2), 118-127.
