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September 11 | 6-hour Live Virtual Workshop*Limited to 30 clinicians to ensure interactive dialogue
Last Responder Clinical Micro-credential: Virtual Intensive
The terminal phase of the death care response cycle relies on an unseen frontline. Historically, occupational mental health support has focused overwhelmingly on First Responders, leaving a critical vacuum in clinical care for Death Care Professionals (DCPs)—including funeral directors, embalmers, removal workers, and coroners.
This Specialized Clinical Micro-credential bridges psychotherapy with lived death care experience, providing the exact depth and insight required for mental health providers to successfully engage this unique population. This is currently the only validated Last Responder mental health training of its kind in Canada.
About the Micro-credential
Meet your Facilitator
Dwight E.A. Thompson, MSW RSW RMFT-S
Dwight brings a highly unique, dual-lens perspective to this intensive. He is a registered Social Worker and a registered Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in trauma (PTSD), loss, and attachment issues. He currently oversees the Veteran’s program with Ottawa Psychotherapy Services and is spearheading the development of this specialized mental health program for Funeral Service Professionals. Crucially, Dwight is also an actively licensed Class 2 Funeral Director, allowing him to provide clinicians with an authentic, "inside-out" perspective of the professional culture, pressures, and realities of the death care ecosystem.
This program is designed for Licensed Mental Health Providers (MHPs)—including psychotherapists, counselors, and EAP generalists—seeking to establish Occupational Sensitivity and specialized clinical competence in the death care industry.
Who Should Attend?
This 6-hour intensive maps a pathway to specialized mastery across five proprietary core modules:
Module 1: The "Inside-Out" Perspective of Death Care Culture
Module 2: Mental Health Mapping & Clinical Risks with Last Responders
Module 3: Disarming the Shroud: Specialized Clinical Engagement
Module 4: Somatic Recognition & Sustainable Repair for Last Responders
Module 5: The Last Responder in the EAP Context
Upon successful completion of the intensive and the associated competency assessment, participants will be awarded:
A Verified Digital Badge: A shareable, metadata-enriched credential for LinkedIn and EAP provider profiles.
A Certificate of Specialized Competency: Documenting 6 hours of structured professional development.
Curriculum & Competency Mapping
Cost: $500.00 CAD per clinician.
Payment Details: Payment is due upon registration to secure your seat in this limited-capacity cohort.
eTransfers: payments@ottawapsychotherapyservices.ca
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