This 90-minute interactive webinar provides practical, skills-based training for anyone who facilitates — or hopes to facilitate — an adult grief support group. Drawing on the proven model used at The Sharing Place, presenters Dina Petersen and Tracy Seegmiller guide participants through the full arc of facilitating an adult grief group: from pre-meeting preparation to opening the room, managing group dynamics, using activities and conversation starters, and closing with care. Attendees leave with concrete tools, language, and confidence they can apply at their very next group meeting.

Continuing Education (CE) Credits: Not available for this webinar.
Target Audience: Counselors, Social workers, Bereavement support professionals, school professionals
Instructional Level: Intermediate – This best describes a topic or issue that the audience likely has a theoretical foundation for understanding and/or a working knowledge
Format: Live Interactive Webinar

Cost: Free for NACG Members; $60 for Guests
Registration Deadline: March 16, 2027, at 12:59pm ET.

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After attending this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify and apply the Top 10 Qualities of an effective grief support facilitator
• Implement a structured check-in process that honors each participant’s grief experience.
• Use techniques to open and deepen group discussion.
• Recognize and respond to common group disruptions.
• Facilitate three or more activities or conversation starters appropriate for adult grief groups.

Speaker Bio:

Dina Petersen brings more than 23 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, and families navigating grief across Utah. As Program Director for Salt Lake County at The Sharing Place, she leads a team of Group Coordinators and partners with the administrative team to strengthen and continuously improve programming. Dina began volunteering in 2003 as a children’s grief support group facilitator and joined staff in 2016 as a Group Coordinator, facilitating school-age and pre-teen groups. In 2019, she became Outreach Education Coordinator, expanding training and support for volunteers and staff and strengthening partnerships with schools, mental health professionals, and community organizations to broaden access to grief resources. Dina regularly presents on childhood grief, sharing practical insight into how children and teens experience loss and how caring adults can respond with empathy, clarity, and confidence. She is committed to increasing community awareness, so no child grieves alone.

Tracy Seegmiller is the Utah County Director at The Sharing Place, where she oversees peer-to-peer grief support for children and trains adult facilitators to lead compassionate, effective groups. With 3.5+ years in this role and more than a decade in child protective services and bereavement care, she brings a grounded, practical perspective to grief support across settings. Tracy facilitates groups for children, teens, and caregiving adults and recruits, trains, and supervises facilitators across Utah County. She serves on the Alpine School District Suicide Prevention Coalition, participates in the Utah Valley Interfaith Association, and contributes to the NACG Sibling Grief Workgroup. Previously, she was a Bereavement Coordinator at Intermountain Health Care and a Program Manager with the Utah Division of Child and Family Services. She holds a B.S. in Sociology (minors in Business Marketing and Psychology) from Southern Utah University and has presented statewide.

Refund/cancellation policy: If you need to cancel your registration, please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688. Please note that no refunds will be given.

To request accessibility accommodations: The National Alliance for Children’s Grief is committed to providing universal access to all our events. Please contact Megan Lopez at megan.lopez@childrengrieve.org or at (432) 288-4688 to request disability accommodations. Advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility needs.

System requirements: Participants must have access to a computer, tablet, or mobile device with a reliable internet connection, speakers and microphone, and a webcam for video participation. A device with at least a dual-core processor (2 GHz or higher), 4 GB of RAM, and 64-bit capability is recommended.