Psychosocial-Spiritual Alberta Community of Practice 2025-26
October 9, 2025 · 12:00 - 1:00pm
Organized by: Palliative Institute
Audience: Healthcare professionals
Webinar Palliative care Spiritual health Mental health
This community of practice seeks to develop the clinical and self-care skills of professionals providing psychosocial-spiritual care to palliative patients, families and the bereaved in Alberta.
In palliative and grief care, there is often a component of suffering that we cannot “fix” or “take away”. Instead, as psychosocial-spiritual professionals we are called to companion and support, foster coping, processing, treatment, and sometimes healing. This COP seeks to develop the clinical and self-care skills of professionals providing psychosocial-spiritual care to palliative patients, families and the bereaved in Alberta. Developed with Alberta content, this series is open to social workers, spiritual care providers, creative arts therapists, occupational therapists, Indigenous liaisons, counsellors, psychologists, nurses and other clinicians providing emotional and spiritual support.
We meet on the second Thursday of the month from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Sessions
Narrative Medicine: Reflective Writing Practices for Palliative Care Providers
Session 1: Oct. 9, 2025 · 12:00 - 1:00pm (MST)
Presenters: Paula Holmes-Rodman, PhD, Advanced Certificate Narrative Based Medicine (Narrative Prescriptions) and Mireille de Reland, BBA, Certificates in Narrative Based Medicine and Mindful Informed End-of-Life Care (Narrative Prescriptions)
Discover how Narrative Medicine can support the wellbeing of psychosocial palliative care providers. Through reflective writing prompts, participants will explore personal and collective resilience. This experiential session fosters compassionate patient care, peer connection, and mindful self-care.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how Narrative Medicine can support the wellbeing of psychosocial palliative care providers.
- Engage in reflective writing prompts to restore the self and cultivate resilience.
- Reconnect with meaning and purpose through guided reflection and shared discussion—fostering sustainable, compassionate patient care, peer connection, and mindful self-care.
Session 2 | November 13 - Details to Come
Further details on the session will be shared soon.