A program of year-round educational grief/loss support provided by Dr. Mark Vande Braak, Director of Grief, Loss, and Trauma at Lutheran Family Service
Lutheran Family Service is pleased to present a program of year-round educational grief support. Each session will focus on a different area of loss as presented by our very own Dr. Mark Vande Braak, an expert with 30+ years of professional experience helping people navigate through trauma & loss. Over a 12-month span, Dr. Mark will cover different topics related to the death of family and friends, the loss of jobs and homes, miscarriage and stillbirth, ambiguous loss, suicide, the passing of pets, and more.
This is a FREE series with no registration fee. If you would like to join any of our sessions, please register for them as they become available. And please share this series with anyone who may be grieving any of these losses.
Grief Support Series Topics
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Recordings of these sessions will not be made public, but will be sent to anyone who signed up for the group. So if you cannot make it to our live sessions on Wednesdays at 1:00 PM, but would like to watch it later, please register so that we have your address on file and we can send it to you.
Dr. Mark Vande Braak (Ph.D, FT, MT-BC, Lutheran Family Service Director of Grief, Loss, and Trauma) helps people who have suffered traumatic loss and complicated or prolonged grief through individual sessions provided in-person in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, or via telehealth anywhere in the US.
In addition to working with individuals, Dr. Mark serves people experiencing a wide variety of losses through virtual and in-person groups. Topics addressed include supporting parents following loss of a child due to illness, suicide, trauma, miscarriage or stillbirth; and spouses or families of those suffering traumatic brain injury or life-changing illnesses such as ALS, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s or other dementias.
Dr. Mark works with families, congregations, and communities in the face of tragedy from accidents, shootings, natural disasters, and suicide. He is available for speaking engagements at universities, educational events, and community settings. He provides consultation to physicians, attorneys, pastors, teachers, and church workers as they support their people through loss and grief.
Office Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Available: Anywhere throughout the United States via telehealth
Email: [email protected]
Office/Scheduling: 605-271-1081
