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EAP CIR: Death of an Employee, A Multi-Systemic Resiliency Approach

CE Hours 2

About this course

When a workplace is notified that an employee has died, it sets off a series of emotional reactions within employees, and operations by the organization in which the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) becomes actively involved in both. The role the EAP from the onset is to offer steady, compassionate guidance to organizational leadership, clinical support to those impacted, and subject matter expertise on crisis intervention, grief reactions, and fostering resilience. However models of grief are plenty, crisis intervention objectives vary and even in the field of Critical Incident Response (CIR), different target populations alter method. Drawing upon EAP Critical Incident Response: Multi-Systemic Resiliency Approach (MSRA) this training clearly defines the appropriate grief models and interventions, both onsite and virtual, specific to working within the EAP Mission and various workplace cultures.

Learning Objectives

  • Implement a grief/resilience model most applicable to the reactions from an employee death and its impact on the organization.
  • Compare and contrast between the roles of grief counselor and EAP CIR responder.
  • Create and apply all onsite interventions, in-person and virtual consistent to workplace culture influences.

Learning Levels

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for EAP professionals, behavioral health professionals, including Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and MFT's.

Course Instructor(s)

  • Robert Intveld, LCSW,CEAP

    Robert is the author of EAP CIR- A Multi-Systemic Resiliency Approach (MSRA) with over 35 years experience in the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) field in both clinical and operational roles. His vast experience in EAP CIR has led to solving and publishing solutions to onsite dilemmas other response models presented by not fully understanding the EAP Mission. MSRA is a crisis intervention approach that stabilizes and fosters resilient outcomes within a variety of employee populations, their cultures, and organizational dynamics. Its processes compliment the variety of service models EAPs offer to their dual customers. Robert and his work, MSRA, is well known within the EAP community both nationally and internationally. Robert has trained countless EAP teams and professional counselors for onsite EAP CIR delivery through regular live and on-demand trainings. Robert has received the Special Recognition Award for the Employee Assistance Professional Association for his work in critical incident response, post 9/11 in NYC, his work following the OK City Bombing, and continues to be a much sought after speaker for this important topic.

Disclosure

DISCLOSURE OF RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity ― including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests). The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity’s planners, faculty, and the reviewer: PLANNERS AND REVIEWER The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships. FACULTY The faculty of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

References

  • Bonanno, G. A. (2021). The resilience paradox. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1942642
  • Southwick, S.M., Charney, D.S., DePierro, J. M. (2023). Resilience: The science of mastering life’s greatest challenges (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  • Weinberg, H. (2021). Obstacles, challenges, and benefits of online group psychotherapy. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 74(2), 83-88. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20200034
  • Wu, L., Chen, S., & Tang, S. (2025). Relationship between resilience and mental health among COVID-19 bereaved people: The mediating role of dual process coping. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 15, 20451253251328607. https://doi.org/10.1177/20451253251328607
  • Zhang, J., Hu, H., Wu, D., Nie, Y., & Lin, X. (2025). Is online group therapy as effective as face-to-face group therapy? A mixed methods study. Clinical Social Work Journal, 53(2), 208–219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10615-024-00933-2

CE Process Info

Content

  • Materials
    2 parts
    • DOE Slide Deck
    • Finding Your Footing After the Loss of a Colleague
  • Recordings
    1 parts
    • 2026 Death of an Employee
  • Joint Accreditation

    Joint Accreditation (JA)

    In support of improving patient care, CE Learning Systems is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

  • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.

  • New York Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYEDSW)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. #0060.

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  • New York Education Department for Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSEDLMHC)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0072.

  • New York Education Department Board for Licensed Psychoanalysts (NYSEDLP)

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  • New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology (NYEDPSY)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists. #PSY-0016.

  • New York Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy (NYEDMFT)

    CE Learning Systems, LLC  (d/b/a impactce.com) is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Marriage and Family Therapy as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0045.

EAP CIR: Death of an Employee, A Multi-Systemic Resiliency Approach
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  • Publication Date
    Jul 7th, 2026

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