Advisor's Guide To Grieving Clients
Learn how to navigate client grief to help them move through financial and emotional grief without damaging your professional relationship with them.
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Confidently help clients in grief with empathy and understanding
Learn how to navigate client grief to help them move through financial and emotional grief without damaging your professional relationship with them
Are you experiencing this?
- You don’t know how to help your grieving client, despite all of your education and experience.
- You feel helpless on navigating financial matters in the midst of their grief.
- You’re not sure how quickly your grieving client should take care of financial matters after the loss of a loved one.
- You feel uncomfortable about what to say to your grieving client, as if you’re “walking on eggshells.”
- You care about your clients and want to help them through their grief, but don’t have any resources to offer them outside of financial matters.
“Grief does not have a schedule, it is unique to each of
us. Of all the human experiences planners navigate, I
think grief is the most common and challenging. Chris Dale knows grief
from the inside out. In his course, he blends his personal experience and
his strong technical skills to teach other planners the skills needed to be
present as a guide through grief to the rebuilding of the next chapter of life. Grief is a complicating factor for financial
planners, it is highly personal, lasts longer than expected and impacts
decisions that shape a client's life going forward. Every financial planner needs the training and
skills offered in the Life After Grief Course created and taught by Chris Dale."
Susan K Bradley, CFP®, CeFT® Founder
of the Sudden Money Institute and Financial Transitionist Institute
The Advisor’s Guide to Grieving Clients course will help you:
- Understand how to help grieving clients to improve client relationship
- Learn how to distinguish grieving styles so you know how quickly your client will move through financial steps
- Develop better communication with grieving clients
- Identify grief triggers and keep your client comfortable when they occur
- Navigate family dynamics with confidence
- Facilitate the compensation conversation delicately and appropriately
Discover this proven process that can be used immediately to successfully navigate client grief
During your learning process, you’ll also get:
- Visual Step-by-Step guide to help you navigate the process easier
- Continual Support - A members-only Facebook group to learn and find additional support from your peers
- On-the-go learning - Download course audio and PDF guides to keep and reference anytime you need help navigating client grief
- Continuing Education Credit - This course qualifies for continuing education credit through CFP® Board. (Course ID is 259637.)
- BONUS - Release of Authorization Form to customize for your own business
- BONUS - Grief Identifiers Checklist
- BONUS - Understanding Legal Responsibilities of Adult Children
- BONUS - Identifying “Sandwich Generation” Grievers
- BONUS - Tools for Navigating Money & Systems
- BONUS - Aging Parents, Money, & What to Do
- BONUS - Having a Great Team to Support You & Your Clients
- BONUS - Understanding Anthropoidal Grief
- BONUS - Resource Guide to help your clients find support outside of financial matters
"As a financial planner, I was taught to work with the data, but emotion isn't data, and if we want to be "real financial planners" we are going to have to learn how to cope with issues like grief. Chris' class digs into not only the stages of grief but the styles of grief, and how we, as financial planners, can help our clients based on their grieving style and stage.” Amy Irvine, CFP® - Rooted Planning Group
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Here's what advisors like you had to say about the course:
Kerrie Bean, CFP®
“The class has given me the confidence and ability to be able to connect and understand grieving clients on a deeper level. The platform is easy to follow and Chris does a phenomenal job in his videos and providing helpful resources.”
John Chesbrough, CFP®
“Chris was a tremendous help to me. He helped me assess how my client would grieve, and to think through my client's financial and emotional needs. Plus, he provided me with some important emotional support as I supported my clients...
Chris is a huge help to advisors who want to help their clients move through their grief.”
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Your Instructor
A financial planner since 2003, Chris Dale is regularly seen in his local paper, Orlando Sentinel, and many other online publications. His primary focus is on helping advisors understand the grieving process, but he also helps his own clients in his financial planning firm, Life After Grief Financial Planning.
His firm has won many awards, including the Expertise.com’s Best Financial Advisors in Orlando in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
Are you prepared to work with grieving clients
A Personal Message from Chris
“In 2008, at the peak of the recession, I lost my mother to cancer in August. A few months later, I lost my father to a broken heart in November. Then I lost my grandmother in 2010. Two years after that, I experienced the loss of my oldest child. These traumatic experiences have strengthened me greatly. I want to help you deepen your understanding of grief and give you processes that will help you feel confident and prepared to help your clients.
Together we’ll go over ways to distinguish your client’s way of grieving, methods of effective communication to grieving clients, and help you feel more confident and prepared in your practice.
It’s important to me that you feel prepared when facing uncertainty during times of grief. The loss of a loved one can rock financial stability, both for clients and advisors.
I’m here to help you through this process, every step of the way.”
“As a widower myself who runs a firm focusing on fellow widowed spouses, Chris's course resonated powerfully with me. I walked away with actionable best practices, client tools, and helpful information that went even beyond my own personal experience that I've implemented into my practice. If you feel awkward or are unsure how to best help grieving people, take this course!” Daniel Kopp, CFP®