Death Anxiety & Nature Workshop
Workshop Overview
This one-day outdoor workshop serves as a compassionate and curious space to share our beliefs and anxieties about the universal experience of mortality. Group discussion and activities will explore a range of perspectives about how to understand death in a way that strengthens our gratitude, aligns us with our values, and increases the meaning we find in our lives. Participants can expect to learn, discuss, and build skills related to death anxiety, including the use of the natural world as a source of mirroring and metaphor for the role of death in life. Group will be used to cultivate insight, curiosity, and wonder but will not be used as a space to process grief.
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Program Schedule and Locations
* Sunday, April 19, 2026 from 1:00 - 4:30 pm.
* Rose Hill Manor, 1611 N Market Street, Frederick, MD 21701
(meet at the park benches just off the parking lot in front of the outdoor restrooms)
Your Facilitator
Larissa Fitzgibbons, LGPC is a Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor with Outdoor Therapeutics. She holds a Masters in Clinical Mental Counseling as well as a certification in Thanatology (the study of death and dying) from Hood College. Larissa brings an intimate knowledge of death and dying from her personal experience and her education at one of the few and most highly regarded Thanatology programs in the United States, as well as her previous career as a Registered Nurse. Larissa looks forward to encouraging participants to get more comfortable and engaged with the topic of death, and assisting participants in finding their own perspective that helps to reduce anxiety and increase meaning in day-to-day life.
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Eligibility & Preparation
This workshop is open to participants ages 18 or older.
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Workshop Costs
Participation in this 5-hour psychoeducational workshop is $30. Costs cannot be covered by insurance.
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Questions before applying? Please contact larissa@outdoortherapeutics.com if you have questions.