Guest Speaker: Tyler Murphy

This presentation will explore the hidden layers of grief and ambiguous loss experienced by individuals living with chronic kidney disease (CKD), as well as their caregivers. CKD is not only a progressive medical condition but a life-altering diagnosis that brings ongoing and often unrecognized losses — including changes in physical health, independence, identity, roles, relationships, and future plans. Many of these losses are invisible to others, creating complex emotional layers that can be difficult to name, validate, or process. Acknowledging the impact mental and emotional well-being can have and why these responses are both common and valid.
 
The session will also provide practical coping strategies, supportive resources, and tools to help patients and caregivers acknowledge, navigate, and manage the emotional realities of living with chronic kidney disease with greater resilience and support.

To register, email peersupport@kidney.ca or call 1.866.390.7337.

About our Guest Speaker:
Tyler Murphy is a renal social worker for William Osler Health System, working out of the Etobicoke site. She works in a multi-care kidney care clinic, peritoneal dialysis clinic, and with in-centre hemodialysis patients. Tyler has worked in the nephrology field for 4-years and previously worked in the community with different at-risk populations. She is currently an executive member of the Canadian Association of Nephrology Social Workers and is currently working on her grief education certificate through the University of Toronto.