Event Details

Anticipatory Grief: A Discussion with Mental Health Professionals

Date:

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Time:

9:00 AM

Description:

sunflowerswebTopics include:

  • Anticipatory grief in academic literature and practice
  • Hospital team approaches to anticipatory grief in adults and children
  • Challenges facing hospice teams dealing with patients and families in anticipatory grief
  • Development of pathology in children in anticipatory grief
  • Case studies in the school, hospital and hospice environment

 

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Cost: $30.00 for CEUs or $20.00 Participation Fee

Presenters include:

Ann H. Weiss, L.P.C. - Program Director, Bo's Place

Debra Sivesind, M.S.N., R.N., PMHCNS-BC - Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Marilyn Ladin, L.C.S.W.-BCD - Palliative Medicine SW Therapist, The Methodist Hospital

MarthaAnn "Marti" Nelson, L.C.S.W. - Director of Bereavement Services, Houston Hospice

Penelope J. Hooks, M.D. - Psychiatrist and Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychoanalyst, Private Practice, Training & Supervising Analyst

Arthur J. Farley, M.D. - Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst, Training & Supervising Analyst, Clinical Director, The New School in the Heights

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TO REGISTER, contact Courtney Varner at courtney@bosplace.org or 713-942-8339.

Location:

Bo's Place