Podcasts about certified thanatologist

Show SummaryOn today's episode, we're featuring a conversation with Denise Meine-Graham. Denise and her husband help communities develop Local Outreach to Suicide Survivor teams, or LOSS Teams, to provide support to others bereaved by suicide. Provide FeedbackAs a dedicated member of the audience, we would like to hear from you about the show. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts about the show in this short feedback survey. By doing so, you will be entered to receive a signed copy of one of our host's three books on military and veteran mental health. About Today's GuestDenise Meine-Graham, a former corporate executive, turned her personal tragedy into a mission of hope after losing her son, Drey, to suicide in 2012. She founded LOSS Community Services in Columbus, Ohio, to provide support and healing to those bereaved by suicide. In 2022, she transitioned to the role of Director Emerita.That same year, Denise and her husband, Robbie, established Postvention Consulting LLC to help communities develop LOSS Teams and postvention programs nationwide. They also work at the state level to build postvention infrastructures and networks. In 2023, Postvention Consulting took on the responsibility—originally led by Dr. Frank Campbell—of expanding the LOSS Team active postvention model. LOSSteam.comWith a strong business background, Denise has developed a structured approach to launching LOSS Teams, contributed to nationally recognized media guidelines on suicide reporting, testified before state legislators on postvention-related policies, and frequently speaks on suicide postvention and her journey as a loss survivor.Denise has received multiple awards recognizing her achievements and collaborative leadership. She has extensive training in suicide prevention and has served as a QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) Instructor, CALM (Counseling on Access to Lethal Means) trainer, and “How to Share Your Story” trainer. She is a Certified Thanatologist, a Certified Psychological Autopsy Investigator, and holds a Death and Grief Studies certification from the Center for Loss and Life Transition.Links Mentioned in this Episode Loss Team WebsitePsychArmor Resource of the WeekThis week's resource of the week is the PsychArmor course, Postvention: Healing After Suicide. Postvention is a term unfamiliar to many people, yet it is a critical component of suicide prevention. This course explains postvention, what it is and why it is important. You can find the resource here:  https://learn.psycharmor.org/courses/postvention-healing-after-suicide Episode Partner: This week's episode is brought to you by Humana, a leading health and well-being company that has joined forces with PsychArmor to develop campaigns and courses that support veterans and their families in achieving their best health. To learn more about how Humana honors and serves veterans visit healthequity.humana.com/veterans” Contact Us and Join Us on Social Media Email PsychArmorPsychArmor on TwitterPsychArmor on FacebookPsychArmor on YouTubePsychArmor on LinkedInPsychArmor on InstagramTheme MusicOur theme music Don't Kill the Messenger was written and performed by Navy Veteran Jerry Maniscalco, in cooperation with Operation Encore, a non profit committed to supporting singer/songwriter and musicians across the military and Veteran communities.Producer and Host Duane France is a retired Army Noncommissioned Officer, combat veteran, and clinical mental health counselor for service members, veterans, and their families.  You can find more about the work that he is doing at www.veteranmentalhealth.com  

Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist and The Doyenne of Death®, is a pioneering death educator who uses humor, film clips, and outside-the-box activities to teach about end-of-life topics and planning ahead. An award-winning speaker, she "knocked 'em dead" at TEDxABQ with her talk, “A Good Goodbye.” She's also an informed advocate for planning ahead and a Certified Funeral Celebrant. The Association for Death Education and Counseling recognized her work with their 2024 Community Educator Award.She's the author of three books on end-of-life issues: A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die. She is also one of the first people to hold a Death Café in the United States and has held the annual Before I Die New Mexico Festival since 2017.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-x-zone-radio-tv-show--1078348/support.

Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death, has been talking about death and dying for years - and she's still alive. As an award-winning death speaker, Gail uses humor and film clips to educate the public about advance care planning, funeral pre-planning, and estate planning. She's a Certified Thanatologist and a featured speaker at TEDxABQ, where she spoke on “A Good Goodbye”.  Gail is the author of four books on end-of-life, including A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die. She also designed the Newly-Dead Game, a thought-provoking way to help start funeral planning conversations in a fun, non-threatening way. You can connect with Gail Rubin at AGoodGoodbye.com. Watch Gail's TEDx ABQ talk on YouTube. Want to watch people play the Newly-Dead Game? Click here. Find out how you can host a Before I Die Festival in your hometown at beforeidiefestivals.com. Register for the Tree of Life Conference from the International Doula Life Movement here.  Want to know more about doulas, or connect with others who are doing death doula work? Visit internationaldoulalifemovement.com.  If you're interested in becoming a certified death doula through IDLM, click here. Access all the courses that IDLM provides here. See all the events that IDLM is offering by clicking here.   Connect with IDLM on social media. Facebook  IG YouTube  If you have questions about hospice care or need to troubleshoot the care you're already receiving, book a session with an expert Hospice Navigator at theheartofhospice.com.   Book podcast host Helen Bauer to speak at your event or conference by sending an email to helen@theheartofhospice.com. Find more podcast episodes from The Heart of Hospice at The Heart of Hospice Podcast (theheartofhospice.com)

Preaching for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Lisa Mersereau offers a reflection on remaining in God's love from her perspective as a hospice chaplain: "The stories I hear about how a dying person has maintained a prayer life are as amazing as God is. Many reflect upon how God is with them and how they know God is with them in their final illness. There is an unwavering belief that there's mutual love flowing between them and God. By Jesus saying, 'Remain in me, as I remain in you,' we can interpret that as, 'Know that love is present to you now and will be forever as I remain in you and you remain in me.' This is one of the many things I have learned at the bedside of my patients." Lisa Mersereau, CT is a graduate of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, IL, with a Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies degree. Recently, she became a Certified Thanatologist with the Association for Death Education and Counseling by being certified in Thanatology: Death, Dying, and Bereavement. Lisa is employed at Uni Care Hospice in Escondido, CA as a Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator and is an active ministry volunteer at Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala. She happily lives in the San Diego area. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/04282024 to learn more about Lisa, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.

Content warning: this episode is all about suicide, and grief from suicide loss. This topic might be triggering or challenging for some people, so if that's you, skip this one and join us next month. If you or a loved one struggle with suicidal ideation, call or text 988 to reach the national suicide and crisis hotline. This week I'm so excited to bring Dr. Sara Murphy (she/her) back to the podcast to talk about destigmatizing suicide, suicidality, and surviving the loss of a loved one to suicide. Dr. Murphey is a death educator, Certified Thanatologist, and suicidologist with fifteen years of scholarly, pedagogical, and professional experience in the field. She is a faculty member at the University of Rhode Island where she teaches undergrad and graduate courses in the fields of thanatology and suicidology. In this episode, we dive into why suicide has always been a stigmatized cause of death (even though suicidality is a widespread occurrence across humanity) and ways that we can work toward dismantling that stigma. We also cover how dismantling suicide stigma helps folx who ideate suicide feel safer seeking and getting help, and also allows us to better support people who are grieving the loss of a loved one to suicide. Created and hosted by Aries Jo (they/them), Director of Outreach and Education at Parting Stone. Produced by ⁠⁠Parting Stone⁠⁠. For more Death Curious content get our ⁠⁠⁠newsletter,⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠. Death Curious is produced by Parting Stone. To learn more about Parting Stone and solidified remains visit ⁠⁠⁠Parting Stone's website⁠⁠⁠.

FEATURED GUESTS: Patricia Jauchler, MA, MS, RDT-BCT, CT, CDP is a Registered Drama Therapist and Board-Certified Trainer. She is the founder and director of On Bright Wings End-of-Life Services where she works with the aging, dying and bereaved. She is a Certified Thanatologist, End-of-Life Doula, Certified Dementia Practitioner, Grief Support Specialist and Advanced Planning Facilitator. In addition to using Drama Therapy and other creative arts in her practice with the aging, dying and their families, she created Theatre on the Threshold to educate the community about aging, dying and grieving issues through short play performances followed by discussions and workshops. Her aim is to encourage conversations and reduce the stigma about these most feared topics in order to live more meaningful lives and die more peaceful deaths. LISTEN & LEARN: Why death is considered a community event. How to create value based community events aligned with your niche to market your services. The value of understanding your clients needs as a means of crafting services that support the whole person and family system. What is a death cafe? Examples of creative arts and drama experientials that can be used throughout the arch of dying - from learning it is near, through the process itself and during the bereavement period. RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW: Patricia's practice On Bright Wings End-of-Life Services Patricia's Session at the Expressive Therapies Summit { Virtual Offering } March 26, 2023 Artful Dying: Alleviating Death Anxiety and Finding Closure Through Art, Music & Drama Ira Byock's book The Four Things that Matter Most: A Book About Living --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reina-lombardi5/support

Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist and The Doyenne of Death®, is a pioneering death educator who uses humor, funny films, and outside-the-box activities to teach about end-of-life topics. An award-winning speaker, she "knocked 'em dead" at TEDxABQ with her talk, “A Good Goodbye.” She's the author of three books on end-of-life issues: A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die. In 2020, she will release second edition of A Good Goodbye and 30 Lessons from 30 Funerals in 30 Days. She's also an informed advocate for planning ahead, a Certified Funeral Celebrant, and the coordinator of the Before I Die New Mexico Festival.To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist and The Doyenne of Death®, is a pioneering death educator who uses humor, funny films, and outside-the-box activities to teach about end-of-life topics. An award-winning speaker, she "knocked 'em dead" at TEDxABQ with her talk, “A Good Goodbye.” She's the author of three books on end-of-life issues: A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die. In 2020, she will release second edition of A Good Goodbye and 30 Lessons from 30 Funerals in 30 Days. She's also an informed advocate for planning ahead, a Certified Funeral Celebrant, and the coordinator of the Before I Die New Mexico Festival.To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist and The Doyenne of Death®, is a pioneering death educator who uses humor, funny films, and outside-the-box activities to teach about end-of-life topics. An award-winning speaker, she "knocked 'em dead" at TEDxABQ with her talk, “A Good Goodbye.” She's the author of three books on end-of-life issues: A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die. In 2020, she will release second edition of A Good Goodbye and 30 Lessons from 30 Funerals in 30 Days. She's also an informed advocate for planning ahead, a Certified Funeral Celebrant, and the coordinator of the Before I Die New Mexico Festival. To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist and The Doyenne of Death®, is a pioneering death educator who uses humor, funny films, and outside-the-box activities to teach about end-of-life topics. An award-winning speaker, she "knocked 'em dead" at TEDxABQ with her talk, “A Good Goodbye.” She's the author of three books on end-of-life issues: A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die. In 2020, she will release second edition of A Good Goodbye and 30 Lessons from 30 Funerals in 30 Days. She's also an informed advocate for planning ahead, a Certified Funeral Celebrant, and the coordinator of the Before I Die New Mexico Festival. To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist and The Doyenne of Death®, is a pioneering death educator who uses humor, funny films, and outside-the-box activities to teach about end-of-life topics. An award-winning speaker, she "knocked 'em dead" at TEDxABQ with her talk, “A Good Goodbye.” She's the author of three books on end-of-life issues: A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die. In 2020, she will release second edition of A Good Goodbye and 30 Lessons from 30 Funerals in 30 Days. She's also an informed advocate for planning ahead, a Certified Funeral Celebrant, and the coordinator of the Before I Die New Mexico Festival.To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist and The Doyenne of Death®, is a pioneering death educator who uses humor, funny films, and outside-the-box activities to teach about end-of-life topics. An award-winning speaker, she "knocked 'em dead" at TEDxABQ with her talk, “A Good Goodbye.” She's the author of three books on end-of-life issues: A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die. In 2020, she will release second edition of A Good Goodbye and 30 Lessons from 30 Funerals in 30 Days. She's also an informed advocate for planning ahead, a Certified Funeral Celebrant, and the coordinator of the Before I Die New Mexico Festival. To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist and The Doyenne of Death®, is a pioneering death educator who uses humor, funny films, and outside-the-box activities to teach about end-of-life topics. An award-winning speaker, she "knocked 'em dead" at TEDxABQ with her talk, “A Good Goodbye.” She's the author of three books on end-of-life issues: A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die. In 2020, she will release second edition of A Good Goodbye and 30 Lessons from 30 Funerals in 30 Days. She's also an informed advocate for planning ahead, a Certified Funeral Celebrant, and the coordinator of the Before I Die New Mexico Festival. To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist and The Doyenne of Death®, is a pioneering death educator who uses humor, funny films, and outside-the-box activities to teach about end-of-life topics. An award-winning speaker, she "knocked 'em dead" at TEDxABQ with her talk, “A Good Goodbye.” She's the author of three books on end-of-life issues: A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die. In 2020, she will release second edition of A Good Goodbye and 30 Lessons from 30 Funerals in 30 Days. She's also an informed advocate for planning ahead, a Certified Funeral Celebrant, and the coordinator of the Before I Die New Mexico Festival.To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewpaper.com

In this episode, Kara speaks about the importance of diving deeper than just questioning what's wrong? Instead, she encourages an answer to the question, what happened to you? In that answer, healing begins.Kara Bowman is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in grief and trauma. Years after achieving an MBA and a career in finance, Kara returned to school to earn a Master's in Counseling Psychology. She did her internships primarily in hospice grief counseling. Today, Kara is a Certified Grief Counselor, a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and a Certified Thanatologist. Her passion is to help create a more compassionate and helpful culture toward those who are grieving.Kara is dedicated to her career and community through her practice and volunteer work. Although she always uses empathy as a foundation for her grief work, she tries to individualize her approach to give each client what they most need at that moment in time. Her method includes ritual, poetry, meditations, and visualizations, along with talking.Kara has a private practice in Scotts Valley, California. In the summer of 2020, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists honored Kara's practice with a Spotlight in The Therapist magazine.Kara is author of Heartbreak to Hope, Poems of Support for Grief and Loss.Support the show (https://healgrief.org/donations/)

Gail Rubin, Certified Thanatologist and The Doyenne of Death®, is a pioneering death educator who uses humor, funny films, and outside-the-box activities to teach about end-of-life topics. An award-winning speaker, she "knocked 'em dead" at TEDxABQ with her talk, “A Good Goodbye.” She's the author of three books on end-of-life issues: A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die, Hail and Farewell: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips, and KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die. In 2020, she will release second edition of A Good Goodbye and 30 Lessons from 30 Funerals in 30 Days. She's also an informed advocate for planning ahead, a Certified Funeral Celebrant, and the coordinator of the Before I Die New Mexico Festival. For Your Listening Pleasure all the radio shows available on The 'X' Zone Broadcast Network with our compliments, visit - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv. Our radio shows archives and programming include: A Different Perspective with Kevin Randle; Alien Cosmic Expo Lecture Series; Alien Worlds Radio Show; Connecting with Coincidence with Dr. Bernard Beitman, MD; Dick Tracy; Dimension X; Exploring Tomorrow Radio Show; Flash Gordon; Jet Jungle Radio Show; Journey Into Space; Know the Name with Sharon Lynn Wyeth; Lux Radio Theatre - Classic Old Time Radio; Mission Evolution with Gwilda Wiyaka; Paranormal StakeOut with Larry Lawson; Ray Bradbury - Tales Of The Bizarre; Sci Fi Radio Show; Seek Reality with Roberta Grimes; Space Patrol; Stairway to Heaven with Gwilda Wiyaka; The 'X' Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnell; and many other! That's The ‘X' Zone Broadcast Network Shows and Archives - https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com

Licensed marriage and family therapist and certified grief and trauma counselor, Kara Bowman discusses her new book entitled "Heartbreak to Hope: Poems of Support for Grief and Loss". She talks about how the book can help guide people through their experiences of isolation, sadness, and grief. She advises some other ways to find effective methods for dealing with painful emotions and find the capacity to grow, heal, connect and find meaning. Kara Bowman is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in grief and trauma. She has a part-time private practice in Scotts Valley, California. Kara traveled a long, winding road to arrive at her current profession. She began with an MBA and a career in finance, opened a large, award-winning child development center, worked in non-profit administration, and homeschooled her three children before becoming an NVC Compassionate Communication Trainer. Just as Kara's children were leaving home and she was settling into her life, her family was hit with a nearly unbelievable wave of illnesses and deaths in a five-year period. Once Kara found her feet again, she knew she was driven to help others who were experiencing grief, loss and trauma. Kara returned to school to earn a Masters in Counseling Psychology, and did her internships primarily in hospice grief counseling. Kara is a Certified Grief Counselor (AAGC), a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (IATP), and a Certified Thanatologist (the study of death and dying; ADEC). Research and knowledge are growing in the field of grief, and Kara's passion is to help create a culture which is more compassionate and helpful toward those who are grieving (which will eventually be all of us). Kara is dedicated to her career and community through her practice and volunteer work. Although she always uses empathy as a foundation for her grief work, she tries to individualize her approach in order to give each client what they most need at that moment in time. This includes ritual, poetry, meditations and visualizations, along with talking. Kara loves sharing her knowledge of how to grieve, and how to support grievers, by volunteering at Hospice, giving talks to public groups and training therapists. In the summer of 2020, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists honored Kara's practice with a Spotlight in The Therapist magazine. Kara lives in Santa Cruz, California, near the redwoods and the ocean, with her husband. She loves to read, write, walk, do pilates, cook, visit with friends and family, and try to make people laugh. She is very thankful her three grown children all live on the west coast. #HeartbreakToHope #GriefAndLoss

Today we dive into a topic rarely discussed, Suicide.  Dr. Sara Murphy is a renowned suicidologist and a Certified Thanatologist. If you are in crisis please contact National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1–800–273-TALK (8255) The Lifeline is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential phone line for people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. 

Dr. Tashel Bordere has spent years researching the grief experience of black youth affected by homicide and gun violence. While many grieving people can relate to their grief being disregarded, for black youth and youth with marginalized identities, their grief not only goes unacknowledged, but is often penalized. Their behaviors and reactions, which are normal responses to grief, are met not with support and understanding, but with negative labels and punishment. This results in a concept Dr. Bordere has identified as suffocated grief and is rooted in systems of oppression and discrimination. Dr. Bordere, PhD, CT is a Certified Thanatologist and Assistant Professor of Human Development & Family Science at the University of Missouri. She is also a Robert Wood Johnson Forward Promise Fellow and the author of numerous research papers and publications focused on black youth affected by homicide, gun violence, and race-based trauma. To learn more about Dr. Bordere's work: S.H.E.D. Grief Tools  (MU Extension) Video Website  Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief (Harris & Bordere, 2016) Recent Publication: Bordere, T. (2019). Suffocated grief, resilience, and survival among African American families. In M. H. Jacobsen & A. Petersen's (Eds.), Exploring grief: Towards a sociology of sorrow. New York: Routledge. Recent Presentation: Grief, Bereavement, and Death at a Distance: Perspectives on the impact to the community (COVID-19).  Presented through the Association for Death Education and Counseling. 

Terry Motte, pastor of First FWB Church in Salem, Oregon, Certified Thanatologist, and Board Certified Pastoral Counselor, offers insight on how families can deal with grief and loss during COVID-19. He also gives some helpful advice to help us minister to those dealing with grief and loss during this time.

Debbie Pausig, LMFT, CT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Certified Thanatologist, Professional Support Group Leader for HDSA CT-Chapter. Hospice Bereavement Coordinator for VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice. She is a National Speaker and Author of “An Affai? Worth Remembering With Huntington’s Disease, Incurable Love & Intimacy During an Incurable Illness.” She is the HDSA-CT Chapter Family Services Committee Chair and Education Committee Member. Debbie uses humor and compassion drawn from 25 years of experience in Law Enforcement and 17 years as her late husband with HD’s caregiver into her profession as a therapist and presenter. Contact info: · Debbie Pausig @203-985-8246, or debbiepausig.mft@gmail.com, debbiepausigmft.com Support groups in North Haven and Norwich, CT LMFT · Mary Dunlevy @ 203-216-6266, mdunleavy@operationhopect.org Support group in Fairfield,CT MSW *Hartford Healthcare Chase Family Movement Disorders Center, Vernon, CT and their Medical Director, Dr. de Marcaida 860-870-6380 https://hartfordhealthcare.org/services/movement-disorders-center *Also, UCONN Health Huntington’s Disease Program 860-679-6700, Farmington, CT Genetic Counseling is cited on their website (The testing used to be anonymous) https://health.uconn.edu/psychiatry/huntingtons-disease-program/ *Currently, Fresh River Healthcare in East Windsor, CT is the first skilled nursing facility to partner with the UCONN Health Huntington’s Disease Program. 860-623-9846 Program Director is Rulanda Simao  Freshriverhealthcare.com *We also have VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice, Guilford, CT that provides homecare, palliative & hospice homecare for HD patients. Hospice Director is Susan Sokol 203-458-4200  Connecticuthomecare.org

In this fascinating, insightful and timely conversation, Linda and Lana speak with Sairey Luterman, Certified Thanatologist and Grief Counselor, about the transformative process of grief. Sairey sits in the mystery of uncertainty with her clients and helps them navigate their way through the “not knowing” to answer the questions they need answers to.  

On this show Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley discuss with Lisa Zucker Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Thanatologist her work with the local school shooting at Douglas High […] The post Lisa Zucker: Post-traumatic Hotline appeared first on Open to Hope.

Don't plan to die? Bad news – humans have a 100% mortality rate. Yet only 30% of us make end-of-life plans: wills or trusts, advance medical directives and pre-need funeral planning. That leaves 70% of us unprepared and devastated, not if but when a death occurs. Listen to Gail Rubin on why we avoid the topic of death and what we can do to improve end-of-life planning rates so everyone can have a good goodbye. Gail Rubin is a pioneering Certified Thanatologist – a death educator who uses humor and funny films to help teach about serious subjects. She was one of the first people to hold a Death Café in the United States. Known as The Doyenne of Death, she's the author of A GOOD GOODBYE: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die. To learn more about Gail, visit: http://agoodgoodbye.com/about-gail/ To learn more about Houston Money Week visit: www.Houstonmoneyweek.org   http://www.cheatsheet.com/personal-finance/how-schools-can-improve-their-personal-finance-education.html/ Financial Advisor Magazine Articles: http://www.fa-mag.com/news/advisors-stay-the-course-amid-monday-s-market-drop-22864.html?section=3  http://www.fa-mag.com/news/on-it-s-80th-anniversaryadvisors-consider-social-security-s-impactfuture-22784.html?section=3 You can listen live by going to www.kpft.org and clicking on the HD3 tab. You can also listen to this episode and others by podcast at: http://directory.libsyn.com/shows/view/id/moneymatters or www.moneymatterspodcast.com #KPFTHOUSTON #HoustonMoneyWK #TheFamilyPlot

Mindy Cassel, Ph.D., is the Co-Founder and Senior Clinical and Program Advisor of the Children’s Bereavement Center® . She is a Licensed Psychologist, Certified Thanatologist and a bereaved sibling. Dr. […] The post Mindy Cassel: Children and Grief appeared first on Open to Hope.

Christina Iovanne, Certified Thanatologist, joins us to break down all the nitty gritty when it comes to mourning. She talks us through all the specifics of Grief and Loss, including the famous theories from Elizabeth Kübler Ross and John Bowlby, as well as how to apply these theories into the real life practice of mourning.  Also, we ask the best way to mourn a fictional character, process the loss of one of our favorites on Orange is the New Black, and talk about why the public mourning associated with Black Lives Matter can fall in the category of "disenfranchised grief." Loss is hard, y'all. We're here to help you through it. You can contact our Orange is the New Black podcast on Twitter @YouveGotTimePod, via email at YouveGotTimePodcast@gmail.com, or on Facebook at facebook.com/YouveGotTimePodcast. We’d love to hear from you!

As a Certified Thanatologist and founder of Practically Dying, Kim Mooney offers private consultations and workshops to help individuals explore how to live based on their highest values throughout their lives and into their deaths. Through workshops, presentations and consultations, she works with individuals, families and organizations to provide the resources they need to successfully navigate a journey from wellness in life to wellness in death.  website: http://www.practically-dying.com/  End of Life Care Certificate Program Learn.Create.Serve. Training and mentoring doulas, companions, guides and midwives since 2005  

Join Dave Nassaney, The Caregiver's Caregiver, as he interviews This Wed, 8/26/15 at noon, PDT, Gail Rubin, author and host of the award-winning book and TV series, A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die. Ms. Rubin is a Certified Thanatologist – a death educator – who uses humor and funny films to help teach about serious end-of-life issues. She’s also Certified Funeral Celebrant who creates meaningful memorial services that are all about the person who died and a pioneer of the Death Café movement in the United States. You can hear her radio show, A Good Goodbye, on FuneralRadio.com. Her website is www.AGoodGoodbye.com.

Jerry Wilson, LMFT sits down with us to discuss working with grief and loss as well as his very personal reasons for engaging in this kind of work. 

Gail Rubin, CT, is author and host of the award-winning book and television series A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die. She's a Certified Thanatologist, that's a death educator, a Certified Funeral Celebrant and a speaker who uses humor and films to get conversations started on death, dying, advance directives and funeral planning.

Galen, a Certified Thanatologist, is one of the Grief Support Coordinators for Forest Lawn in Southern California.  He is responsible for providing grief education and services to the community and to the grieving families served by Forest Lawn.  Galen is an ordained Disciple of Christ minister https://audio.opentohope.com/Galen-Goben.mp3

Galen, a Certified Thanatologist, is one of the Grief Support Coordinators for Forest Lawn in Southern California. He is responsible for providing grief education and services to the community and to the grieving families served by Forest Lawn. Galen is an ordained Disciple of Christ minister.