Agenda: Thursday & Friday
The Grief, Loss and Life Transitions institute will feature several guest speakers from different areas of expertise.
Featured Speaker
Diane Rehm, award-winning host of The Diane Rehm Show, will speak on her experiences with grief, particularly following the death of her husband of 54 years.
Thursday
- Paul Tschudi, Institute Director: Introduction Session
- Suzy Wise, Ed.S., LPC (IL), NCC: In the Wake of Pulse: A Community in Mourning
- Heidi Bardot, Director of GW Art Therapy Program: The Uses of Art Therapy in Trauma and Grief & Loss Work
Lunch
- Diane Rehm, Host, The Diane Rehm Show: A Conversation with Diane Rehm: Right to Die
- Rabbi Gary Fink, Senior Vice President of Counseling and Family Support: Navigating Communication, Culture, and Spirit at End-of-Life
Friday
- Dr. Philip Lucas, Owner & Founder of Clinical/Administrative Services and Training, PLLC: Individual and Community Responses to Violent Deaths in Underserved/Disenfranchised Communities: Social and Clinical Implications
- Duane T. Bowers, LPC, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist: Secondary Trauma & First Responder Support
Lunch
- Brigadier General (ret) Stephen Xenakis, M.D.: Grief, Loss & Life: The Veteran Experience
- Liz Lerman, Choreographer, Performer, Writer, Educator and Speaker: Making Art and Making a Life after Hardship, Loss and Trauma