The Pervasive Influence of Grief and Loss on Mental Health:
Addressing Special Grief Situations in Our Community
Featuring Jeffrey Kauffman
October 17, 2008
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Eastland Park Hotel, Portland, Maine
Recognizing, understanding and responding to grief and trauma in the life of persons
with mental illness, physical illness, intellectual disabilities and criminal behavior;
also traumatized veterans and immigrants.
Program Content
An introduction to unrecognized grief, and the etiologies of traumatic grief
Grief and trauma in diverse special populations
Responding to grief and trauma on an individual and systemic
level in our communities
“For the past 35 year I have had the experience of learning from my clients. Each person in
their uniqueness teaches me also about the human condition, about therapy, about myself and
about the meaning of the pain we all know in many different ways, the basic suffering of
being a human being. This is a part of our nature, a part that we devote ourselves to
repeating, living with, healing or transcending. My most important credential is what I have
learned and who I have become through experiences with clients. “
Jeffrey Kauffman completed his Masters degree in Philosophy (minor: political science) from the Graduate Faculty of the
New School for Social and Political Research, in NYC, then studied at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in
Philadelphia. He also has a Masters degree from Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social and Work and Social
Research.
“I approach every client with the utmost respect, with interest to hear what you say and to
understand you, and a commitment to help you accomplish what you are seeking in
psychotherapy.”
At Bryn Mawr College and Widner University, he has taught, among other courses, “Spirituality in Clinical Practice.” He is also the founder and director of “The Institute for Spirituality and Psychological Healing.”
For more information, or to register:
1-800-438-5963
www.MaineHospiceCouncil.org
The Pervasive Influence of Grief and Loss on Mental Health:
Addressing Special Grief Situations in Our Community
Who should attend?
Physicians, psychologists, social workers, case workers, nurses, medical
directors,
And representatives from:
Regulatory agencies, hospice programs, insurance companies, licensing boards,
mental health care provider agencies.
Continuing Education
• This continuing nursing education activity has been submitted for approval to ANA MAINE, an accredited approver by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
• Application for Category One Continuing Education Units for Psychologists has been submitted.
• Application for Category One CME and Category 2b COE accreditation has been submitted.
• A certificate of completion acknowledging 6.5 Contact Hours will be provided for all attendees.
Education Offering from the
Maine Hospice Council and Center for End-of-Life Care
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