November 12, 2024

Schedule of the Day

8:30-9:00am  - Registration, seating, coffee & muffins

9:00-9:05am – Announcements

9:05-10:35am – Main Session with Keynote Speaker, Kenneth Doka, PhD

·         Hope and Help with Grief through the Holidays

10:35-10:45am – Break

10:45am-12:00pm – First Small Group Topics (choice of one)

·         Estate Planning & Probate – James Lyon, JD

·         Griefwork with Children (for Professionals) – Laurie Forrest, LISW-CP, Daniela Hatter, LPC

·         Grief Support and Spiritual Community – Reverend James King

·         Whispers of the Heart – Embracing the Loneliness of Loss - Lucy Henry, LPC, CEAP-MDiv and EdS in MFT

12:00-12:45pm – Lunch – complementary lunch provided in the Ballroom

12:45-2:00pm – Second Small Group Topics (choice of one)

·         I Did this Already!!  Recovery After Two Suicides – Dennis Gillan

·         The Body’s Response to Grief:  How Grief Impacts the Physical Body and the Medicines that Can Help – Rebecca Smith, M.D., FAAFP, CPE

·         Trauma and Grief – Tiffeny Davidson-Parker

·         Grieving Beyond Gender – Kenneth Doka, PhD

2:00-2:10pm – Break

2:10-2:55pm - Closing Session with Keynote Speaker, Kenneth Doka, PhD

·         Can We Grow Through Grief?

2:55-3:00pm – Closing Announcements