O’Connor Professional Group Webinar – Collegial Conversations with Diana Clark – The Nature of Grief
In this week’s Collegial Conversations, Diana’s guest is Dr. Robin Goodman, a psychologist and art therapist in private practice with a specialty in trauma, medical illness, and grief. She is also the Associate Director of Public Education and Bereavement for Child HELP Partnership at St. John’s University. Previously she established child life and behavioral health programs at pediatric cancer services at Mt. Sinai and NYU Medical Center and served as Executive Director and bereavement program director for A Caring Hand. Dr. Goodman is also the author of several books. Today she talks with Diana about the nature of grief.
BIO
Dr. Goodman is a psychologist and art therapist in private practice with a specialty in trauma, medical illness and grief. Currently she is also Associate Director of Public Education and Bereavement for Child HELP Partnership, St. John’s University. Previously she established child life and behavioral health programs at pediatric cancer services at Mt. Sinai and NYU Medical Center and served as Executive Director and bereavement program director for A Caring Hand Founded in Memory of Billy Esposito and Co-Director of the NYU Child Study Center 9/11 Child and Family Recovery Program. She has held leadership positions at the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and state and national professional organizations. She is committed to increasing mental health awareness through various media and developed Caring for Kids After Trauma and Death: A Guide for Parents and Professionals used throughout the country after 9/11. She also developed Making Connections, a child and family grief group curriculum. Book credits include, Childhood Revealed: Art Expressing Pain, Discovery and Hope, The Day Our World Changed: Children’s Art of 9/11, Ready to Remember: Jeremy’s Journey of Hope and Healing, and Rosie Remembers: Forever in Her Heart.
Watch the full video on the nature of grief here.
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