Psychology and Spirituality

Psychology and Spirituality

$90.00

Stanley Terman, PhD, MD

termanThe "Big Fear" nowadays is not death or dying per se, but rather the long drawn out end of life associated with Alzheimer's and dementia, with its associated emotional and financial hardships on the entire family system.

Dr. Terman's work over the past decade has focused on making Advance Care Planning effective when "that time comes" -- even if the people can no longer speak for themselves.

Friday, October 26, 2012 ~ 8:00am-5:30pm


$90.00
John O'Grady, J.D.

ogradyJohn O'Grady, J.D. is Chair of The Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Section of the Bar Association of San Francisco. John trains lawyers, mediators and mental health professionals in communication and mediation skills for elder care and inheritance.

This workshop provides the foundational training for an in-depth 40-hour certificate program focusing on supporting elderly people and their families in a wide range of crucial legal and financial issues.

Friday, July 20, 2012 ~ 9:30am-4:30pm


$90.00

Constance Holmes, PhD

seanDr. Holmes has worked with cancer patients and their families for 24 years in hospital and outpatient clinic settings.   She has served as clinical manager at Women's Cancer resource Center, Oakland, CA, where she led an ongoing group for women with metastatic cancer, facilitates the pro bono psychotherapy consortium and coordinates the end of life program.

Using the new and wonderful collection edited by Kevin Young as a catalyst, we will explore the place of poetry, reading and writing, in the preparation for a good death.


Saturday, May 12, 2011 ~ Class Cancelled



Thomas Nickel, PhD

nickel Preparation for dying is not about a single, faraway event. It's about a condition of life that influences everything we do, every decision we make.

This class can be used by groups working together in community or by individuals. It can be used by medical or clinical professionals working with patients and clients or by non-professionals on their own. The topic is your personal dying.

Open Entry Course -- Starts Sept 7, 2010

  An Instructional Design for Dying  $64.00
  An Instructional Design for Dying - No CE Credit  $32.00

$125.00
Lewis Lancaster, PhD ~ 8 Hrs

Web lecture

$32.00
Philippe Goldin, Ph.D.

Web Lecture ~ 1 hour

$90.00
Sean O'Riordan, PhD

seanSean O'Riordan, PhD. is a staff psychologist for the Faculty and Staff Help Center and teaches the Principle Practice in Care of the Dying in the Stanford School of Medicine.   Dr. O'Riordan is a native of Ireland who has worked all over the world and is a specialist in cultural expressions of grieving.

The set of edited videos that make up this workshop consider the dying, death and grieving processes from the perspective of immigrants to this country from a variety of cultural backgrounds.  The information andperspectives are both general to all newcomers and  highly specific to certain Celtic and Asian  traditions.

Friday, April 20, 2012 ~ 9:30am-4:30pm