Geriatric Mental Health Education Series #3

Registration is now open for the Geriatric Mental Health Education Series #3 hosted by the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Western University in collaboration with Geriatric Psychiatry Programs of St. Joseph's Health Care London and London Health Sciences Centre.

This is the third event of a four part series and will be held on Friday, February 26, 2021, from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm. This event will be brought to you by Western Zoom. You must register to attend – seats will be limited, so hurry to register.

Darcy Harris, R.N., R.S.W., M.Ed. (Couns), Ph.D., FT will present, "Compassion-based Approaches in Difficult Times."

Darcy Harris is an Associate Professor and the Thanatology Coordinator at King’s University College. She also maintains a private clinical practice specializing in issues related to change, loss, and transition. She is also a faculty member of the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition, dedicated to post-graduate training in grief therapy.

She has served on the board of directors of the Association for Death Education and Counseling and is a current member of the International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement.

She is the co-editor for Routledge’s Death, Dying, and Bereavement Series and an internationally-recognized speaker and author. Her publications include Counting our Losses: Reflecting on Change, Loss, and Transition in Everyday Life, Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice, Principles and Practice of Grief Counseling, The Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief and her newly-released book, Non-Death Loss and Grief: Context and Clinical Implications.

Register in advance for this webinar:

https://westernuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0jW7ZcXfRfqj_bUDkQMVrw

Meeting ID: 989 0697 0328

Passcode: 288763

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Events Page:

https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/psychiatry/about_us/events/2021/geriatric_mental_health_education_series__part_3.html

This event has been accredited:

The GERIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION SERIES is a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. (1.5 credits)