TAPS Talks: Strategies for Coping When You are Feeling Isolated

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Grief can bring feelings of loneliness, and today’s current reality may be adding to that feeling of isolation. 

Presented by the TAPS Institute for Hope and Healing®, this live connection with Dale Larson, PhD, shares some ways to cope with those feelings and invite participants to share their suggestions.

 

Featuring

 

Dale Larson

Dale G. Larson, PhD

Dr. Larson is a Professor of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University, where he directs graduate studies in Health Psychology. A clinician and researcher, he is a Fulbright Scholar, a Fellow in the American Psychological Association, and member of the International Work Group on Death Dying and Bereavement. His recent book, The Helper's Journey: Empathy, Compassion, and the Challenge of Caring, received a Book of the Year award in the hospice and palliative care category from the American Journal of Nursing. He was Senior Editor and a contributing author for Finding Our Way: Living with Dying in America, the Robert Wood Johnson funded national newspaper series that reached 7 million Americans. His scholarly publications on grief and loss, grief counseling, stress and stress management in health professionals, and self-concealment and secrets are widely cited, both in the scientific literature and in the popular media. Dr. Larson is a frequent keynote speaker at national and international conferences and received the Association for Death Education and Counseling Death Educator Award in 2016, and was honored as honored as an Innovator of Hospice and Palliative Care by the National Hospice Foundation in 2018. 

 

About the TAPS Institute for Hope and Healing®

The TAPS Institute for Hope and Healing® is positioned to be the national and worldwide leader in training and education for bereavement professionals, bereaved individuals, and grieving military, veteran and civilian families. The Institute serves as a resource and training center, providing a hub for high-quality collaboration among professionals working in the field of grief and loss.

The Institute is where practical information on coping with loss are accessible for all who seek current strategies, the most effective tools, and best practices for supporting those who are grieving and those who serve the grieving. 

The Institute provides workshops, seminars, panel discussions, and more to educate caregivers, mental health professionals, clergy, funeral directors, casualty officers, the bereaved themselves, and so many others on the best ways to travel the grief journey.

TAPS Institute for Hope and Healing® is located at TAPS Headquarters, 3033 Wilson Blvd., Third Floor, Arlington, VA 22201

Email us at Institute@taps.org or give us a call at 800-959-8277 (TAPS) with any questions.