Northwest Indian Sunmask, represents warmth and light to counterbalance the chill and darkness of violent death.
| Regional and National Trainings |
| Dr. Ted Rynearson (Medical Director of Separation and Loss Services at Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA) initiated a support program for family members after violent dying in 1984. This community support program continues to offer outreach, advocacy and clinical intervention (at no charge). In 1993 the program began receiving VOCA funding, and since its inception has assisted over two thousand family members with protocols for screening and manuals for short-term interventions. Since 1984 Separation and Loss Services has sponsored an annual one- or two-day meeting(s) Virginia Mason Medical Center for local and regional care givers on the support of loved ones with prolonged grief. Each of these meetings has featured local and national speakers with novel and empirically-based presentations. In addition to the annual meeting, Separation and Loss Services hosts a monthly study group of local clinicians who want to maintain clinical expertise in the clinical management of prolonged grief by gathering for case presentations and literature review. Our agency has also been awarded grants for state and national trainings. |
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