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I am volunteer for Your Experience Counts (YEC). Since 2013, I have been assigned to Balsz School District. … [Read more...]
I am a doctoral student at Arizona State University researching post traumatic stress disorder in people who have experienced traumatic grief. … [Read more...]
My name is Robyn Hall. I am a second year student in Midwestern University's Doctoral program in Clinical Psychology. I do not currently provide services independent of a licensed Psychologist's supervision. My dissertation project, which is being chaired by Dr. Melissa Flint, involves comparing treatment using the ATTEND model and treatment as usual in therapy with bereaved parents. It is essential that I become certified as a bereavement care provider, not only for the purposes of my study, … [Read more...]
Masters student in the School of Community Resources and Development studying the impacts of one's connection to the Selah House Care Farm and Respite Center. I'm interested in understanding how such an experience contributes to a sense of community. Email: vmiller5@asu.edu … [Read more...]
Trinity Kids Care is the only committed hospice and palliative care team for children in Orange and LA, Ca. It services all the children's hospitals and private medical practices in these areas. Working with many diverse and involved individuals serving children and their families with life threatening illness. A fully licensed hospice agency that is a division of Trinity Care Hospice,Providence Health and Services. This team is entirely a dedicated pediatric specialty team. … [Read more...]
I've worked as a grief storyteller for Hillside Memorial Park & Mortuary, a lecturer on personal storytelling for University of California Riverside/Palm Desert, I've performed personal storytelling in senior-living facilities, The Moth Storytelling, The Hollywood Fringe Festival http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/users/8445 assorted storytelling conferences, and festivals http://www.billratner.com/storytelling. I am a published author specializing in personal essays/creative non-fiction … [Read more...]
For nearly 20 years, Dr. Melissa Flint has practiced, taught and is a professional speaker to a wide variety of audiences. She maintains a small grief focused private practice in Glendale AZ. If you are looking for a compassionate provider who understands the nuance of grief, please consider making an appointment with Dr. Flint to see if she is a fit to companion you with these deep losses. Melissa Flint, Psy.D., CT, CCTP 18205 N 51st Ave Building 2 Suite 115 Glendale AZ … [Read more...]
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Washington. I am also a Nationally Registered and Board Certified Art Therapist. I am also Teaching Faculty at Antioch University Seattle in the Applied Psychology, Counseling, Family Therapy & Creative Arts. I am interested in this training/certification as a mental health practioner who has worked with grieving children, adults, and families for the past 15 years. … [Read more...]
Stillpoint Aromatics - import, sell essential oils. Consultations Stillpoint Studies - teaching certification programs in aromatherapy and other workshops. … [Read more...]
I am a graduate student who is researching for a future PhD program. … [Read more...]
I am the Building Healthy Families Program manager at Red Mountain Behavioral Health Services. We serve the Native American community - primarily Gila River Community members. Our services include counseling for families and individuals, trauma therapy, parenting skills, behavior modifications, and respite services. … [Read more...]
CLINICAL ASSESSOR: IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INTAKE SCREENING, INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENTS, SCREENS FOR TREATMENT APPROPRIATENESS, DEVELOPS INTITIAL TREATMENT PLAN, PROVIDES RESOURCES BASED ON NEEDS, AND FACILITATES GROUPS AT TREATMENT CENTERS SUCH AS THE GRIEF AND LOSS GROUP. … [Read more...]
My community has had numerous traumatic deaths recently and we do not have many grief services available for our teens. I plan to offer closed bereavement sessions after school to assist individual grieving students in intimate, confidential group. I plan to also offer open bereavement sessions to assist grieving all students and staff as a diverse group with more flexibility. I will also coordinate with parents, teachers, school counselors, professional counselors to fully support grieving … [Read more...]
The Huberty Research Lab is based in Phoeniz, Arizona. Research in the lab is directed towards community based and complementary based interventions that will improve health behaviors, including both mental and physical health. The Research Team has conducted interventions among bereaved women, cancer patients, pregnant women, and middle aged women in general. … [Read more...]
I am a licensed clinical social worker for the past 25 years. I currently work as the Director of student advancement (support) at Touro College graduate school of social work . I also am a assistant professor at the college and have taught courses in practice and end of life care. I have a part time private practice as well. … [Read more...]
Currently in private practice in Utah … [Read more...]
I currently am working on a funded National Institutes of Health R34 research project utilizing online yoga to improve PTSD symptoms in women who have experienced the death of a child to stillbirth. … [Read more...]
After 20 years as a professor training graduate students I am now in private practice full time as a psychologist … [Read more...]
Life Effectiveness Training Programs Custom-tailored coaching programs are designed to help you achieve balance in life and work. We will work with you to find and follow your passions, focus on your values and goals in relation to your age and stage, correct any negative thinking patterns, establish realistic weight and exercise strategies, outline health and illness management strategies for you or your family, and develop deeper and broader connection skills with partners, parents, … [Read more...]
I have been a MISS Volunteer for the past 18 years. I would like to take the course to enhance my MISS training. … [Read more...]
A family who recently lost their beloved son, brother and nephew, in the most difficult days after his death, found the Carefarm. In gratitude for the compassion and kindness they experienced, they created this dedicated fund in memory of Daniel, and have pledged a $75,000 matching donation from the Daniel John Coleman Memorial Fund to help build a family home for those experiencing the enormity of grief.
Your tax deductible donation will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $75,000 until December 31, 2018. Our goal is to raise $150,000 in addition to the nearly $150,000 raised to date. When we reach our goal of $300,000, construction of Selah Family House will begin!
Q: What is the Selah House and Carefarm?
A: This is a place where families can go to give and receive connection, compassion and understanding. All the animals on the carefarm have been rescued from abuse, neglect and torture. Our grieving families know what it means to suffer, and so do these animals. In addition, we teach mediation, yoga, bibliotherapy, and will soon have a family house where families can come and stay on site.
Q: How can I help?
A: We need donations to build the family house on the carefarm. We need your help on the carefarm. We need in-kind donations like supplies, landscape materials, tools, animal feed and tack. If you have something to donate or if you’d like to help on the carefarm please contact us at info@missfoundation.org. Read Yahoo’s feature story about the Selah Carefarm here.
Q: When do you expect the family house to be completed?
A: That depends on the success of this fundraising campaign. Our contractor estimates 9 months once we begin construction.
Q: How can I reserve a place and time to come to the Selah Family House?
A: Please check back here. As we get closer to completion, we will have an inquiry form posted. You can also follow our MISS Foundation Facebook page.
Q: Can I visit the carefarm?
A: Carefarm visits are by appointment only. We are not open to the public but we do have work days. If you would like to attend and volunteer at a work day, follow our Selah Carefarm Page here where we will announce upcoming events. We are also on Instagram at Selah_Carefarm!
Q: How will my funds be used?
A: All funds will be used toward the construction of the family house unless designated otherwise.
Q: Is care farming based on any science?
A: Yes! Carefarming, as a whole and in its individual components, has been shown to help many vulnerable population groups. Many countries in Europe utilize care farming as a humanistic approach to human suffering in vulnerable groups with tremendous outcomes that reduce harm and help people improve coping. And, care farming costs a fraction of treatment as usual. The average day at a carefarm costs between $60-$150. The cost of treatment as usual in an inpatient setting is about $1000- $1100 a day. Learn more about the scholarly literature here.
Q: What is the meaning of Selah?
A: The Selah House is named after the Hebrew word selah and after the Selah Grief Model (Cacciatore, 2011), a mindfulness-based framework that recognizes two foci: self and other, the intrapersonal and the interpersonal, in addition to the space between two beings. Selah derives from the Hebrew word celah, often noted in the book of Psalms meaning 1) pause, stay with what you’ve just experienced; 2) reflect, feel deeply what you’ve just experienced; and 3) find meaning, allowing it to unfold in its time without rushing to the next passage.
Q: What if I or my business wants to make a very large contribution? Are there naming opportunities?
A: For donations of $5,000 or more, please contact MISS Foundation Executive Director Kelli Montgomery, 512-922-3104, kelli.montgomery@missfoundation.org for special dedication requests.
Q: How will the Selah Family House work?
A: Currently, traumatically bereaved people, most often parents, grandparents, and children, come from around the world to work with Dr. Cacciatore. Right now, our facilities can only hold one family at a time, and suffering families in the local area and also from around the world, must wait until the space opens before they can come to get help. There is often a 6-9 month waiting list. When the family house is completed, Dr. Cacciatore and our team will be able to serve more grieving people. In addition, the carefarm will incorporate more rescue animals, a therapeutic farm-to-table program, and other health enhancing activities that an agrarian environment allows.
Q: Though you have a clear, twenty year history of helping people endure traumatic grief, with your current plans, how will you know if the carefarm is helping people in the long term?
A: This is an excellent question. We are fortunate to have already begun to build our core research team with some of the top scholars in their field, including Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, Dr. Rich Gorman, Dr. Jen Huberty, Kara Thieleman and Dr. Trish Wonch-Hill.
This means that we will collect data and longitudinally interview those who have been through our programs. We will be publishing those data in order to encourage more NGOs and agencies seeking to help others learn about care farming. We are also advancing a training program for providers who may want to begin their own carefarm in their communities.
Q: Is the Selah House green and sustainable?
A: Yes. We commit to environmental health, social and economic equity, animal welfare, and overall consciousness raising in our therapeutic community.
Q: What model or framework is going to guide the Selah House?
A: The model (Cacciatore & Gorman, 2016) is based on current carefarming practices, research in therapeutic spaces, and 20 years of experience working with traumatized people from around the world.
Q: How can I help?
A: We need donations to build the respite center on the carefarm. We need your help on the carefarm. We need in-kind donations like supplies, landscape materials, tools, animal feed and tack. If you have something to donate or if you’d like to help on the carefarm please contact us at info@missfoundation.org. Read Yahoo’s feature story about the Selah Carefarm here.
Q: When do you expect the respite center to be completed?
A: That depends on the success of this fundraising campaign. Our contractor estimates 9 months once we begin construction.
Q: How can I reserve a place and time to come to the Selah House?
A: Please check back here. As we get closer to completion, we will have an inquiry form posted. You can also follow our MISS Foundation Facebook page.
Q: How will my funds be used?
A: All funds will be used toward the construction of the respite center unless designated otherwise.
Q: Is care farming based on any science?
A: Yes! Care farming, as a whole and in its individual components, has been shown to help many vulnerable population groups. Many countries in Europe utilize care farming as a humanistic approach to human suffering in vulnerable groups with tremendous outcomes that reduce harm and help people improve coping. And, care farming costs a fraction of treatment as usual. The average day at a carefarm costs between $60-$150. The cost of treatment as usual in an inpatient setting is about $1000- $1100 a day. Learn more about the scholarly literature here.
Q: What if I or my business wants to make a very large contribution? Are there naming opportunities?
A: For donations of $5,000 or more, please contact MISS Foundation Executive Director Kelli Montgomery, 512-922-3104, kelli.montgomery@missfoundation.org for special dedication requests.
Q: Can I visit the carefarm?
A: Carefarm visits are by appointment only. We are not open to the public but we do have work days. If you would like to attend and volunteer at a work day, follow our Selah Carefarm Page here where we will announce upcoming events. We are also on Instagram at Selah_Carefarm!
Q: What is the Selah House Carefarm?
A: This is a place where families can go to give and receive connection, compassion and understanding. All the animals on the carefarm have been rescued from abuse, neglect and torture. Our grieving families know what it means to suffer, and so do these animals. In addition, we teach mediation, yoga, bibliotherapy, and will soon have a respite center where families can come and stay on site.
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