05-11-2024
No Stranger To Loss with Dave Roberts
On this episode Dave Roberts talks to me about Understanding Grief, Common misconceptions about grief, Stages of Grief, Support systems and coping mechanisms, Children and grief, When to seek professional help and the impact of grief on mental health. David J. Roberts, became a parent who experienced the death of a child, when his daughter Jeannine died of cancer on March 1, 2003, at the age of 18. He is a retired addiction professional and an adjunct professor in the psychology child life department at Utica University in Utica, New York. Dave also teaches psychology classes at Pratt Munson School of Art and Design. He is the host of The Teaching Journeys Podcast, which can be found on most podcast platforms.Dave has presented workshops at national conferences of The Compassionate Friends as well as for the Bereaved Parents of the USA. He was also a keynote speaker at the 2011 and 2015 national gatherings of the Bereaved Parents of the USA. Dave also co-presented a workshop titled “Helping Faculty After Traumatic Loss” for the Parkland, Florida community in May of 2018, in the aftermath of the mass shootings at Stoneman Douglas High School.Dave has been a past HuffPost contributor and has contributed articles to Medium, Open to Hope Foundation, Mindfulness and Grief, Thrive Global, and the Recovering the Self Journal. He has also appeared on numerous podcasts, as well as Open to Hope Television. He co-authored a book with Reverend Patty Furino titled, When The Psychology Professor Met The Minister, which was published on March 1, 2021.The Teaching Journey's Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/34OBknRwGyIfehY38SvLh3?si=fc8a466a23a94446http://davidrobertsmsw.com/
