The Journey of a Broken Heart: Understanding Life, Death, and Dying 

Presented by:

The Central Chapter of NJAMFT
November 14, 2014
Rutgers University Inn & Conference Center

Earn 6 CEUs! 

Many of us feel overwhelmed by sadness, burden and regret when someone we love becomes ill or dies. Learn how grief can be a catalyst for transformation. Embark on a journey that will help you let go when necessary, develop strategies for living after a loss and restore compassion, forgiveness, truth and hope for the future. 

In this workshop you will learn about grief through educational lectures and materials, participate in group discussions and therapeutic experiential exercises designed for understanding the total grief process, use movement and body work as a form of therapeutic release, and have an opportunity for individual grief consultations.

About Our Presenter: Dr. Norma Bowe has undergraduate degrees in Nursing and Community Health, a Masters in Health Administration and a Ph.D. in Community Health Policy.She began her career bringing medical care to rural areas in Fluvanna County, Virginia. She has also worked in the ICU, ER, and Hospice assisting with those patients transitioning from life to death and families experiencing loss and bereavement. Later she worked as psychiatric nurse advocate for the mentally ill.
 

Dr. Bowe is a tenured Professor in the College of Education at Kean University in Union N.J. She developed the course curriculum for "Death in Perspective" which has a three year waiting list and is the subject of the book "The Death Class: A True Story About Life," by Erika Hayasaki a former LA Times journalist.
 

In addition to teaching courses in death education, community mental health and public health, she is the author of Perspectives in Community Mental Health published by Kendall Hunt. She has authored and co-authored articles as well as text book chapters in health education. Her dissertation The Relationship between Sense of Coherence, Burden and Depression in Male Caregivers for Women with Breast Cancer won an award.