Mar 9th, 2018
Narratives and Grief
Sometimes, individuals have transformative thoughts that alter the course of their grief. Come and listen as Dr. Jane Williams reads a narrative from her book, Mysterious Moments: Thoughts That Transform Grief, a collection of 10 stories based on real life experiences of loss. Although the stories are diverse, each story is unique and provides healing and newfound hope.
Dr. Jane Williams is a clinical psychologist who has worked for over 25 years with individuals who have experienced trauma, life threatening illness, and grief. She completed postdoctoral fellowships at UCLA and Harvard Medical School. At Harvard, she trained in medical crisis counseling and later developed the Medical Crisis and Loss Clinic at Arkansas Children's Hospital. Dr. Williams has helped develop grief programs, made national presentations at grief conferences, and published peer-reviewed articles on grief. She recently retired from Wake Forest Medical School.