Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Member of Speakers' Bureau
CMI Education Institute, Inc.
Instructor for over 100 full-day continuing education seminars and trainings for professionals and the general public on topics related to grief, long-term caregiving, depression, suicide prevention, and the therapeutic process.
November 6, 2008
CONTACT We Care, Annual Gala, NJ
(24-hour telephone hotline throughout northern and central New Jersey)
Keynote Speaker
September 12, 2008
Mental Health Awareness Coalition, AZ
Keynote Speaker
June 14, 2008
Simmons College, Boston, MA
Keynote Speaker
June 7, 2008
Mental Health Association of Rhode Island, Annual Dinner, RI
(Advocate of the Year Award Presentation to Congressman Patrick Kennedy)
Keynote Speaker
April 16 , 2008
American Association of Suicidology, 41st Annual Conference, Boston, MA
Plenary Speaker
March 7, 2008
Council of Nephrology Social Workers of Maryland, MD
Instructor: Full-day Continuing Education Seminar
February 28 , 2008
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI
Keynote Speaker: Erase the Stigma: Awareness is Not a Dirty Word
October 26, 2007
New York State Office of Mental Health, Annual Conference, NY
Suicide Prevention Across the Lifespan
- Speaker - Closing Plenary Panel
October 11, 2007
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Workplace Learning Services, WI
Brown County Suicide Prevention Board
Charles E. Kubly Foundation
Keynote Speaker: Suicide: Insights from an Attempt Survivor
September 19, 2007
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Crisis Conference (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), New Orleans
Plenary Panel Speaker : Beyond Surviving An Attempt: Lessons from Survivors and Implications for Crisis Centers
August 2, 2007
Columbia University, Graduate Clinical Psychology Dept , NY
Colloquium: Comparative Psychotherapies
July 19 & 21, 2007
Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN USA), Washington D.C.
12th Annual National Suicide Prevention Awareness & Training Event
Building Hope for the Future
For survivors, clinicians, researchers, advocates and policy makers.
- Speaker: Awareness March at Capitol Hill and World War II Memorial
- Speaker - Closing Plenary Panel: Stories of Hope: A Survivor/Attempter Panel
June 2, 2007
St. Louis Archdiocesan, Office of Laity and Family Life, IL
The National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, IL
The Karla Smith Foundation, IL
Conference for education on treatments and clinical discussions for mental illness, support for those who have lost a loved one to suicide, and spiritual healing for those supporting someone who is depressed or suicidal.
Keynote Speaker: Erase the Stigma
May 18, 2007
Mental Health Partners of Cumberland County, NC
Annual mental health conference for consumers, families, military, para-professionals, and professional providers.
Keynote Speaker: Depression & Suicide in Adolescents and Adults: Skills for Professionals, Consumers, and Caregivers
May 16, 2007
6th Annual Suicide Prevention Conference, MA
MA Coalition for Suicide Prevention, MA Dept of Public Health, MA Dept of
Mental Health, et al.
Building Resiliency: Suicide Prevention Across the Lifespan
Workshop Instructor : A Patient and Therapist: Dual Perspectives on Suicide and Treatment
April 10, 2007
Wellesley College, MA
Wellesley College Wellness Committee: Dean of Students, Stone Center Counseling Service, Health Services, Office of Residential Life, Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Students and Faculty.
Depression and suicide prevention awareness event for students, faculty, counseling staff and the community.
Keynote Speaker: Depression and Suicide: An Attempter's Insights on Prevention and Hope
March 31, 2007
Wichmann and Fargo Funeral Homes & Crematories, WI
and Affinity Visiting Nurses and Hospice, WI
(Sponsors included: Alzheimer’s Assn of Greater WI Chapter, Wisconsin Alliance of Family Caregivers, Aging and Disability Resource Center, Lutheran Social Services.)
Seminar for the general public, professionals, caregivers and patients.
Keynote Speaker - Community Outreach Program & Continuing Education Seminar: Surviving the Super-Caregiver Syndrome: Caregiving, Grief and Depression
March 28 , 2007
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Colloquium: Depression and Mental Illness: Treatment and Recovery
February 26 , 2007
American Association of Suicidology, Board of Directors, Washington DC
Teleconference presentation to BOD
Speaker: A Personal Perspective on the Need for Suicide Prevention and Competent Clincial Care
November 9, 2006
Central Washington University, WA
- Staff Training - Counseling Center & Student Resident Advisors Recognizing & Responding to the Warning Signs of Depression and Suicide: First-Hand Insights from the Patient's Side of the Couch
- Keynote Speaker - Student & Community Awareness Event Depression & Suicide: An Attempter's Insights on Prevention & Hope (Students, School Counselors, Local H.S. & Middle Schools, On-Campus Empowerment & Wellness Center, and Community)
November 2, 2006
Columbia University, Graduate Clinical Psychology Dept , NY
Colloquium: Answering Unasked Questions from Both Sides of the Couch
(presented by Terry Wise, J.D. & Betsy Glaser, Ph.D.)
October 27, 2006
American Psychiatric Nurse's Association, Annual Conference, NE
Suicide and Self-Harm: Beyond the Edge of Reason
Keynote Speaker: Depression, Suicide and Self-Harm
October 24, 2006
Suicide Prevention Coalition, Annual Conference, VA
Lynchburg College & Mental Health Services, Centra Health
- Keynote Speaker - Community Education Program: Navigating the Impact of Suicide: Hopeful and Helpful Insights for Patients and Families
- Instructor - Workshop for Professionals: The Personal Experience of Suicide: Critical Lessons for Health Professionals
October 21, 2006 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), MA
Workshop Instructor : Suicide Prevention
(presented with Alan Holmlund, MSW, Suicide Prevention Coordinator, MA Dept of Public Health, Injury Prevention and Control Program)
October 3, 2006
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Cayuga County, NY
Cayuga County Suicide Task Force
(Sponsors included: Auburn Memorial Hospital, Human Services Coalition, Mental Health Subcommittee of Cayuga County)
Keynote Speaker: Third Annual Suicide Awareness & Prevention Community Forum
September 29, 2006
MA School of Professional Psychology, MA
Guest Speaker - Continuing Education Seminar: The Personal Experience of Suicidality - Lessons for Therapists
September 20, 2006
Jewish Family Service Association (JFSA) of Cleveland , OH
Speaker - Holocaust Survivors Support Program: Caring for the Caregiver
September 19 & 20, 2006
NCJW/Montefiore Hospice, OH
- Keynote Speaker - Community Awareness Event: Rarely Heard Insights and Choices for Hope: A Caregiver's Perspective
- Continuing Education Seminar - Instructor: Caring for Caregivers: Insights for Coping with Long-Term Illnesses
- In-House Staff Development - Instructor : Overcoming Adversity: Stories of Hope, Inspiration and Encouragement
September 14, 2006
American Academy of Bereavement Annual Conference, NY
Workshop Instructor : Pre-Loss Grief: Insights to Help Caregivers
June 22, 2006
Grief & Bereavement Conference, Alexandria, VA
Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Substance Abuse
Alexandria Community Services Board Continuing Education Seminar - Instructor: Suicide, Grief & Bereavement: Lessons from a Survivor
June 3, 2006
Fifth Annual Community Mental Health Conference, Evanston, IL
Naomi Ruth Cohen Charitable Foundation
Depression in Young Adults from Adolescence to 50
Keynote Speaker: Navigating Depression: Hopeful Insights from a Patient's Perspective
May 24, 2006
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI), Erie, PA
NAMI of Erie County Speaker Series
Keynote Speaker: Depression & Suicide: Skills for Professionals, Consumers and Caregivers
May 20, 2006
Muscular Dystrophy Assn, ALS Awareness & Wellness Conference, Hawaii
(Included Telecast to six remote sites: Maui Memorial Hospital, University of HI Center at West Hawaii, Univeristy of HI at Hilo, Samuel Mahelona Hospital, Shriner's Hospital, and Windward Community College)
Keynote Speaker: Preserving Emotional Health for Caregivers, Patients and Their Families
May 11, 2006
Quality Review Services, Inc., Mental Health Consumer Organization, OH
National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) OH, Ohio Mental Health Board
Statewide Education Conference for Ohio Dept of Mental Health, Clinical Providers, Administration, Consumers & Family Members
Continuing Education Seminar - Instructor: Grief, Depression & Suicide: Navigating the Process from a Patient’s Perspective
April 30, 2006
American Assn of Suicidology, 39th Annual Conference, Seattle, WA
Workshop - Panel Speaker: Suicidal Client & Clinician: Approach or Avoidance
(presented by Terry Wise, JD, David A. Jobes, PhD, Lanny Berman, PhD, Skip Simpson, JD, Betsy Glaser, PhD)
April 26, 2006
5th Annual Suicide Prevention Conference, MA
Action for Life, Voices of Hope: Suicide Prevention Across the Lifespan
MA Dept of Public Health, Dept of Mental Health, Coalition for Suicide Prevention, AdCare Educational Institute, et al.
Workshop Instructor : The Treatment of Depression & Suicidality from the Dual Perspectives of Patient and Therapist
April 12, 2006
University of Massachusetts Nursing Program
Community Health Program at Littleton High School, MA
Keynote Speaker: Suicide Prevention & Awareness - Youth Behavior Risk Assessments
April 5, 2006
Northeastern University, MA
Colloquium: Psychosocial Aspects of Health Care: Depression, Mental Illness
& Tools for Recovery
March 10, 2006
National Center for Death Education, MA
Continuing Education Seminar - Instructor: Care-giving, Grief, and Depression: Navigating the Process from the Dual Perspectives
of Patient and Therapist
February 24, 2006
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) & Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) 2006 National Conference, PA
- Workshop for Families: Navigating Grief: Hopeful & Helpful Insights for Bereaved Families
- Workshop for Professionals: Pivotal Therapeutic Moments: A Patient’s Perspective on Grief,
Depression, and Suicide
January 17, 2006
First Congregational Church in Wellesley Hills, MA
(for Nursery School Faculties)
Continuing Education Seminar: Depression: Signs & Interventions for Young Children
November 2005
Littleton High School Community Awareness Event , MA
for Faculty & Families, Sponsored by Families for Depression
Awareness
Speaker: Recognizing Warning Signs of Depression & Suicide in Our Youth, Strategies for Facilitating Communication of Suicidal Ideation.
October 2005
American Academy of Bereavement Annual Conference, AZ
Workshop Instructor: How to Reduce Caregiver Burdens During Long-Term Illness
October 2005
Organization for Attempters & Survivors of Suicide in Interfaith
Services (OASSIS) First National Conference, Memphis, TN
Plenary Speaker: Facilitating Disclosure: An Attempter's Perspective
September 2005
Harvard Medical School Psychiatric Facility, McLean Hospital, MA
Manic Depressive & Depressive Assn of Boston
Workshop Instructor: Depression & Suicide: Insights from a Patient and Therapist
August 2005
Mental Health Assn of Colorado Annual Conference, Denver, CO
Keynote Speaker: Treating Suicidal Ideation: An Attempter's Perspective
July 2005
National Center for Death Education, MA
Guest Speaker - Continuing Education Seminar:
Prevention and Postvention
June 2005
Suicide Prevention Resource Center Conference, CT
Regional conference for New York, New Jersey and New England suicide
prevention planning teams.
Workshop Instructor : Examining Suicide and Treatment from an Attempter's Perspective
May 2005
Partnership to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse, Enough Abuse Campaign
Sponsored by: Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC)
Keynote Speaker: A Conversation with Terry Wise
May 2005
4th Annual Suicide Prevention Conference, MA
Sponsored by MA Dept of Public Health, Dept of Mental Health, AdCare
Educational Institute, MA Coalition for Suicide Prevention, et al.
- Keynote Panel Speaker: Taking Action, Saving Lives: Suicide Prevention Across the Lifespan
- Workshop Instructor: The Aftermath of Suicide: Dual Perspectives from Both Sides of the Couch
April 2005
American Assn of Suicidology, 38th Annual Conference, CO
Workshop - Panel Speaker: Suicidal Client & Clinician: Approach or Avoidance
(presented by Terry Wise, JD, David Jobes, PhD, Lanny Berman, PhD & Skip Simpson, JD)
December 2004
15th International Symposium on ALS/MND, Philadelphia, PA
Keynote Speaker: Rarely Heard Insights: A Caregiver's Perspective on Survival
November 2004
Carolinas Neuromuscular/ALS-MDA Center Conference, NC
Keynote Speaker: Caring for the Caregivers
November 2004
Annual Coalition Forum, Kansas City, Nebraska and Western/Central Missouri
Sponsored by: Neurological Disorders Agencies Coalition (Alzheimer’s,
ALS, Stroke, Parkinson’s, MS, Epilepsy, Brain Injury, & Essential Tremor)
Keynote Speaker
October 2004
ALS Society of Canada Annual Conference, Toronto, ON
Keynote Speaker
October 2004
Canadian Assn for Suicide Prevention Conference, Edmonton, AB
Workshop Instructor
October 2004
Discourses in Healthcare Social Work Series - Teleconference, U.S. & Canada
Sponsored by the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Teleconference Instructor - Continuing Education Seminar:
When I Decided to Die, How I Decided to Live: Pivotal Therapeutic Moments from a Patient’s Side of the Couch
August 2004
National Convention of the Spastic Paraplegia (SP) Foundation
Keynote Speaker
June 2004
Spiritual Dimensions of Chaplaincy in Healthcare Programs, U.S. & Canada
Sponsored by the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Teleconference Instructor - Continuing Education Seminar:
A Patient’s Perspective on Suicide, Long-Term Care-Giving & Bereavement
May 2004
3rd Annual Suicide Prevention Conference, MA
Sponsored by coalition of agencies for suicide prevention (Samaritans,
NAMI, SPRC, AFSP, MA Dept Public Health, et al)
Workshop Instructor: The Aftermath of Suicide: Dual Perspectives from Both Sides of the Couch
May 2004
Columbia University, Graduate Clinical Psychology Dept, NY
Colloquium: Pivotal Therapeutic Moments from the Dual Perspectives of Patient and Therapist
(presented by Terry Wise, J.D. and Betsy Glaser, Ph.D.)
May 2004
The Mount Sinai Medical Center Forum, NY
Sponsored by the Dept of Neurology, healthcare professionals, social
workers, MDA, ALS & motor neuron disease caregiver program.
Keynote Speaker
May 2004
Mental Health Screening, National EAP Teleconference
Professional Development, Wellness & Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs)
Teleconference Instructor - Continuing Education Seminar: When I Decided to Die; How I Decided to Live: A Patient’s Perspective on Recovering from Depression
April 2004
2nd Annual Collaborative Crisis Conference, Chicago
Workshop Instructor: The Aftermath of Waking Up
April 2004
Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC), 26th Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
Workshop Instructor: Grief & Depression: Pivotal Insights
April 2004
American Association of Suicidology, 37th Annual Conference, Miami, FL
Workshop Instructor: When I Decided to Die; How I Decided to Live
March 2004
ALS Association, MA Chapter, Annual Symposium, MA
Keynote Speaker: Preserving Emotional Health
March 2004
National ALS Association (ALSA) Annual Leadership Conference, CA
Executives, national staff, nurses, social workers, occupational, physical,
respiratory and speech therapists, clinicians from across North America.
Keynote Speaker: Rarely Heard Insights and Choices for Hope: A Caregiver's Perspective
December 2003
Adelphi University, The Derner Institute, Clinical Psychology Program, NY
Colloquium:
Waking Up: Suicidality and Pivotal Therapeutic Moments from a Patient's Perspective
November 2003
State House Event, Boston, MA
Coalition of organizations for suicide prevention, awareness and
mental health advocacy.
Speaker: Advocacy for legislative awareness.
August 2003
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), 16th Annual Conference, CA
Workshop Instructor:
Crisis Planning
April 2003
American Association of Suicidology, 36th Annual Conference, Santa Fe, NM
Workshop Instructor:
A Patient's Perspective on Treating Suicide
February 2003
Columbia University, Graduate Clinical Psychology Dept, NY
Colloquium:
Waking Up: Suicidality and Pivotal Therapeutic Moments
from a
Patient’s Perspective
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