Behr Psychology Lunch & Learn with Jessica Boerma, LCSW

​Lunch & Learn
Presenter: Jessica Boerma, LCSW

​Friday, July 31st at 2pm ET

​Topic: Navigating High-Risk Medical Illness with Patients:

​When Death Enters the Conversation with psychotherapy patients

​Overview:

• ​Identify high risk illnesses in cancer and learn how to implement necessary practical and psychological interventions.

• ​Be able to describe the unique challenges and benefits of the therapeutic space when involving multiple members of the client's care team, including the medical team, caregivers, family, partners, and children.

• ​Discuss practical ways to navigate personal and professional reactions to a patient's decline from their diagnosis or the uncertainty of their prognosis.

• ​Identify the patient's locations of self and how this impacts their autonomy, decision-making, and navigation of the healthcare system, which may promote systemic inequities.

​Meeting Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83296930954?pwd=O4bybvxron1Awh5Rc7uqvq2H528zdn.1

​Meeting ID: 832 9693 0954

​Passcode: 370469