Ambiguous Loss
The Web site for Pauline Boss, Ph.D.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
May 8, 2008
"Dealing with Ambiguous Loss"
Third Annual Black Hills Brain Injury Conference
Rapid City, South Dakota
HYPERLINK: www.brainrehab.org/Conference2007.html
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May 14, 2008
"Ambiguous Loss: Loss, Trauma, and Resilience"
St. Paul Senior Workers Assocation Spring Conference
St. Paul, Minnesota
HYPERLINK: www.seniorworkers.org/SPSWA_New/spring_conf_08/springconf_sp_08.
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May 16, 2008
"Helping Staff and Families Work With People Suffering Memory Loss"
Presbyterian Homes and Services
Annual DOVE (Dementia Orientation Values and Education) Retreat
Presbyterian Homes and Services, McKenna Crossing
13810 Shepherd's Path
Prior Lake, Minnesota
Note: Open to registered staff only.
May 31, 2008
"A Tribute, Not a Memorial: Understanding Ambiguous Loss
Tribute to Honor Jim Gray
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
HYPERLINK: http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu:80/IPRO/JimGrayTribute
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June 11-12, 2008
Mental Health Summit II
Biloxi, Mississippi
HYPERLINK: www.msidtf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=95
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June 18-21, 2008
"Ambiguous Loss Interest Group"
American Family Therapy Academy (AFTA) Annual Meeting
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
HYPERLINK: www.afta.org/conferences.html
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September 24, 2008
Northern Plains Conference on Aging and Disability
Opening Keynote Speaker
Fargo, North Dakota
September 27, 2008
"Ambiguous Loss: Living With the Unknown"
Phi Upsilon Omicron Conclave 2008
Embassy Suites Minneapolis Airport
Minneapolis, Minnesota
HYPERLINK: http://www.phiu.org/conclave_site.htm
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Books Available
Loss, Trauma, and Resilience, W. W. Norton, 2006
Ambiguous Loss, Harvard University Press, 1999
Family Stress, Classic and Contemporary Readings, Sage Publications, 2003
Family Stress Management, Sage Publications, 2002
Recent Articles/Interviews
Morris, R. (2007, October 21). How Do Families Mourn Loved Ones They're Not Sure Are Really Gone?
Seattle Times
HYPERLINK to SEATTLE TIMES article
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Levine, B. (2007, October 2). Time Out: De-stress Your Family By Figuring
Out What Really Matters. Woman's Day, p. 72.
HYPERLINK: http://www.womansday.com/home12221/time-out.html
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How To Live With Loss
MPR's Midday Show with Gary Eichten
August 14, 2007, 11 a.m.
Interview with Dr. Boss regarding the I-35W bridge collapse
HYPERLINK to AUDIO INTERVIEW
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Boss, P. (2007). Guest Editor, Ambiguous Loss and Boundary Ambiguity [Special Issue]. Family Relations, 56(2).
Ambiguous Loss Theory: Challenges for Scholars and Practitioners. Family Relations, 56(2), pages 105-11.
HYPERLINK TO ORDER INFORMATION
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Budd, A. (Summer, 2007). Pauline Boss: Charting Life After Loss. Connect, p. 14.
HYPERLINK: http://www.education.umn.edu/Pubs/Connect/2007summer/Boss.html
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Black, H. (Spring, 2007). Coping With Ambiguous Loss. On Wisconsin Magazine. p. 52
HYPERLINK: www.uwalumni.com/media/images/photography/onwisconsin/pdf/Spring07ANews.pdf
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Russo, Francine. (2005, November 27). The Empty Seat. Time Magazine.
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Recent Speaking Engagements
October 14, 2006
Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy
and the Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services
New York City, NY
Contact: Justin Clavadetscher, 212.333.3444. Ext. 114
CEU’s Available
October 20, 2006, 8:30 - 4:30 p.m. Loss, Trauma, and Resilience:
Finding Meaning and Hope in the Ambiguity of Trauma and Loss
Minnesota Coalition for Death Education and Support
(MCDES) Fall Conference
Four Points Sheraton Metrodome
Minneapolis, MN
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November 4, 2006, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Family Values and Beliefs: Reducing and Creating Stress
Plymouth Congregational Church, Guild Hall
2007 Annual Conference
Minneapolis, MN
HYPERLINK: www.plymouth,org/calendar/events.php
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CEU’s Available
November 10, 2006, 2 - 3:30 p.m. Caregivers’ Definitions of Successful Caregiving,
3:45 - 5:15 p.m. Symposium: The Family Loss Expert Witness
National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Hotel
Minneapolis, MN
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December 7 - 8, 2006
International Trauma Studies Program
Mailman School of Public Health
Columbia University
New York City, NY
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Note: Open to enrolled year-long seminar participants only.
December 11, 2006, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Ambiguous Loss Workshop for Community Professionals
Duluth, MN
December 11, 2006, 3 p.m.
Visiting Lecturer in Professor Brenda Butterfield’s psychology class
University of Minnesota-Duluth
Duluth, MN
January 17, 2007
VHA Care Coordinator and the Caregiver Forum
Omni Shoreham Hotel
2500 Calvert St. N. W.
Washington, DC 20008
January 26, 2007, 8:30 a.m. - 12 Noon, Adoption Workshop
Children's Home Society & Family Services
St. Paul, MN 55108
CEUs available
Note: Not open to the public.
February 13, 2007, 1 - 3 p.m. Making Sense Out of Ambiguity
Invited Practitioner Scholar Series
University of St. Thomas, Graduate School of Professional Psychology
and the Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services
St. Paul, MN
Note: Not open to the public.
March 27, 2007 Therapeutic Work with Ambiguous Loss
California Caregiver Resource Centers
Video Conference
Note: Open to registered staff only.
April 2, 2007 Living with Never Knowing: Coping with Ambiguous Loss
13th Annual Child and Family Research Symposium\
Department of Family Social Sciences
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
HYPERLINK: www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/human_ecology/family/symposium2007.htm
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April 13, 2007 Loss, Trauma, and Resilience: Therapeutic Work with
Ambiguous Loss
The Reunion Institute Continuing Education
Workshop for Mental Health Professionals
Dallas, TX
Contact: 214.915.4700 or
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April 27, 2007 Loss, Resilience, and Hope
Plenary Speaker, American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC)
2007 Annual Conference
Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront
Portland, OR
Contact: Fax - 703.352.7725 or
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May 5, 2007 Resilience in the Face of Ambiguity
Panel Member, Council on Contemporary Families (CCF)
Tenth Anniversary Symposium
Chicago, IL
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June 15, 2007 Living Well Despite the Ambiguous Loss of Traumatic Brain Injury:
Guidelines for Familes and Professionals
14th Annual Brain Injury Conference
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
HYPERLINK: http://www.mayoclinic.org/mcitems/mc2300-mc2399/mc2301-30.pdf
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July 24, 2007 Ambiguous Loss General Principles and Interventions
(For polytrauma staff and other VA Palo Alto staff as space permits)
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Palo Alto, CA
July 25, 2007 Ambiguous Loss Specific Intervention Strategies for QUERI Group
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Palo Alto, CA
September 14, 2007 Theory, Theorizing, and Context: Emerging Theories
Family Social Science Class 8001--Conceptual Frameworks in the Family
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN
October 2, 2007
Keynote Speaker, Ambiguous Loss in the Aftermath of Katrina
Skill Building Conference for Pastoral Counselors and Psychotherapists
Gulfport, MS
Contact: Rev. Beverly Wallace, Ph.D.
October 12-13, 2007
The Family Expert Witness: Family Science Application for the Law
Panel Presentation: Pauline Boss, Ph.D., with Thomas Ireland, Ph.D., Kathrine Daniels, Ph.D.,
and Kristen Holm, Ph.D.
Fall Forensic Economic Workshops
Sante Fe, New Mexico
November 14, 2007, 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. (PST)
Here but Not Here--Finding Hope When a Loved One has Memory Loss
Telephone workshop--Open to registered participants from California only
California Caregiver Resource Centers
Contact: http://www.californiacrd.corg/californiacrc/jsp/static/upcoming_workshops.htm?nodeid=1740
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December 11 - 13, 2007
Polytrauma Nursing: Learning from Each Other
Department of Veterans Affairs, Employee Education System (EES)
St. Pete Beach, Florida
January 14, 2008, 6:30 p.m.
Ambiguous Loss and Mental Illness
St. Joan of Arc Church
4537 3rd Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
HYPERLINK: http://www.stjoan.com/uefr.htm
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April 7, 2008
Chesley Lecture on Aging
"Living Well in Midst of Change and Loss"
Center on Aging at Minnesota State University,
Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota
HYPERLINK: www.mnsu.edu/news/read/?id=1204577499&paper=topstories
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April 18, 2008
"New Hope With Ambiguous Loss, Caring for a Loved One With Memory Loss"
Western Michigan Brain Injury Network -
"Touching the Spirit" Symposium
Grand Rapids, Michigan