Betty Ann McPherson  Psychotherapy & Counselling Services

Betty Ann McPherson is available as a consultant to the private and public sector in the following areas:

• Suicide/Homicide Survivor Support Group Models
• Bereavement Groups
• Counselling in Aftermath of Sudden Traumatic Loss       Children, Grief and Loss
  Cancer and Impact on Family
• Therapeutic Writing
• Anxiety and Depression
  

RECENT NORTHERN PRESENTATIONS

 "Complicated Grieving: Bereavement in the Aftermath of Sudden Traumatic Loss" January 8th, 2008 (sponsored by the Bereavement Foundation of Sudbury) 

 "Therapeutic Interventions with Suicide Survivors" Feb. 6th, 2008 (hosted at Laurentian University) 

 Keynote Speaker for the "The Power of Being A Girl" April 1, 2 and 4, 2008(hosted by the YWCA Sudbury) at Lively, Marymount and Lo-Ellen High Schools.

 Keynote Speaker for "The Bereavement Foundation of Sudbury" 2008 Conference on October 1, 2008 - Traumatic Loss and Complicated Mourning"

"Therapuetic Interventions with Suicide Survivors"  October 6, 2008 (hosted at Laurentian University)

"The Immediate Aftermath of Sudden Death" March 31, 2009, Sudbury and Area Victim Crisis Assistance and Referall Service (VCARS)

 "Longing for my Child:  Surviving in the Wake of the Unimagineable" April 14, 2009, Bereavement Foundation of Sudbury

 "Complicated Grieving: Bereavement in the Aftermath of Sudden Traumatic Loss", February 2010, Bereavement Foundation of Sudbury.

 Ongoing trainer for WarmHearts Palliative Caregivers (Grief and Bereavement Component).

 "Taming the Dragon" - Dealing with Anxiety - A workshop supporting CMHA - with fellow facilitators Psychiatrist Dr. Krishna, and Psychotherapist Erma Howe - November 17, 2010

"Therapeutic Writing and Grief", January 2011, for the Bereavement Foundation of Sudbury.

"I Wanna Transcend Through Loss"  for the I Wanna Feel Good Conference in Sudbury, November, 2011.