Agenda

CONFERENCE AGENDA

7-8am
Registration/Light Breakfast (Provided)

8-9:30am
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: IRA BYOCK, MD

Imagining People Well: Human Development Through the End of Life

9:30-9:45am
Refreshment Break

9:45-10:45am
Three Concurrent Presentations

Sorting Through the Piles: Accumulating tools, techniques and interventions for hoarding disorder
Andrea Lehman, LCSW (OHSU*), Dena Wellington, MSW, CSWA (Legacy, OHSU*)

Palliative Care for COPD – Exacerbations, dyspnea & oxygen. Where’s your program?
Richard Mularski, MD (Kaiser)

MBSR Program and Adaptations for Palliative Care Settings
Kimberly Carson, MPH, C-IAYT (Mindful Yoga Works, OHSU*)

10:45-11am
Break

11am-noon
Three Concurrent Presentations

Legacy Building Activities: Healing distress and promoting quality of life
Lori Eckel, LCSW (Legacy), Heather Mikes, DO (Legacy) & Margaret Hartsook, LPC, ATR (Legacy)

NACP Conversation Groups in Outpatient Oncology – Lessons Learned
Sarah Lowry, MSN, ACNP-BC (OHSU*) & Cathy Weeks, LCSW, OSW-C (OHSU*)

Addressing Barriers to Goals of Care Conversations: Sociocultural and Practice Considerations
Julia Kasl-Godley, PhD (Palo Alto VAMC, CHE Behavioral Health Services)

Noon-1pm
Lunch (provided)

1-2:30pm
PLENARY SPEAKERS: SUSAN HEDLUND, LCSW (OHSU*) & LOUISE E. MARASCO, PhD (TPC**)

Cultivating Resilience in Illness and Dying

2:30-3:30pm
PANEL (invited) – Moderated by: Katie Hennessy, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C (OHSU*)

Complementary and Integrative Health Services in Palliative Care

Gayle MacDonald, MS, LMT

Margaret Hartsook, LPC, ATR

Gwen LoVetere, LAc, MAcOM

Kristen McSorely, MT-BC

3:30-3:45pm
Refreshment Break

3:45-4:45pm
Three Concurrent Presentations

Spiritual Care and the Critically Ill: Embodiment, Limitation, Human Flourishing, and the Five
Big Questions
Fernando Serna, MDiv, BCC (OHSU*)

Re-Defining Pain: Living Fully in the Context of Palliative Care
Andrea Diulio, PhD (TPC**) & Timothy Wright, PsyD (Portland VAMC, TPC**)

Cultivating Compassion: Key to Therapeutic Presence and Preventing Burnout
Youske Eto, LCSW (Spiritual Care Program, Housecall Providers Hospice)

4:45-5pm
Closing Remarks

*Oregon Health and Science University, **Transitions Professional Center

Mission

To ease emotional suffering and discomfort that is the result of change and loss associated with serious medical conditions, life threatening illness, death and dying. Psychology services include clinical treatment, assessment, education, and consultation.

Our Environment

Transitions Professional Center is located in the LEED certified Ardea tower in the South Waterfront. Offices are constructed using modern green building practices, designed and built by Siteworks Design | Build. Salvaged wood materials and Yolo Paints create warmth and narrative in our space. Energy efficiencies in lighting and HVAC are supported by the Oregon Energy Trust.

Announcements

Welcome Andrea Diulio, PhD to the Transitions team! Dr. Diulio joined Transitions in July, 2017 and is a wonderful complement to our psychology team!

Transitions Professional Center | 3735 SW River Parkway | Portland, Oregon 97239 | 503.972.7090 | sitemap

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