LEVINSON BEREAVEMENT LECTURE SERIES IN HOWARD COUNTY

Sol
Levinson & Bros., Inc., and Jewish Community Services (JCS), in
collaboration with the Jewish Federation of Howard County, welcome members of
the community and professionals to the seventh Bereavement Lecture Series in Howard County on Sunday, October 20. 
J. Shep Jeffreys, Ed.D., F.T., will speak on “Helping Grieving People: When Tears Are Not Enough.”  The program will take place from 9:30 a.m. –
12:00 noon at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Columbia, 5485 Twin Knolls Road,
and is open to the community at no charge. 
Jay I. Levinson, Ph.D., is Lecture Series Chair.

Dr.
J. Shep Jeffreys is a licensed psychologist with a specialty in the treatment
of grief related problems.  He is a
Fellow in Thanatology (ADEC). In addition to his practice at the Family Center
in Columbia, he is an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at The Johns Hopkins
University School of Medicine, where he presents seminars on loss and grief to
psychiatric residents.  He is Affiliate
Assistant Professor of Pastoral Counseling at Loyola University Maryland where
he teaches Loss and Bereavement. Dr. Jeffreys is author of Helping Grieving People: When Tears Are Not Enough: A Handbook for Care
Providers, 2nd Edition, and of Coping
with Workplace Grief: Dealing with Loss, Trauma and Change, Revised Edition.  His column “Grief Psychologist’s Corner” has
been a regular feature in Living With
Loss magazine.  A speaker and
storyteller, he consults with and provides training programs for religious,
medical, and educational institutions as well as business organizations.  For twelve years he worked with Elisabeth
Kubler-Ross, M.D., as a trainer and grief/loss workshop leader in the United
States and abroad, and he has served as consulting psychologist for the Johns
Hopkins AIDS Service.  Dr. Jeffreys is a
member of and consultant to Bereaved Parents USA, Howard County (MD) Chapter.

No registration is required for the
lecture and no reservations can be accepted. 
A continental breakfast will be provided.  Social workers and psychologists attending
the full program will earn 1.5 Category I CEUs. 
For more information, please call 410-466-9200.