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The focus of the work at The Institute is on mental health issues relating
to loss, illness, and trauma. These include, but are not limited
to:
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- grief, mourning, bereavement
- medical illness, disability, dying, death
- traumatic stress, victimization, PTSD
- violence
- high-risk deaths (acute natural death; accident; suicide;
homicide; disaster; loss of a child; overly-lengthy illness - e.g.,
AIDS, cancer, ALS)
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| Services offered by Dr. Therese A. Rando and The Institute are provided
in seven functional areas: (1) direct clinical
service; (2) consultation;
(3) training and
education; (4) legal consultation; (5)
media
commentary/consultation; (6) research; and (7)
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| Direct
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- Psychotherapy
with individuals contending with mental health
issues relating to loss, illness, and trauma.
- Consultation
to individuals contending with mental health issues
relating to loss, illness and trauma. Two options include:
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- Evaluation-based consultation:
Evaluate individual and make recommendations for treatment
- Treatment-based consultation: There are two options:
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(a) Evaluate individual and intervene as agreed upon for one or limited-time
basis, or,
(b) EMDR-based consultation - A one-to-three day intensive program
utilizing EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) as a
primary treatment modality.
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| Consultation |
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| Consultation is provided in three fashions around mental health issues
relating to loss, illness, and trauma: |
- Direct service to affected individuals or those concerned about
them. (See the section on Direct
Clinical Service.)
- Supervision of therapists/caregivers - Clinical treatment
supervision on a regularly scheduled or as-needed basis, in person or by
telephone.
- Assistance to third parties in areas including, but not limited
to:
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- service provider organizations
- health care groups/agencies
- professional associations
- governmental agencies
- private corporations/concerns/businesses/religious institutions
- schools/educational institutions/school districts
- attorneys
- media/journalists/authors
- research teams
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| TRAINING AND EDUCATION
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| Programs are individually designed to meet the specific needs, goals,
and objectives of the group/organization. These can vary in length from
minutes to days, and can be directed at professional, lay, or mixed
audiences. Content typically focuses upon mental health issues relating to
loss, illness, and trauma, but other topic areas in mental health,
psychology, and selected aspects of sociology also are options. |
- A listing of previously offered programs is available upon request
from The Institute
- Requests for other programs outside of the previously identified
realms are considered relative to Dr. Rando’s expertise, experience, and
professional training
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LEGAL CONSULTATION
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Legal consultation and expert witness services are provided to attorneys
around mental health issues relating to loss, illness, and trauma. The focus
may be generic (e.g., typically expected effects of traumatic death of a
loved one) and/or specific (e.g., the particular dynamics relevant in a
given legal case).
Consultation may involve one or a combination of the following:
- education/advisement of attorney
- review of documents/records
- evaluation and assessment of client
- writing of report (generic and/or specific)
- testimony
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MEDIA COMMENTARY/CONSULTATION
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| Dr. Rando is a national media resource expert in dying, death, loss,
and trauma for the American Psychological Association. She offers
education to the public and consultation to members of the news and
entertainment media around selected matters of psychology and, in
particular, mental health issues relating to loss, illness, and trauma.
Dr. Rando has provided commentary on radio and television, in print, and
on-line. She also has provided developmental guidance to print and
broadcast journalists around these topics. |
- For a listing of media interviews and appearances, contact The
Institute
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Dr. Rando is available for consultation to research teams around mental
health issues relating to loss, illness, and trauma.
At this time, Dr. Rando engages in a limited amount of clinical research.
Research projects currently in development include collaboration in:
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- An investigation of intervention outreach to the traumatically
bereaved
- An investigation of the psychosocial stress of parents of infants
hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
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PUBLICATIONS
Dr.
Rando has 60 published works pertaining to the clinical aspects of
thanatology. Her focus is to provide clear, specific, and practical
information to explicate the issue at hand (usually from among mental
health issues relating to loss, illness, and trauma) and/or to educate
professionals and/or lay audiences on how to most therapeutically contend
with or intervene in the issue.
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- For a complete
listing of Dr. Rando's publications, click on the Publications link at
the top or bottom of the page
- For an
annotated bibliography of Dr. Rando's books, and related ordering
information, please click on the Annotated Bibliography link at the
top or bottom of the page
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