End Abuse Long Beach
CHILD ABUSE & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION COUNCIL
P.O. BOX 1548, LONG BEACH, CA 90801-1548
Since 1975
www.EndAbuseLB.org

June Program Agenda

William G. (Bill) Hoy, his website GriefConnect.com, has counseled with people in grief for the last 25 years. From 1996 until 2006, Bill directed the bereavement program at Pathways Volunteer Hospice in Long Beach, California, a program in which he still serves as clinical advisor. As an invited speaker, every year he presents more than 70 continuing education workshops across North America to groups as diverse as school counselors, hospice nurses, funeral service professionals, and pastors. From 1993 until 2004, he taught bioethics, counseling, and death studies on the health science faculty at Cypress College and now teaches in Marian University's graduate program in bereavement.

Bill edits two email newsletters - to find out more, click here. He is author of the books Guiding People Through Grief: How to Start and Lead Bereavement Support Groups and Road to Emmaus: Pastoral Care with the Dying and Bereaved. He has written nearly 100 articles, pamphlets, and other educational resources dealing with bereavement--for professionals and grieving people alike.

Overview
Abusive relationships pose a unique grief challenge for survivors. Conflicted feelings about the death, family secrets, ambivalence I relationships, and the push from outsiders to "leave the past in the past" all can make this kind of bereavement extraordinarily complicated.

Bringing more than 25 years of professional counseling experience with bereaved individuals and families, Dr. Bill Hoy has walked alongside  more than a few people who aren't quite sure how they SHOULD--or more importantly how they NEED-- to grieve. Whether the death has already occurred or the abuser is dying, we will discuss death of the perpetrator, death of protectors, and death of the dream for an ideal relationship, all with practical, proven strategies for intervention.