Event
Grief Across the Caregiving Trajectory
December 4, 2024 at 8:00 PM ET
Watch an archived recording of this event
Grief is naturally a parent’s constant companion, from diagnosis – or lack thereof – onwards, including into bereavement. Psychologist Wendy Lichenthal, PhD is both a grief researcher and a clinician, with a particular expertise in the psychology of cancer for the patient and the family.
During this event, Wendy framed aspects of the grief experience and discussed using meaning and meaning-making to help with coping, regardless of diagnosis.
Our Panel
Wendy Lichtenthal, Ph.D.
Wendy G. Lichtenthal, PhD, FT, FAPOS is Founding Director of the Center for the Advancement of Bereavement Care at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Prevention Science and Community Health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and has worked as a grief specialist and psycho-oncologist for over 20 years. Since 2005, she has been at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York City, where she was Founding Director of the Bereavement Clinic and Associate Attending Psychologist, and where she now serves as Consultant Faculty. She completed her undergraduate studies at The University of Chicago, her doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania, her clinical psychology internship at the Payne Whitney Clinic at Weill Cornell Medicine, and a postdoctoral research fellowship in psycho-oncology at MSK, where she was Chief Research Fellow.
