Five Themes in Ted’s Work
- Promotion of hope, resiliency and capacity building
- Provision of information and support for developmental and unexpected life events
- Responses to disruptive changes and the resulting grief and loss, especially shattered dreams
- The intersection of personal and family stories with those found in poetry, fiction, and memoir
- Group and / or team leadership
Workshops and topics addressed by Ted
- Balancing Self-Awareness and Self-Assertiveness With Attention to and Respect for Others
- Breathing New Life Into Groups
- Chronic Sorrow: A Normative Look at Living with On-Going Grief
- Crossroads: Inviting Stories at the Intersections of Life
- Crossing Thresholds: From Living to Dying, Death and Bereavement
- Cumulative Stress and Its Impact: Healthy Ways of Living With Stress
- Facing Changes in the Workplace: Exploring Myths and Realities
- Finishing Well: Dying, and Continuing Care
- It’s Impossible to NOT Communicate (Talking About Tough Stuff)
- Living with Loss / Healing with Hope
- Loss of Dreams, Ambiguity, A Pandemic and Resiliency
- Meeting at a Busy Intersection: Change, Losses, Grief, and Hope
- No Need to Whisper: Spiritual Care in Caring Work
- Shattered Dreams, Resiliency and Hope
- Storying Re-Storying After Losses
- Storying and Re-Storying: Elders and Their Narratives
- Stress and Burnout: Personal and Collective Responses
- Thankfulness in the Midst of Grief and Grieving
- The Intersection of Joy and Grief: Honoring Each
- Unintended Consequences of Well-Intentioned Acts
- Using Literature / Writing / Storytelling in Helping Work
- When Professionals Weep: Transference and Countertransference
A partial list of host organizations for Ted’s work
- Alabama Hospice Association
- Alzheimer’s Associations in several states
- Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC)
- Center for Victims of Torture – Minnesota
- Crescent Cove Children’s Hospice and Palliative Care
- Cruse Bereavement Care – United Kingdom
- Early Childhood Family Education – Minnesota
- Head Start – many locations
- Health Partners Hospice of the Lakes – Minnesota
- Luther Seminary Kairos Program (Continuing Education)
- Minnesota Network of Hospice and Palliative Care
- Minnesota School Social Workers Association
- Minnesota Social Service Association
- Naomi House Children’s Hospice – United Kingdom
- Oklahoma Department of Human Services
- Sacred Ground – Minnesota
- Struthers Parkinson’s Center – Minnesota
- The Irish Hospice Association
- The Sandcreek Group (EAP)
- United Family Services (now Safe Alliance) – Charlotte, North Carolina
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