Upcoming and Past Presentations

Upcoming Presentations

  • Dr. Katherine Shear, Director of the Center for Complicated Grief at Columbia University, is presenting a Master Clinician workshop "Introduction to Complicated Grief" at the Anxiety and Depression Association of America 2013 Annual Conference in  LaJolla, CA on April 4, 2013.
  • Dr. Katherine Shear will be giving a keynote presentation "Pathways of Grief: Clinician as Sherpa Guide" at the 35th annual Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) conference in Hollywood, CA on April 27, 2013.  

Recent Past Presentations and Workshops

  • Workshop, "Lifting the Fog: Introduction to Complicated Grief Treatment." Columbia University School of Social Work. December 7, 2012.
  • Workshop, “Introduction to Complicated Grief Treatment.” Kaiser-Permanente, San Diego, CA. June, 2012.
  • Workshop, “Complicated Grief Treatment for Disaster Mental Health Clinicians.” Sendai, Japan. June, 2012.
  • Workshop, “Complicated Grief.” Canadian Forces Health Services. Oromocto, NB.  March, 2012.
  • Workshop, “Bereavement related depression and complicated grief.” Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC). Atlanta, GA. March, 2012.
  • Grand rounds, "Complicated Grief." University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. April, 2012.
  • Colloquium, Boston University Department of Clinical Psychology. Boston, MA. April, 2012.
  • Presentation, "Grief: DSM-5 and Psychotherapy." The American College of Psychiatrists Annual Meeting. Naples, FL.  February, 2012.
  • Presentation, “Caring for Mental Health in Japan post 3-11.” Consortium for Japan Relief, Columbia University. New York, NY. October, 2011.
  • Alumni Lecture, “Attachment, Loss and Complicated Grief.” Columbia University School of Social Work. New York, NY.  October, 2011.
  • Keynote Speaker, 5th Annual Conference of the University of Louisville Depression Center. October, 2011.
  • Keynote Lecture, "Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapies: Their Heritage and Future." 15th World Congress of Psychiatry. Buenos Aires, Argentina. September, 2011.
  • Presentations, "Complicated Grief" and "Bereavement in DSM5." ADEC Annual Meeting. Miami, FL. June, 2011.
  • One half-day course, "Lifting the Fog: Complicated Grief and its Treatment." APAA Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI. May, 2011.
  • Two-day workshop, "Introduction to Complicated Grief Treatment." The Hospice Foundation, Dublin, Ireland. April, 2011.
  • Workshop, "Introduction to Complicated Grief Treatment." National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, Oslo, Norway. April, 2011.
  • Plenary Speaker: "Complicated Grief in Suicide Survivors." 7th National Conference on Suicide Prevention. Oslo, Norway. April, 2011.
  • Presentation: "Bereavement Considerations in DSM-5." University of Texas Medical Branch"s 15th Department of Psychiatry Annual Psychiatric Update. Galveston, TX. April, 2011.
  • Workshop, "Introduction to Complicated Grief and its Treatment." ADAA Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. March, 2011.
  • Presentation: "Diagnosis and Treatment of Complicated Grief." 2010 Geriatric Scholar Certificate Program. Upstate Medical University, Binghamton. Utica, NY. October, 2010.
  • Keynote Address: "Attachment, Loss, and Complicated Grief." Loss and Bereavement: Cultural Aspects of Grief Among Asian Americans conference. New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY. October, 2010.
  • Workshop Presentation, "Complicated Grief Treatment." NYU Silver School of Social Work, New York, NY. May, 2010.
  • Webinar, "Lifting the Fog: An Introduction to Complicated Grief Treatment." Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC). May, 2010.