Hello everyone,
Previously, I sent out an invitation via email for families of the missing we have contact with about a regular online chat we sponsor. We want to make this available for other families we haven't had contact with as well. You you may be interested in a special guest who will be in our chat. The letter below was sent to our regular chatters recently.
If you are interested in coming to this online chat, please let us know, and we will include you in the email list that will contain the details of the chat and where to go on the Internet. (For family members of missing persons only)
We are working on other special guests for future chats, so it would certainly be beneficial for you to be on the mailing list so you are aware of what we're offering.
Let me know if you would like to be on the email list for chat events by writing to [email protected]. Please use Family Member Chat in the subject line of your email.
My recent letter:
I have excellent news for you!
We have arranged for a special guest for the next Project Jason Family Member Chat. His name is Duane Bowers, and he is a nationally known and respected grief and trauma counselor. He also specializes in the type of loss faced by families of the missing, and is one of only two known counselors who have in depth case knowledge of our special needs. He is in fact, finishing the very first book on this specific topic. We are very privleged to have him come and join us, because, as you might imagine, he has a very full schedule.
The chat date will change due to his other committments. Instead of being on Tuesday, September 26, (Tuesday is our regular night) the chat will be held on Wednesday, September 27th, at 7:30pm Central Time. Most likely, the chat will be very full, as I will be re-inviting the other families of the missing we serve. I suspect that most will want to join us. Because of this, the chat will be very structured. I will send out details as we get closer to the date.
In the meantime, mark your calendars and be thinking of questions you would like to ask him about dealing with the emotional aspect of having a missing person in your life.
Here is his bio:
Duane T. Bowers, LPC is a grief therapist and educator in private practice, and author of Guiding Your Family Through Loss and Grief. As a therapist Duanes specialty is working with survivors of traumatic death and suicide, which includes assisting families who must identify loved ones at the DC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, through the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing. He also provides support to families of abducted, missing, exploited and murdered children through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
In addition, Duane serves as a training consultant to NCMEC, and is deployed by them to provide crisis intervention at Amber Alert sites with Team Adam. He also serves as a consultant and trainer for Team HOPE, a telephone support line for parents of missing children, and has provided services to AMECO (Association of Missing and Exploited Children Organizations).
As an educator, Duane teaches seminars nationally, internationally and regionally on dying, death and grief, as well as trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and traumatic loss. He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Counseling at Trinity College in Washington DC, and has been an invited guest lecturer for graduate and undergraduate classes at the University of Maryland, Howard University, University of the District of Columbia, Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University and Gallaudet University.
Duane is responsible for the clinical supervision and training of staff and volunteers for a variety of organizations that deal with trauma and loss, and serves as an on-call hospice bereavement counselor. He served as the Director of Training and Education at the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing in Washington DC, and was the Senior Director of Emergency and International Services for the National Capital Chapter of the American Red Cross. Duane spent three months during the summer of 1999 in Macedonia/ Kosovo/Albania supervising family reunification work in camps with war refugees.
In September 2001, Duane responded to the Pentagon immediately following the terrorist attack on September 11th, providing support to rescue and recovery workers. He continues to volunteer with the Red Cross as a Disaster Mental Health Technician, and with the Capital Area Crisis Response Team as a therapist, educator, and as a member of the Board of Directors.
Many blessings,
Kelly Jolkowski, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
http://www.projectjason.org
Read our Voice for the Missing Blog
http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/
Previously, I sent out an invitation via email for families of the missing we have contact with about a regular online chat we sponsor. We want to make this available for other families we haven't had contact with as well. You you may be interested in a special guest who will be in our chat. The letter below was sent to our regular chatters recently.
If you are interested in coming to this online chat, please let us know, and we will include you in the email list that will contain the details of the chat and where to go on the Internet. (For family members of missing persons only)
We are working on other special guests for future chats, so it would certainly be beneficial for you to be on the mailing list so you are aware of what we're offering.
Let me know if you would like to be on the email list for chat events by writing to [email protected]. Please use Family Member Chat in the subject line of your email.
My recent letter:
I have excellent news for you!
We have arranged for a special guest for the next Project Jason Family Member Chat. His name is Duane Bowers, and he is a nationally known and respected grief and trauma counselor. He also specializes in the type of loss faced by families of the missing, and is one of only two known counselors who have in depth case knowledge of our special needs. He is in fact, finishing the very first book on this specific topic. We are very privleged to have him come and join us, because, as you might imagine, he has a very full schedule.
The chat date will change due to his other committments. Instead of being on Tuesday, September 26, (Tuesday is our regular night) the chat will be held on Wednesday, September 27th, at 7:30pm Central Time. Most likely, the chat will be very full, as I will be re-inviting the other families of the missing we serve. I suspect that most will want to join us. Because of this, the chat will be very structured. I will send out details as we get closer to the date.
In the meantime, mark your calendars and be thinking of questions you would like to ask him about dealing with the emotional aspect of having a missing person in your life.
Here is his bio:
Duane T. Bowers, LPC is a grief therapist and educator in private practice, and author of Guiding Your Family Through Loss and Grief. As a therapist Duanes specialty is working with survivors of traumatic death and suicide, which includes assisting families who must identify loved ones at the DC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, through the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing. He also provides support to families of abducted, missing, exploited and murdered children through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC).
In addition, Duane serves as a training consultant to NCMEC, and is deployed by them to provide crisis intervention at Amber Alert sites with Team Adam. He also serves as a consultant and trainer for Team HOPE, a telephone support line for parents of missing children, and has provided services to AMECO (Association of Missing and Exploited Children Organizations).
As an educator, Duane teaches seminars nationally, internationally and regionally on dying, death and grief, as well as trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and traumatic loss. He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Counseling at Trinity College in Washington DC, and has been an invited guest lecturer for graduate and undergraduate classes at the University of Maryland, Howard University, University of the District of Columbia, Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University and Gallaudet University.
Duane is responsible for the clinical supervision and training of staff and volunteers for a variety of organizations that deal with trauma and loss, and serves as an on-call hospice bereavement counselor. He served as the Director of Training and Education at the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing in Washington DC, and was the Senior Director of Emergency and International Services for the National Capital Chapter of the American Red Cross. Duane spent three months during the summer of 1999 in Macedonia/ Kosovo/Albania supervising family reunification work in camps with war refugees.
In September 2001, Duane responded to the Pentagon immediately following the terrorist attack on September 11th, providing support to rescue and recovery workers. He continues to volunteer with the Red Cross as a Disaster Mental Health Technician, and with the Capital Area Crisis Response Team as a therapist, educator, and as a member of the Board of Directors.
Many blessings,
Kelly Jolkowski, Mother of Missing Jason Jolkowski
President and Founder,
Project Jason
http://www.projectjason.org
Read our Voice for the Missing Blog
http://voice4themissing.blogspot.com/
