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Elissa Bishop-Becker
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Degrees
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Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor, Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Community Counseling, member of National Board of Certified Counselors
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My Expert Service
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Welcome! I'm glad you decided to find out more about me. The counseling relationship is a safe haven, a place where you can explore options for your life freely and openly. I can help because I have the training, and also because I have healed from many losses in my own life. I know how loss can shatter your life. And I also know that you can recover and find meaning in your changed world.
We can't choose what happens to us, but we can choose how we react. Let me help you make better choices, develop your full potential, and accept what you cannot control.
Anxiety, depression, addictions, physical illness, anger, guilt, fear, and relationship problems are often symptoms of grief over a life-altering loss or change. I am both experienced at addressing the symptoms and an expert in the field of grief and loss.
I am empathetic, patient, and an excellent facilitator of growth and learning. I create an atmosphere of safety, acceptance and hope for my clients.
I use a psychoeducational and person-centered approach--sharing my knowledge and framework in a transparent way, and helping you find your own way forward.
"Ms. Bishop-Becker’s Transformative Bereavement model redefines the outdated medical model... and introduces it as a transformative spiral.... The journey travels a winding path which turns around on itself and appears to backtrack at times. Yet, the Transformative power of this journey can leave one in a mature and energized place that redefines ones relationship with the lost person (or situation) and provides a renewed outlook and calling in life."
--M. Grove, DRE
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Experience & Qualifications
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ShareGrief.com, Grief Specialist, May 2006-present
~ Provide online grief support, education, and resources via email to the bereaved from all over the world
American Red Cross Disaster Mental Health volunteer, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, September 2005
~ Counseled disaster survivors in shelters and Welcome Centers
~ Supported and counseled staff members
~ Assisted supervisor
~ Journal of my experiences published on front page of The National Certified Counselor (the NBCC newsletter), Winter 2005
Liberal Religious Educators Sophia Fahs Lecturer, Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly, June 2005
~ Presented endowed lecture on The Grief Spiral: Transformative Bereavement and the Power of Loss
American Hospice Foundation Bereavement Teleconference, April 2003
~ Participated on panel of local experts
Co-founder, Center for Transformative Counseling, Inc., May, 2002-present
~ Counsel clients dealing with issues of grief, loss, abuse, addictions and spirituality
~ Lectured on the grief process at community groups such as Rotary Club, Unitarian Universalist Church, and Heritage Humane Society
~ Trained staff members at community agencies such as PADS homeless shelter and a juvenile detention center in the grief process and techniques for treating adults and adolescents
~ Facilitated a bereavement support group for the homeless
Post-graduate Resident, Addictions Clinic, The College of William and Mary, August 2000-May 2001 (360-hour residency)
~ Counseled clients dealing with issues such as alcoholism,
co-dependency, grief, and sexual abuse
~ Prepared and presented cases for supervision by clinic director
Summer Intern, Addictions Clinic, The College of William and Mary, June 2000-July 2000 (8-week internship)
~ Counseled clients dealing with issues such as alcoholism, co-dependency, grief, and sexual abuse
~ Prepared and presented cases for supervision by clinic director
Intern, Riverside Hospice, August 1999-May 2000 (600-hour internship)
~ Counseled clients on death and bereavement issues
~ Co-facilitated two adult bereavement support groups
~ Counseled families and children dealing with grief and impending death
~ Developed and presented a 3-hour session on grief and loss for Riverside Hospice Volunteer Training
~ Attended ADEC (Association for Death Education and Counseling) Conference, including a 2-day intensive course in Intermediate Grief Counseling
~ Participated in many training opportunities and inservices
~ Cases presented for individual and group supervision
Practicum student, Riverside Hospice, January 1999-May 1999 (185-hour practicum)
~ Counseled bereaved individuals
~ Completed 25 hours of formal training in aspects of death and dying and hospice volunteer training
~ Counseled college students with issues of transition, relationship, and racism, with cases presented for individual and group supervision
Volunteer, Hospice Support Care, June 1997
~ Completed 8 hours of training in bereavement care
Caring Ministry Bereavement Specialist, Unitarian Universalists, September 1996-June 1998
~ Created and facilitated Beyond the Horizon Bereavement Support Group
~ Developed and facilitated effective workshops on "Holiday Issues for the Bereaved" and "Issues of Loss"
Wrote The Grief Spiral: The Transformative Power of Loss, a full-length book on a theory of bereavement that expands on currently accepted theories (being offered to publishers)
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Available Modes Of Communication
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email/chat
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Most Recent Client Reviews
(Read all 5 reviews)
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by
nelsonhunt22
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Dec 3 2007
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she was very attentive and made good, constructive comments
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by
sadandblue14
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Nov 28 2007
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sandie2
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Jan 10 2007
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by
TroyR
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Nov 14 2006
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very good counsellor, highly recommended
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by
blueaspic
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Sep 2 2006
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(Read all 5 reviews)
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Elissa Bishop-Becker
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