A time to listen... A time to heal.

Pregnancy Loss &

Unresolved Grief

ONE DAY CLINICAL SEMINAR for: Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, LMFT’s, Physicians, Nurses,

Educators, Clergy/Religious, Students and the General Public.

REGISTER NOW! Please use the registration form inside this brochure. Download

more forms at: www.rachelsvineyard.org

Presenter:

Theresa Burke, PhD, LPC, NPC

Tuesday, September 29, 20098:30 AM to 5:00 PM

St. Stephen’s Diocesan Center6301 Pali Highway

Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion by Theresa Burke

Redeeming A Fatherʼs Heart Co-authored by Kevin Burke

Copies will be available at the conference. If you are not attending and still would like a book, please contact our main office in Philadelphia at 610-354-0555. They may also be purchased at www.pflstore.com.

RACHEL’S VINEYARD MINISTRIES HAWAII

For Information please contactLisa Shorba at (808) 349-5071

or e-mail: rvhawaii@gmail.com

About Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries

Rachel’s Vineyard is a safe place to renew, rebuild and redeem grieving hearts. Weekend retreats offer a supportive, confidential and non-judgmental environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions to begin the process of restoration, renewal and healing.

Rachel’s Vineyard is a therapy for the soul. Participants, who have been trapped in anger toward themselves or others, experience forgiveness. Peace is found. Lives are restored. A sense of hope and meaning for the future is finally re-discovered.

Rachel’s Vineyard support groups and weekend retreats for healing after abortion are now offered in 49 states. Over 2,000 retreats have been completed since the ministry began. The international outreach of Rachel’s Vineyard, a non-profit organization, is now growing in 27 countries worldwide.

Rachel’s Vineyard is a ministry of Priests for Life.

Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries Hawaii and this clinical seminar is sponsored by The Respect Life Office of the Roman Catholic Church in Hawaii.

This seminar is endorsed by Hawaii Right to Life, Hawaii Family Forum, the Hawaii Catholic Conference, and The Pearson Foundation of Hawaii, Inc. Pregnancy Problem Centers.

Theresa Burke, PhD, LPC, NCP is the founder of Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries and the author of The Rachel’s Vineyard Weekend Retreat Manuals and support group models. Theresa is an internationally recognized expert on post-abortion trauma and healing. Her other books include: Forbidden Grief -

The Unspoken Pain of Abortion with David Reardon (Acorn Books), The Contraception of Grief and most recently Grief to Grace - Reclaiming the Gift of Sexual Dignity, a new retreat model for those who have been sexually abused. Theresa’s counseling work has focused on women’s issues, bereavement, pregnancy loss, sexual abuse, eating disorders and anxiety management. She is the founder of Covenant Family Resources, a licensed Children and Youth Agency. Theresa is a Nationally Certified Psychologist, a Certified Diplomat of the American Psychotherapy Association, a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Diplomat of the American Board of Forensic Counselors.

PRESENTER:

Author & Rachel’s Vineyard Co-Founder:

Kevin Burke, MSS, LSW serves as Associate Director of Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries and as the Coordinator for Men’s Outreach. Kevin has published numerous articles on the effects of abortion on men, couples and families. He is co-author of Redeeming A Father’s Heart and Grief to Grace. He is a

graduate of Bryn Mawr College’s Graduate School of Social Sciences. Kevin formerly served as the administrator of Mother’s Home, a crisis pregnancy residence, which provides housing, computer job training and programs for women in crisis pregnancy and their children. Kevin also spent eight years as a social work clinical supervisor for Catholic Social Services in Philadelphia. Kevin and Theresa have worked together in marriage and family counseling and established Covenant Family Resources, a licensed Children and Youth Agency which supports couples as they build families through adoption. Kevin and Theresa are the proud parents of five children.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:

8:30 - 9:00 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 10:00 Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

10:00 - 10:10 Break

10:10 - 11:20 Traumatic Re-enactment

11:30 - 12:30 Men and Pregnancy Termination

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 - 2:30 How Trauma Impacts the Brain

Research on Pregnancy Loss

2:30 - 3:30 Caring for Special Wounds

3:30 - 3:40 Break

3:40 - 5:00 Healing the Wounded Spirit,

Pastoral vs. Clinical Models of Healing

Utilizing the Grief Process,

Rituals and Sensory Based Treatment

*CEU forms/certificates will be distributed at the end of the seminar (after 5:00pm). Mahalo for your kokua.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:

• Outline the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder as they relate to voluntary pregnancy termination.

• Understand how pregnancy loss may be a contributing or causative factor in depression, anxiety, PTSD, eating disorders, marriage and family problems, or other problems that may bring women to professional counseling.

• Explore how the brain works and what we know about how a brain malfunctions when there has been emotional psychic trauma.

• Understand why the mental health community frequently fails to recognize post-abortion emotional distress and provide appropriate treatment.

• Promote awareness of some of the grief issues, in men as well as women, following pregnancy termination, in order to provide hope and healing

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PAYMENT INFORMATION

REGISTRATION FEE ----------------------------------- $30.00(Clergy and Religious - no charge)

Please make your check or money order payable to Respect Life and mail it with this form to:Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries Hawaii

c/o The Respect Life Office 6301 Pali Highway Kaneohe, HI 96744

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PLEASE DO NOT MAIL ANY REGISTRATIONS AFTER SEPTEMBER 18TH 2009. Thank you!

If you are seeking CEU’s as a LPC or LSW, please mark the appropriate space below: I am a Licensed Professional Counselor seeking CEU’s ___ I am a Licensed Social Worker seeking CEU’s ___

*Please note: CEU credits (6.5) for LPC’s have been approved by the American Counseling Association.

CEU credits for Social Workers are pending approval from the NASW.