She will outline the shift from communal m edieval rituals and stylized Victorian public mourning to the 20th-century privatization\, medicalization\, and commercialization of death. \;He r presentation will also highlight disenfranchised grief among marginalize d populations\, including enslaved\, Indigenous\, LGBTQ+\, lower-income gr oups\, and children\, while examining modern mourning in the digital age. Finally\, it will offer practical strategies for everyday individuals to s upport people who are grieving.
\nDr. Kristen Dillon is a clinical p sychologist with over twelve years of experience specializing in grief\, f amily therapy\, life-limiting illness\, and end of life.
\nAfter her daughter Junie's death\, Kristen was struck by the difficulty of accessin g resources and grief support services for herself\, her other young daugh ter\, and the rest of her family. In spite of her background in mental hea lth\, Kristen found accessing care unnavigable\, and she knew others must struggle just the same. Guided by the pain of her own grief and traumatic loss\, and grounded in her professional experience\, Kristen founded Junie 's Place - juniesplace.org - in order to sup port others who experience the tragic loss of a child or loss of a pregnan cy.
\nThis program is part of an on-going series "You've Been Dying to Know About..." that discusses various topics related to death and dying \, created and facilitated by Andover resident\, Richard Davis.
\nTh e program will be recorded and a link to the recording will be shared with everyone who registers. \;
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