Coral Popowitz
MSW, LGSW, MATP, CT
Education:
- MSW, St. Catherine’s/University of St. Thomas
- MA, Transpersonal Psychology, Naropa University
- BAS, Psychology, University of Minnesota Duluth
- BA, Communication, University of Minnesota Duluth
Professional Experience
- Children’s Grief Connection, Executive Director 2007-present
- Monarch Counseling Service, private practice 2004-present
- Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, Adjunct Professor 2017-present
- Pine County Sheriff/Pine Medical Center Chaplain 2003-present
- Rural AIDS Action Network, East Central MN case manager, 2003-2007
- Willow River Fire Department Emergency Medical Technician 1993-2010
- Professional Association of Treatment Homes, therapeutic foster parent 1991-2005
Certifications
- Thanatology – Association for Death Educators and Counselors 2003-present
- Trauma & Loss Clinical Specialist – National Institute for Trauma & Loss in Children 2004-present
- YogaCalm instructor 2014
- Trauma Studies, (pending- January 2016) – University of Minnesota
- EMDR – Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing International Assn. (pending – Dec. 2015)
Professional Affiliations
- Association of Death Educators and Counselors
- National Alliance for Grieving Children
- Twin Cities Children’s Grief Consortium
- Insight Celebrants
- National Association of Social Workers-Heartland Chapter
- Minnesota Society for Clinical Social Work
- Rural Social Workers Caucus
Publications/Presentations/Programs (incomplete list)
- Hearts of Hope Family Grief Camp – developmentally designed weekend program for grieving children and families from birth through grandparenthood
- Impact of Grief© 6 week series of grief education and support developed and presented in hospital/community setting
- Holiday Heartbreak© grief support and education developed for funeral director presentation during winter holidays
- Understanding Anniversary Grief presented at Minnesota Children’s Mental Health Conference
- Emerging Adults- The Forgotten Mourners – presented at International Death, Bereavement and Grief Conference
- Communities in Grief – Southwest Minnesota School Social Worker Conference keynote,
- Minnesota Funeral Directors Association conference presentation
- Finding Hope and Grace When Grief has Shattered your World – presented at 24th annual Beyond Sorrow conference
- The Cumulative Toll of Our Work – self/care, stress management presentation given to numerous providers
- Somatic Interventions with Traumatized Children presented to Northwood Children’s Home therapeutic staff
- Pause, Post-it and Prevail-Self-care for the Professional Caregiver – National Funeral Directors Assn. Conference
- Words That Hurt the Bereaved (2016) Self-published
- Grief Recovery for Teens: Letting Go of Painful Emotions with Body-based Practices (2017) New Harbinger Publications
Professional and personal references available on request