Take Part in Research Study on Social Relationships and Loss

Has someone close to you died? As you may have heard on “Healing the Grieving Heart”, a new study on social relationships and loss is being conducted by a doctoral student at The Wright Institute in Berkeley, California. You are invited to participate in this important new study investigating interpersonal relationships and how they might have affected your feelings about your loss.

In order to participate I would ask you to fill out a confidential 15 minute survey.  All participants will have the option of being entered in a raffle to win a $100 gift certificate to Amazon.com. Your participation will contribute to a better understanding of relationships and loss.

If you are over eighteen years of age and would like to participate, please go to the following link:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=yXh28AbGKsj9ycoMzVE7ew_3d_3d

If you have any questions or would like the questionnaires to be sent to you, please contact Naomi Edelson by phone at (415) 290-0164 or by email at lossresearch@gmail.com.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Take Part in Child Bereavement Research (for Parents)

As you may have heard on “Healing the Grieving Heart”, a new child bereavement study is being conducted by a doctoral student at Seattle Pacific University. This study investigates the positive and negative personal and relationship outcomes of parents who have lost a child based on questions about you, your present relationship with your partner, your social support following your loss, and your personal experiences following your loss. If you have lost a child, you are invited to participate in this 20 minute survey. Participate is confidential, and you may change your mind at any time.

If you think you would like to participate, please go to www.lossresearch.webs.com. Or, if you have any questions or would prefer the questionnaires be sent to you, please contact Hillary Van Horn by phone at 1-530-902-4562 or by email at hvanhorn@coh.org.

Thank you for your time and consideration.”

THANK YOU AGAIN!!

Hillary Van Horn-Gatlin

Dreaming of the Deceased: Call For Research Participants

By Jennifer Shorter

Has someone close to you passed away? Following the person’s death, did you experience a profound dream about the person that you felt stood out from any other dream you have had?

I am a doctoral student at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, Calif. My research interest is in exploring dreams of the departed during the post-death grieving period. For purposes of this study, profound dreams can be defined as (but not limited to) emotionally intense dreams in which a recently deceased loved one returns in the dream state to provide guidance, reassurance, and/or warning.

If you are interested in sharing your experience through a brief interview (90 minutes, in-person), during which I will be asking you about your experience and relationship with your loved one, and about the dream(s) you had during your post-grieving time, please contact me at the numbers listed below.

Your participation may help clinical psychologists better assist individuals during their grieving process. Your participation in this study also may result in the following: increased self-awareness, a deepening of your connection to your loved one, and greater clarity of your profound dream experience.

If interested, or if you have any additional questions, please contact me at 408-368-5459 or e-mail me at visitationdreams@gmail.com. All inquires are confidential and there is no obligation to participate.

Criteria for participation:
· You must be 25 years old or older.
· The loss of your loved one must have occurred at least 3 months ago.
· You have not done any dream work under the supervision of a professional therapist around the specific dream images to be presented in this study.
· Mind-altering substances and/or intoxicants were not used immediately prior to the profound dream.

Grief and Loss Research Study - Your Participation Needed

A research survey on grief and loss has been approved by the psychology department at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and is ready for participants.

“If you have lost a loved one and are over eighteen years old, we invite you to participate in a brief online study of religious coping and bereavement. Participants will have the option of being entered in a raffle to win a $100 gift certificate to Amazon.com. Your participation will contribute to a better understanding of grief and loss.”

If you would like to participate go to the following link:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=AYXpHkiML6BMRS0buLUAYA_3d_3d