Joseph Nowinski
Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist with more than twenty years of experience working with individuals and families. He is the co-author of “Saying Goodbye: How Families Can Find Renewal Through Loss” (Penguin/2011), a book that helps families cope with a terminal illness and extended caregiving. Dr. Nowinski and his colleague, Barbara Okun, Ph.D., present a new five-stage model of grief that reflects the contemporary realities of death and dying. Dr. Nowinski is the Supervising Psychologist at UConn Health Center.
Articles:
First Steps: What to Do When Cancer is the Diagnosis
“Oh, Ruth, I think this is a cancer.” These were the words uttered by Dr. Hiram Cody, a breast cancer surgeon, after an initial physical examination of the wife of a fellow physician, Dr. Peter Bach. And with that simple statement, Dr. Bach wrote, “Down into the tunnel Ruth and I stumbled, into the strange, dehumanizing, aching, opaque and misunderstood world of cancer doctors and cancer care.” If the above captures the initial reaction of a trained physician, imagine what it is like for someone who has minimum knowledge or experience—which is, obviously, the overwhelming majority of people. I recall […]
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