THE EXTERNALIZATION WORKSHOPS and RESOURCES
(Revised October 2014)
(Led by the Staff of the former Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Center and People Who Have Attended Trainings
Led by that Staff)
List is updated on our Web page at: http://www.externalizationworkshops.com
Compiled by Nancy Mullins, 1909 N. 73rd Terrace, #6, Kansas City, KS 66112, 913-299-3211
Email: LifeLossandHealing@nethere.com
WORKSHOPS LED BY STAFF OF ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS CENTER (USA):
Larry Lincoln, M.D., and Anne Taylor Lincoln, L.P.C. (Licensed Professional Counselor), lead 3-day Growth
and Transition Workshops in Tucson, Arizona scheduled for October 10-12, 2014 and October 23-25, 2015.
Beth Stauss, Natasha Korshak, and Jen Marner are leading 1-day Externalization Workshops, under the
supervision of Larry and Anne Lincoln, for anyone who has attended a 3-day workshop.
Larry and Anne Lincoln will lead another Three Weekend Training Program in The Externalization Process
for Professional Caregivers in Tucson, March 27-29, May 15-17, and June 26-28, 2015. This training will
include the art of facilitating (the externalization process) and the format of the Growth and Transition Workshop
weekend. Attending an Externalization Workshop is a prerequisite.
Contact Anne Taylor Lincoln at 520-591-9177 or email: atl@growthandtransition.com (5360 N. Via Velazquez,
Tucson, AZ 85750) Website : www.GrowthandTransition.com
Book: There's A Place I Go (for children ages 6-10), by Anne Taylor Lincoln (can be ordered directly from Anne,
$17.95, including priority shipping)
Roz Leiser, R.N., leads 3-day Moving through Loss and Transition Workshops in the San Francisco bay area
scheduled for August 15-17, 2014 and February 6-8, 2015.
She is an Integrative Health and Bereavement Counselor in private practice in San Francisco, CA. She specializes in
working with people facing issues of wellness, illness, dying, caregiving and grief (in the broadest sense). As a
Registered Nurse for more than 20 years, Roz specialized in the areas of psychiatry, HIV/AIDS, and Hospice. She
was a staff member of the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Center and is certified in Interactive Guided Imagery. She leads
bereavement groups and has taught health care professionals about end of life issues and mind/body healing skills.
She consults with health care providers and agencies about working with issues related to caregiving, burnout, loss
and the end of life.
Contact Roz at Life Transitions Network at 415-263-4822 or email: griefworkshops@aol.com (P.O. Box 31579,
San Francisco, CA 94131) Website: www.TransitionsWorkshops.com
Roz Leiser, R.N., and Nancy Mullins, M.A., M.F.T. (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) co-lead 1-day
Compassion Fatigue and Burnout Workshops nationwide for animal control officers and animal shelter staff
and for the staff of veterinary practices. They also lead 1-day Pet Loss Workshops. Contact Carol Brothers at
Support Services for Animal Care Professionals, 828-424-7909 or email: Carol_AB@juno.com (12 S. Lexington
Ave., #602, Asheville, NC 28801) Website: www.SupportServicesforAnimalCareProfessionals.com
Peter Selwyn, M.D., M.P.H., is an AIDS and palliative care specialist working at Montefiore Medical Center and
Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY, where he is Chairman of the Department of Family and
Social Medicine and Director of the Palliative Care Program. He has been working with patients, families, and
caregivers affected by AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses for over 30 years, and was a staff member of the
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Center. He is leading twice-yearly three-day Healing Loss Workshops in the New York
area, for staff and employees from Montefiore Medical Center. Contact Peter at 718-920-8434, or email:
pselwyn@montefiore.org
Leanne Abdnor, M.S.W., is considering leading 3-day Grief as a Doorway to Love and Compassion
Workshops in Boulder, Colorado in 2014. She works as a victim’s advocate for the Sheriff's Office in Boulder,
Colorado and specializes in grief work, currently working with women who are recently widowed -- helping them
manage the paperwork and other tasks they must handle. For many years, Lea was an advocate for change with a
variety of political issues in Washington, DC. She was a staff member of the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Center. Contact
Lea at 303-494-0280 or email: abdnor@comcast.net
WORKSHOPS LED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE ATTENDED TRAININGS LED BY ELISABETH
KUBLER-ROSS STAFF (USA):
Sharon Burnett, PhD., is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California, with a private practice since
1981 specializing in grief, loss, and trauma. She trained under Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, and has been a staff member
for many Safe Harbors Workshops (led by Sharon Tobin) and Growth and Transition Workshops (led by Larry and
Anne Lincoln). She serves on the Medical and Counseling Advisory Board for WeSpark Cancer Support Center.
She is the Founder and Director of West Valley Counseling Center which sponsors 3-day Life in Transition
Workshops scheduled for November 7-9, 2014 and April 10-12, 2015, near Los Angeles, CA (led by Sharon
Burnett with Teresa Lalicker, Paul Matteson and Diane Goodman staffing).
Contact Sharon at 818-758-450
or email: sharon@westvalleycounseling.org (19634 Ventura
Boulevard Tarzana, CA 91356) Website: www.westvalleycounseling.org
Peggy Haymes, pM.Div., M.A., L.P.C. (Licensed Professional Counselor), Paul Matteson, M.S., L.C.P.C.
(Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Founder of Edgebrook), and Mike Yow, M.A., L.C.A.S., will
continue the Life, Loss and Healing Workshops every May at Avila Retreat Center in Durham, North
Carolina. They are scheduled for April 30-May 3, 2015. Contact Mike Yow at 336-540-8532, email:
myow4@triad.com (4018 Primrose Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27455) or Paul Matteson at 207 753-0135, email:
paul@edgebrook.org (Edgebrook, P.O. Box 13, Pownal, Maine 04069), www.edgebrook.org
Paul Matteson, M.S., L.C.P.C. (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor), leads 4-day Edgebrook Moving
Through Grief and Loss Workshops in Alfred, Maine, scheduled for March 26-29, 2015 and March 31-April
3, 2016. His staff includes Mike Yow and Liz Colburn. Contact Paul at 207 753-0135 or email:
paul@edgebrook.org (Edgebrook, P.O. Box 13, Pownal, Maine 04069), www.edgebrook.org
Erin McKeague, Psy.D., is a Licensed Psychologist, with a private practice in Chadds Ford, PA, specializing
in treating relationship and sexuality issues, issues of grief and loss, LGBT individuals, young adults, and women.
She trained under Larry and Anne Lincoln, along with Sharon Burnett, Linda Caravello and Nancy Mullins, and has
been a staff trainee for the Growth and Transition Workshops (led by Larry and Anne Lincoln). Contact Erin at 571274-8427 or email emckeague@gmail.com See Psychology Today Profile
Lisa Spartin, L.C.S.W., M.F.T., is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist
with a private practice in Chadds Ford, PA specializing in Anxiety and Depression, Grief and Loss, Women's
Issues and Abuse and Trauma. She trained under Larry and Anne Lincoln, along with Sharon Burnett, Linda
Caravello and Nancy Mullins, and has been a staff trainee for the Growth and Transition Workshops (led by Larry
and Anne Lincoln) and the Life Loss and Healing Workshops (led by Nancy Mullins). Contact Lisa at 302 5457967 or email lspartin@gmail.com (Lotus Counseling, LLC, 512 Kennett Pike, Chadds Ford, PA 19317)
See Website: www.lotus-counseling.com or Psychology Today Profile
Erin McKeague and Lisa Spartin lead a monthly Tending Your Garden Support Group, an externalization
group focused on expressing natural and healthy emotions to break self-defeating patterns of behavior. The focus of
this group is on continuing to balance physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual lives to replace fear, guilt and
shame with mutual love, compassion and respect. Participants must have attended an externalization workshop to
attend. Contact Erin or Lisa (above)
RESOURCES OF STAFF OF ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS CENTER (USA):
Megan Bronson, R.N., M.S.N., has been involved with grief, loss, and trauma workshops, retreats and camps
in the United States and Canada for many years and continues to practice as a psychotherapist in these specialty
areas. Website: www.meganbronson.com
Book: Helping Children Recover From Burn Trauma by Megan Bronson
Pamphlet: Helping Children Heal the Effects of Loss and Trauma by Megan Bronson
Linda Caravello, L.C.S.W., has staffed workshops for Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and Larry and Anne Lincoln
for many years. She has a small private practice in Tucson, AZ, limited to treatment of women, focusing on
issues of grief and loss. Contact Linda at 520-603-5042 or email llcara@msn.com
Shep Jeffreys, Ed.D., F.T. (Fellow in Thanatology) has a clinical practice focused on loss, bereavement and
end-of-life. He is on the faculty of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine-Psychiatry; and Loyola UniversityMaryland-Pastoral Counseling, teaching Loss and Bereavement. Email: Jeffries3@comcast.net
Blog: www.GriefCorner.com, Website: www.GriefCareProvider.com
Book: Helping Grieving People--When Tears Are Not Enough: A Handbook For Care Providers (2nd edition) by J.
Shep Jeffreys
He is currently writing a chapter on the grief of older adults for Family-Centered Approaches to Working with the
Bereaved, edited by David Kissane, M.D. (Memorial Sloane-Kettering).
Valerie Knight, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist & therapeutic artist in New York City, specializing in those
with chronic illness, their friends and families, and in grieving. Throughout her career, she has worked with longterm survivors of HIV/AIDS, doctors, nurses, and case managers in expressive workshops to understand the stages
of grief and how to nurture the needs of the grieving. Contact Valerie at 212-330-9339 or email:
doctorval@sprynet.com (171 Madison Avenue, Suite 400, New York, NY 10016).
Jeanette Philips, M.A., L.P.C. (Licensed Professional Counselor, retired) is considering reinstating her license
to continue her private practice. She specializes in many kinds of loss--bereavement, end of life and facing death-in Eugene and South Coast, Oregon. She can be reached at 541-914-2333 or email:
jeanettephilips@gmail.com
Irene Smith C.M.P. (Certified Massage Therapist) was considered one of Elisabeth's assistants on the West
Coast for over 10 years. She is founder and director of Everflowing, an educational project teaching Mindful
Touching as an integral component to end of life care. Trainings, educational resources and consultations are
available for health care providers, bodyworkers, family and volunteers. Contact Irene at 415-564-1750 or email:
everflowing@earthlink.net (41 Carl Street, #C, San Francisco, CA 94117) Website: www.everflowing.org
Book: Massage In Hospice Care: An Everlowing Approach (by Irene Smith). This interactive book contains more
than 2 ½ hours of video demonstrations and 1 ½ hour of audio interviews.
Sandy Stewart, B.A., operates the North Carolina Zen Center. Sandy, a Zen Osho (abbot) blends his training
and experience as a facilitator for The Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Center with his Zen teaching to create a meditative
environment where people and their feelings are treated with respect and openness. Contact Sandy at The North
Carolina Zen Center, 919-542-7411, email: sandy@nczencenter.org (390 Ironwood, Pittsboro, NC 27312-6754)
Website: www.nczencenter.org
Sharon Tobin, L.C.S.W., is available for professional consultation. She can be reached at 810-671-3085 (or P. O.
Box 472, Algonac, MI 48001).
Jacob Watson D.Min., offers interfaith trainings on spiritual practices and end-of-life care. He teaches at The
Chaplaincy Institute of Maine, which provides a 2-year program of spiritual growth leading to ordination as an
interfaith minister. Contact Jacob at 207-761-2522 or email: jacobw@gwi.net
Website: www.ChimeOfMaine.org , Website: www.RevJacobWatson.com
His Book: Essence: The Emotional Path to Spirit will be published next spring by O Books, an imprint of John
Hunt Publishing Company. He wrote Essence as a practical guide to emotional and spiritual development. It
presents what he teaches in Kubler-Ross workshops, the Center for Grieving Children and the Chaplaincy Institute
of Maine, woven with personal stories from his life and work experience over the years. Essence describes models
of emotional health that can heal old wounds and describes how this transformative work leads to spiritual realms of
art, meditation, prayer and peace.
Emmaline Weidman, Ph.D., has a private practice in Charlevoix, Michigan, being present with individuals, 16 and
older, facing anxiety, depression, stress and abuse. Along with work on the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross staff, she has
been a Gestalt trainer. Contact Emmaline at 231-547-7323 (18611 Clipperview Road, Charlevoix, Michigan 49720).
OTHER BOOKS BY STAFF:
Just Enough: Collected Writings of an Old Gangster by Nancy Jaicks Alexander (84 pages of musings and
prayers) (available through this link at Amazon to benefit Growth House (a great website for end-of-life issues,
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1453891684/growthhouseinc)
Surviving the Fall: The Personal Journey of an AIDS Doctor by Peter A. Selwyn, M.D. (Yale University Press)
RESOURCES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE ATTENDED TRAININGS LED BY ELISABETH KUBLERROSS STAFF (USA):
Ruth Bolletino, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in work
with people dealing with cancer or other life-threatening illnesses (patients, former patients, and those close
to them), trauma and loss.
The therapy focuses not on what's wrong with you, but what's right and true for you, and how to express yourself in
your own best and natural ways that bring meaning and enthusiasm to your life. Making psychological and life-style
changes has shown to have physical as well as emotional effects. Those who are ill often exceed medical
expectations. Those who have recovered appear to increase their chances of non-recurrence, and those already well,
their chances of maintaining their health.
Ruth has given numerous workshops and presentations in the U.S. and abroad and published articles in professional
journals. Besides weekly or intensive office sessions in New York City, she offers phone or Skype sessions for
people living anywhere in the U.S. or abroad.
For information about her approach, background and services, contact Ruth at 212-496-9136, or email:
rbolletino@aol.com, website: www.cancerasaturningpoint.org
Book: How to Talk with Family Caregivers About Cancer (2009)
Jim Fenley, M.A., L.C.A.S. (Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist) and Mike Yow, M.A., L.C.A.S., were
trained by the Elisabeth Kubler-Ross staff in the 1990's are the Clinical Director and Assistant Clinical
Director of Fellowship Hall, a drug and alcohol treatment center in Greensboro, North Carolina. They have
developed a 90-day Extended Treatment Program which includes The Externalization Process/mat work. Many of
the clients in the Program have suffered repeated relapses and/or have experienced deep emotional trauma. The mat
work allows them to externalize the emotions around their trauma and to discover the issues that have been blocking
them from a lasting recovery. A recent graduate sent a note saying, Thank you, Fellowship Hall, for helping me to
get sober and for helping my little girl find her voice. For more information about the Program, contact Jim or Mike
at Fellowship Hall, 336-621-3381.
Deborah Forrest, Ph.D., is a psychologist in a private practice that focuses on issues of grief, loss and
bereavement. Her dissertation was An Exploration of Grief Reactions Treated with
Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's Externalization Process Approach (The Fielding Graduate Institute, 1995). Contact
Deborah at 770-870-4042, or email: draft74rest@windstream.net
(P.O. Box 2154, Jasper, GA 30143), website: www.drdeborahforrest.com
Presentation: Redefining Grief Reactions (8th Annual Conference of Society of Indian Psychologists, Logan, UT,
June 1995)
Presentation: Use of the Grief Experience Inventory (GEI) in the Assessment of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's
Externalization Therapy Grief Groups (Association of Death Education and Counseling Annual Meeting, Charlotte,
NC, April 8, 2000)
Book: Symphony of Spirits: Encounters with the Spiritual Dimensions of Alzheimer's (Deborah Forrest and C.
Richmond)
Book : Symphony of Strings: An Overture to Dementia’s Soulful Memories (Deborah Forrest)
Peggy Haymes, M.Div., M.A., L.P.C. is a Minister and Licensed Professional Counselor in private practice in
Winston-Salem, NC. For many years she has staffed Sharon Tobin's Safe Harbor Workshops and Nancy Mullins'
Life, Loss and Healing Workshops. In her practice she works with adults dealing with issues of grief and loss,
depression, anxiety and abuse. Contact Peggy at 336-293-4407, or email: peggy@peggyhaymes.com (2594
Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27106)
Website: www.peggyhaymes.com, Twitter: @PeggyHaymes, Blog: http://SpiritScraps.com,
Facebook: Peggy Haymes Counseling
Article for Kindle: Five Ways to Stop Saying Yes When You Really Mean No (2012)
Article for Kindle: How To Heal From the Loss of Your Dog (2012)
Article for Kindle: How To Heal From the Loss of Your Cat (2012)
Book: Didn't See It Coming: How I Faced Bouncing Off a Buick and Other Assorted Stuff (2009)
2 CD Set: Healing From the Loss of A Pet (Peggy Haymes and Susan Lautemann, 2006)
Book: Heart Prayers: Poems, Prayers & Meditations (1997) and Heart Prayers 2 (2010)
Book: Strugglers, Stragglers and Seekers: Daily Devotions for the Rest of Us (2013)
Book for Kindle: I Don’t Remember Signing Up for This Class: A Life of Darkness, Light and Surprising Grace
(2014)
STAFF OF ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS CENTER (Europe and New Zealand):
For workshops and resources in ENGLAND and the UK, contact
Colin Caffell, B.A. Hons, is an artist and sculptor, running a remarkable circular art gallery only yards from
Atlantic breakers on the Land’s End peninsula in West Cornwall. The only externalization he now does is to make
sculptures. He has been commissioned to create a 7 foot bronze figure of a tin miner, as a memorial to the hard rock
miners of Cornwall’s coastal region, which is virtually where the industrial revolution got going in Britain. In his
work, he tries to get beneath the skin of his subject, to the soul as it were. In this statue, he will endeavour to capture
both the inner and outer strength of these wonderful resilient men. Contact Colin at his home number: 0044 1736
732886 or email: info@caffell.co.uk (Tregurno Cliff, Lamorna, Penzance, West Cornwall TR19 6XL, UK).
Website: www.caffellsculpture.co.uk Website: www.round-house.co.uk
Peter Grebot is an accredited Core Process Psychotherapist (which draws mainly on Buddhist Psychology) and is
accredited in Narrative Therapy. He has worked in a University setting with young people for nearly 20 years and
has developed effective workshops on Anger, Depression and Relationships. He has a private practice in Totnes,
Devon. Contact Peter at 00 44 (0) 7812104933 (mobile) or email: processpete@hotmail.com (The Maisonette, 50A
Fore Street, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5RP)
Nick Price followed up his EKR training with qualification in Biodynamics (body oriented psychotherapy) with
Gerda Boyesen. His work continues to evolve, as a synthesis of these two trainings with other influences. He is
also a long term student of The Diamond Approach. He led and co-led 'transition' workshops all over Europe for
many years, often with other European EKR staff. For the last decade he has concentrated on his one-to-one
psychotherapy practice in Totnes, England, the original great 'Transition Town' in the south west of England. He is
also an active singer/songwriter. Contact Nick at 011-44-1803 840 850, mobile: 011-44-7809 601321 or email:
nickprice@waitrose.com (5 Christina Park, Totnes, Devon TQ9 5UT, England)
For workshops and resources in FRANCE, contact Hervé Mignot, EKR France, Equipe d'Appui Départementale
en Soins Palliatifs de l'Indre, 23, rue Saint-Exupéry, 36000 Chateauroux, France, 011-33-02-54-08-00-72,
eadsp36.med@wanadoo.fr, Website: EKR.France.free.fr
For workshops and resources in GERMANY with Phyllida Anam-Aire, go to www.engeltage.org or
www.bodyspirit.org (info@bodyspirit.org) and click on Phyllida’s name (all contact people speak English) or you
can contact Phyllida at: celticway@googlemail.com
Book: A Celtic Book of Dying by Phyllida Anam-Aire (Findhorn Press, 2005)
Book: Celtic Consciousness by Phyllida Anam-Aire (Findhorn Press, 2007)
Book: A New Hallelu-JA, A New Consciousness for Renaming the Sacred by Phyllida Anam-Aire
(Ennsthaler Publishing Austria, 2011)
For workshops and resources in IRELAND, contact Kay Conroy or Mary Paula Walsh at 011-01-2807888 or
011-01-2800626 email: info@turningpoint.ie (23 Crofton Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland,
(www.turningpoint.ie) (trained with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.)
Book: Living After Death and Helping Your Child Through Bereavement by Mary Paula Walsh (available through
Veritas at www.veritas.ie)
For workshops and resources in THE NETHERLANDS, contact Rochelle Griffin, Vuurvlinder, Hogestraat 30,
6624 BB, Haarewaarden, The Netherlands, 011-31-487-57-3378.
For workshops and resources in SPAIN, contact Alba Payas, Passeig de Sant Joan 124, 5º, 2ª, Barcelona 08037,
Spain, office: 011-34-610-423433, cell: 011-34-610-423433, email: apayas@grn.es, Bereavement Center web
site: www.ipir-duelo.com (there is an English version)
For workshops and resources in SWEDEN (on life, loss, transition and healing, including lectures, workshops,
training, individual psycotherapy and art therapy), contact Ann Madsen at 46 (0) 70 5375777, email
annmadsen@gatewayscandinavia.se (Octagonen, Skräddaröd 165, 27297 Gärsnäs, Sweden)
Website: www.gatewayscandinavia.se
Book: The Death Midwife, To Give Birth to Death
For workshops and resources in NEW ZEALAND, contact:
Liese Groot-Alberts, 68 Hunterville Road, RD1 Orapiu, Waiheke Island 1971, New Zealand,
011-64-9-372-6601
Sue Marsden, P.O. Box 527, Kaikohe 0440, Northland, New Zealand, email: smarsden47@hotmail.com
Book: Palliative Care in the Developing World (chapter on rabies by Sue Marsden and chapter by Val Maasdorp)
(IAHPC Press)
Hetty Rodenburg, 42 Kotari Road, Days Bay, Eastbourne, New Zealand, 011-64-4-562-7475,
email: hettyrodenburg@xtra.co.nz
Book: Dreaming a Lighthouse: A Creative Partnership—a Teenager, her Doctor and Cancer by Hetty Rodenburg
(available at www.DreamingALighthouse.com, through Pay Pal)