For Immediate Release

Media Contact: Vicki Walker
Phone: 704-621-2085
E-mail: communications@albanyhealthmanagement.com

Patricia Fennell, Leading Trauma Expert, Speaking on Crime and Trauma

Internationally recognized expert on trauma, chronic illness, death and dying Patricia A. Fennell, MSW, LCSW-R will be a speaker at the12th annual Melanie Ilene Rieger Memorial Conference Against Violence on Thursday, April 24th.

She and her co-presenters, David Kaczynski, brother of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, and Gary Wright, a Unabomber victim, will talk about Living A Meaningful Life Despite The Pain, Despair & Emptiness Caused By Traumatic Loss. The Rieger Conference will be held April 23-24 at the Maloney Center for Training & Staff Development at 245 Jarvis Street in Cheshire, Conn.

This lecture will be a prelude to a two-day Certification program that Fennell will be leading on May 31 and June 1 at the American Association of Community Justice Professionals 2008 Conference. David Kaczynski and Gary Wright will be featured speakers during the Certification program.

The AACJP conference will be held May 31 - June 4 at the Hyatt Regency in Miami. Ms. Fennell will also be offering at the conference a keynote address titled "The Long-Term Effects of Trauma on Offenders, Victims and Their Families," and a workshop with colleague Jon Rice titled "Corrections to Connections: Addressing Trauma's Aftermath through Fennell Four Phase Treatment Model and Restorative Justice Practices."

Details on both the Melanie Ilene Rieger Memorial Conference Against Violence and the AACJP conference are linked from: www.patriciafennell.com/events.htm.

Ms. Fennell, President and CEO of Albany Health Management Associates, Inc., is the creator of the Fennell Four-Phase Treatment (FFPT™) model, a highly practical, internationally utilized and empirically validated approach to clinical management of trauma, chronic illness and emotional loss. It addresses the complexity of these conditions by matching best clinical practices to four phases – crisis, stabilization, resolution and integration -- and identifies the most appropriate and effective interventions for each phase. The FFPT model provides a narrative framework and cognitive map for families, helping them describe, understand and adapt to life following trauma, chronic illness onset or other loss.

For more information about Ms. Fennell or Albany Health Management Associates, please call 518-782-0551(members of the media may call 704-621-2085), or visit patriciafennell.com or albanyhealthmanagement.com.

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