The Long Goodbye: Accompanying Children and Families Through the Many Layers of Loss Before and After a Loved One's Death
The Long Goodbye: Accompanying Children and Families Through the Many Layers of Loss Before and After a Loved One's Death
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Instructors
Kelsi Hildreth Wilson, MS, CCLS
Kelsi (Hildreth) Wilson has been a Certified Child Life Specialist for over 8 years and has experience serving both pediatric patients and children of adult patients. Her career in pediatrics began on the Medical Specialty Unit, working primarily with Adolescent Medicine, Epilepsy, and Diabetes cohorts of patients. These chronic populations developed her love for building therapeutic relationships within the healthcare setting in order to curate a safe, expressive, and healing environment, despite facing often steep challenges. Her time was subsequently spent in the PICU and supporting the children of adult patients in a neighboring adult tower. Currently Kelsi serves as one of the child life specialists at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, helping parents and children navigate the coping and loss that hospitalization of a loved one often brings. In addition, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies at Texas Woman’s University, where she also serves as an adjunct professor and child life graduate assistant. Her research interests include pediatric patients coping within adult healthcare settings, adolescent patients/children and ACE scores, supporting families through infant loss, and fostering the academic and clinical development of child life students.
Tessa Whitten, BS, CCLS
Tessa Whitten is a Certified Child Life Specialist with over seven years of experience supporting children and families through medical challenges. She began her career in pediatric hematology/oncology, where she developed a deep understanding of the unique needs of children and their siblings as their families navigate serious illness. For the past three and a half years, she has worked with children of adult patients, helping them cope with the complexities of having a seriously ill or injured adult in their life. With a strong passion for grief and loss work, Tessa is dedicated to creating safe and warm spaces for children to process their emotions and experiences. She has a special interest in anticipatory grief and is committed to supporting children and teens as they prepare for and adjust to the many losses life brings. As someone who leads with curiosity, Tessa is always learning more about serving children and families throughout the most tender moments of life. She find balance in life through crafting, being the ‘fun aunt’, and the endless search for the perfect latte in Dallas, TX.
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Kelsi Hildreth Wilson, MS, CCLS
Kelsi (Hildreth) Wilson has been a Certified Child Life Specialist for over 8 years and has experience serving both pediatric patients and children of adult patients. Her career in pediatrics began on the Medical Specialty Unit, working primarily with Adolescent Medicine, Epilepsy, and Diabetes cohorts of patients. These chronic populations developed her love for building therapeutic relationships within the healthcare setting in order to curate a safe, expressive, and healing environment, despite facing often steep challenges. Her time was subsequently spent in the PICU and supporting the children of adult patients in a neighboring adult tower. Currently Kelsi serves as one of the child life specialists at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, helping parents and children navigate the coping and loss that hospitalization of a loved one often brings. In addition, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies at Texas Woman’s University, where she also serves as an adjunct professor and child life graduate assistant. Her research interests include pediatric patients coping within adult healthcare settings, adolescent patients/children and ACE scores, supporting families through infant loss, and fostering the academic and clinical development of child life students.
Tessa Whitten, BS, CCLS
Tessa Whitten is a Certified Child Life Specialist with over seven years of experience supporting children and families through medical challenges. She began her career in pediatric hematology/oncology, where she developed a deep understanding of the unique needs of children and their siblings as their families navigate serious illness. For the past three and a half years, she has worked with children of adult patients, helping them cope with the complexities of having a seriously ill or injured adult in their life. With a strong passion for grief and loss work, Tessa is dedicated to creating safe and warm spaces for children to process their emotions and experiences. She has a special interest in anticipatory grief and is committed to supporting children and teens as they prepare for and adjust to the many losses life brings. As someone who leads with curiosity, Tessa is always learning more about serving children and families throughout the most tender moments of life. She find balance in life through crafting, being the ‘fun aunt’, and the endless search for the perfect latte in Dallas, TX.
