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TRAINERS: Melinda Moore, Ph.D. & Karen Mason

Melinda Moore, Ph.D.



Dr. Melinda Moore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) in Richmond, Kentucky, and part of the core faculty for the EKU Clinical Psychology doctoral program. She routinely trains clinicians in the empirically supported, suicide-focused treatment framework, the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) and is in private practice in Lexington, Kentucky. Dr. Moore works at the intersection of faith and suicide prevention.  She published The Suicide Funeral: Honoring their Memory, Comforting their Survivors and After the Suicide Funeral: Wisdom on the Path to Posttraumatic Growth (both Wipf & Stock) with her co-editor Rabbi Dan Roberts. She conducts suicide bereavement research at Eastern Kentucky University with an emphasis on Posttraumatic Growth. Her research is an outgrowth of her own experience with suicide loss. Dr. Moore received her PhD from The Catholic University of America.

Karen Mason, Ph.D.



Dr. Karen Mason is a Professor of Counseling and Psychology at the Counseling Program at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary—Hamilton where she has prepared students to be licensed mental health counselors since 2006. She is a native of Colorado (and loves to ski and hike). She learned French while growing up in France, some German while living in Austria and some Haitian Creole while living in Haiti, teaching at Hope Academy. She has also lived in Pakistan, teaching at Murree Christian School. She completed an M.A. in Old Testament at Denver Seminary and an M.A. and Ph.D. in counseling psychology at the University of Denver with a minor in industrial / organizational psychology. In addition to being a licensed professional counselor and a licensed psychologist, she has managed teams at the Mental Health Center of Denver. Before moving to Massachusetts, she managed the Office of Suicide Prevention at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. She has worked in the mental health field since 1990 with clients across the age-span and in a variety of settings including Lahey Behavioral Health. She is currently in private practice. Her research is focused on the clergy’s and faith community’s role in suicide prevention. She is a member of the American Counseling Association and the American Psychological Association.
 
Dr. Karen Mason is a Professor of Counseling and Psychology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary where she has prepared students to be licensed mental health counselors since 2006. She completed an M.A. in Old Testament at Denver Seminary and an M.A. and Ph.D. in counseling psychology at the University of Denver. She is a licensed professional counselor and a licensed psychologist. Before moving to Massachusetts, she managed the Office of Suicide Prevention at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. She has worked in the mental health field since 1990 with clients across the age-span and in a variety of settings. Her research is focused on the clergy’s and faith community’s role in suicide prevention. 


 

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