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Dancing in the Rain

Dancing in the Rain

Lifelong Learning | Registration opens 1/8/2025 9:00 AM EST

Location: 9000 Babcock Blvd Pittsburgh, PA 15237 United States

Room: Ryan Room

Date: 3/26/2025-4/23/2025

Time: 1:30 PM-3:30 PM EST on Wed

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Dancing in the Rain

Lifelong Learning | Registration opens 1/8/2025 9:00 AM EST

Program Description

This psychology course will have three basic objectives: 1. to explore positive coping strategies useful amidst life's

various challenges; 2. to determine the basic ingredients of a life lived fully; and 3. to discuss ways we can effectively

support others as so many of our peers are dealing with serious medical illnesses or loss. Concepts studied will

include: learned optimism, what does it mean to have a positive attitude, the healing powers of appreciation and

gratitude, living life in technicolor, positive self-talk as well as the skills of active listening and bearing witness. After

thirty years as a medical psychotherapist working with those coping with life threatening medical illness or loss, Dr.

Reiss has met many heroes, including Pittsburgh's beloved Randy Pausch Ph. D. of The Last Lecture Fame. So

psychological theory will be interspersed with true stories that exemplify positive coping and lives well lived.

Instructor

Michele Reiss

Dr. Michele A. Reiss is an experienced medical educator, psychotherapist and author. Before retiring, Dr. Reiss was the Assistant Program Director and Director of Behavioral Medicine for the Family Medicine Residency Program at UPMC St. Margaret Hospital. As such she spent over twenty years educating physicians, medical students and other health care professionals in palliative care and behavioral medicine. As a psychotherapist, Dr. Reiss continues to specialize in helping clients cope with life threatening medical illnesses and/or grief. Dr. Reiss book, Lessons In Loss and Living, is a collection of true stories about the many heroes she has been privileged to work with and learn from.

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We are very fortunate to have supporters who contribute to the program. These donations help us offset the costs of program, provide scholarships to anyone in need, and build the Center so it can serve as an asset to the northern Pittsburgh region.

To make a donation to the program, please visit La Roche University's donation page here. In the "Fund" drop down, select "Other" then type "Introcaso Center for Lifelong Learning" or "ICLL".

If you would like to learn more about ways to support the Introcaso Center for Lifelong Learning or any of its programs, please contact Jennifer Engel, Executive Director at 412-536-1284 or jennifer.engel@laroche.edu.

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La Roche University Introcaso Center for Lifelong Learning

9000 Babcock Boulevard

Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,15237

412-536-1026