Jay Westbrook
Contributor
About
Jay Westbrook is a multiple award-winning clinician & speaker, Visiting Faculty Scholar at Harvard Medical School, and a specialist in End-of-Life care & education. He holds an MS in Gerontology, is a Grief Recovery Specialist, an R.N., & a Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse. Saddened by the number of mature adults dying with diseases related to their substance abuse, he now also works with the recovery community to guide the mature adult alcoholic/addict to find & maintain sobriety & recovery. He can be reached at [email protected]
Credentials
- M.S.
- R.N.
- University of Southern California
Authored (28 Posts)
- Dealing With Internal Losses
- Abundance Has Never Been in Short Supply
- The Ultimate Guide to Behavioral Filters
- Falling Down...and Getting Up
- Interview With an Old-Timer
- Battered Woman Syndrome
- Suicide: Thoughts and Questions
- Caring for Aging Parents
- Recovery for LGBTs
- Spotlight on Ethical Communication
- Forgiveness – Part II Cultivating Forgiveness
- Forgiveness - Part I
- The Gift of Uncertainty
- Hiding In Front of Me
- Staying Sober
- Substance Abuse in the Mature Adult
- Spotlight on the 12-Step Sponsor Relationship
- An In-Depth Look at Steps 6 and 7
- God Could...and Would if Sought
- Pain Management in Recovery
- Use the 12 Traditions to Improve Your Relationships
- Top 5 Reasons You Should Keep Going to 12-Step Meetings
- Use the 12 Traditions to Improve Your Relationships
- Use the 12 Traditions to Improve Your Relationship
- How to Use the 12 Steps to Improve Your Relationship
- What They Say vs. What the Big Book Really Says
- Heal Fractured Relationships with These 7 Tools
- 6 Tips for Dealing with Grief & Loss in Recovery