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February: Workplace & Culture
May: Therapeutic Techniques
August: Palliative Care
November: Caregivers
Practice of Spiritual Pause as Self-Care for Clinicians
About the Author

Kara Joseph
Palliative PoetKara Joseph is a palliative and grief specialist, writer and therapist. She has been working as a clinical social worker, primary in the field of hospice and palliative social work for over 23 years. Most recently, she is the founder of Palliative...
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Kara Joseph
Palliative PoetKara Joseph is a palliative and grief specialist, writer and therapist. She has been working as a clinical social worker, primary in the field of hospice and palliative social work for over 23 years. Most recently, she is the founder of Palliative Poet, where she has brought together her passion for palliative care along with her love of poetry as a healing modality. She believes in the power of poetry and language as palliative medicine to decrease physical, emotional and spiritual suffering to support individuals and family caregivers in expressing and exploring their thoughts and feelings, telling their stories, and finding meaning in serious illness and loss. Kara is a member of Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network, Association of Oncology Social Work, Spiritual Care Association, the Institute for Poetic Medicine, and the Center to Advance Palliative Care. Currently, in addition to her private practice, Palliative Poet, she works for Emblem Health as a palliative social work care manager and is an expert contributor for Help Texts.
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Practice of Spiritual Pause as Self-Care for Clinicians