Expert Witness Grief AND Loss Issues

Expert Witness Grief AND Loss IssuesExpert Witness Grief AND Loss IssuesExpert Witness Grief AND Loss Issues

Expert Witness Grief AND Loss Issues

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DR. GWEN Finestone HECHT, MFT, PhD

DR. GWEN Finestone HECHT, MFT, PhD DR. GWEN Finestone HECHT, MFT, PhD DR. GWEN Finestone HECHT, MFT, PhD

Certified in Thanatology: Death, dying and grief. 

Specializing in Grief and Loss issues.

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DR. GWEN Finestone HECHT, MFT, PhD

DR. GWEN Finestone HECHT, MFT, PhD DR. GWEN Finestone HECHT, MFT, PhD DR. GWEN Finestone HECHT, MFT, PhD

Certified in Thanatology: Death, dying and grief. 

Specializing in Grief and Loss issues.

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Dr. Gwen Finestone Hecht

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I retired, as of 7/25/2020.

   I placed my license is on inactive status, which does not allow me to treat patients or evaluate clients.   

My expertise

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 My expertise is in understanding the experience of loss, whether due to trauma, violence, accident or grief,  and its meaning to the person who is suffering the loss.  My special gift is being able to articulate clearly, concisely, and in layperson's words, what I know to a judge and jury.  As an EXPERT, I work with attorneys to assist with:  Education, Case Evaluation, Case Development Comprehensive Narrative Reports, Depositions, and Trial Work. 

WHY IS LOSS SO POWERFUL  AND POTENTIALLY CRIPPLING?

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Because loss has meaning.

The meaning of an experience, the meaning of the loss, differs for each person.  


It is the meaning of the loss that can change an individual’s personality, world view, and life path.  


Truth be told, what constitutes a deep narcissistic wound for one person (a piercing wound that erodes one’s identity and sense of Self), may be barely a scratch to another.  


We suffer losses when we: 

  •  Divorce 
  •  Lose a valued job 
  •  Move to a new neighborhood or school 
  •  Amputate a limb 
  •  Deploy to a combat zone 
  •  Suffer a life-altering physical injury 
  •  Have an unwanted hysterectomy 
  •  Survive a traumatic experience 
  •  Endure rape 
  •  Bear years of incest 
  •  Have an abortion 
  •  Suffer a miscarriage 
  •  Place a child for adoption 

FINDING THE GEMS AUDIO INTERVIEW

summary of book here.

Ben bobo interview

summary of video here.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL AFFFILIATIONS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Founder and Executive Director,

The House of Ruach 


Co-Founder and Executive Director

Long Beach Rape Crisis Center 


Foster child and family therapist 


Psychiatric therapist 


Hospice therapist 


Hospice interfaith chaplain 

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SPECIALIZING IN

PROFESSIONAL AFFFILIATIONS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Grief/ Bereavement
(including death of a child, teen or adult; military and combat)


 Loss Issues
(including amputation, maiming, pregnancy loss, military rape, abuse, etc.) 


Victims of Violence
(including murder, rape, trauma, suicide, witnessing acts of violence) 

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PROFESSIONAL AFFFILIATIONS

PROFESSIONAL AFFFILIATIONS

PROFESSIONAL AFFFILIATIONS

California Association for Marriage and Family Therapists

CAMFT, Orange County Chapter


ISST-D - International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation 


ADEC - Association for Death Educaiton and Counseling 


Expert Witness Network 


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