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Simcha Raphael, Ph.D. Mount Airy Counseling Center 6833 Wayne Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19119 Dear Dr. Raphael, Please accept our sincere appreciation for your outstanding presentation on Spirit in Hospice Care: Moving from Apologetic Discomfort to Deathbed Soul-Guiding. This program was highly anticipated and had the largest participation of any program in our yearlong series, Living with Dying. The mission of this continuing education programming is to open dialogue about end-of-life experiences, particularly raising issues that are less commonly discussed. Our audience of healthcare providers crossed many disciplines from nurses to administrators, chaplains to social workers. Your professional ability, both as a speaker and educator, raised everyone’s level of consciousness to a new awareness of the deathbed experience. Your captivating energy and passion for the subject moved the audience to embrace spirit as a larger concept of existence than life itself. For this audience who deals with death on a regular basis, they felt suddenly empowered to assist beyond the physical and emotional support that they provide to their patients and families. They came away understanding the concept of soul-guiding. In response to the overwhelmingly positive feedback, we would like to invite you to investigate this subject further with our group. One comment we heard repeatedly was, “We want more…We were just getting started…” It was an honor to include you among our guest speakers. I have taken the liberty to recommend you to other organizations. I look forward to investigating your next engagement with us. Sincerely, Ritajean Reed, MA Hospice & Palliative Care Representative |
