Lynne Tobin guest speaker at Midcoast UU
Lynne Tobin, a licensed professional counselor (LPC), and facilitator of the local Death Cafes will be the pulpit guest at the Midcoast Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Sunday, Jan. 10. The services begins at 10:30 a.m. in the Porter Meeting Hall at Skidompha Library in Damariscotta.
Ms. Tobin works extensively with individuals and families during end-of-life journeys and bereavement issues. The Death Cafe groups discuss subjects as diverse as writing advanced directives, near death experiences, and views on life after death.
In private practice in Boothbay Harbor, Tobin offers individual and group counseling, and specializes in situational anxiety and/or depression that might occur during normal life transitions. She is an advocate for patient-directed care in the state legislature and works with Compassion and Choices Maine raising public awareness for Aid-in-Dying Legislation. Tobin holds two masters’ degrees, one in education and one in counseling. She also studied thanatology at Hood College.
Before moving to Maine from Virginia, Ms. Tobin worked with patients and families as a spiritual counselor at McLean Homecare and Hospice. She was the End-of-Life educator at the Bristol Hospital Homecare and Hospice for the nursing staff, social workers, volunteers and Certified Nursing Assistants. She also taught at the University of St. Joseph graduate school in the Counseling Department.
For more information on Fellowship services, visit http://www.uumidcoast.org.
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