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About Virginia A. Simpson, Ph.D., FT-RClose
VirginiaASimpsonPhD
Who am I
Since 1985, I have provided support to people grieving or dying. I hold a Fellowship in Thanatology from the Association of Death Education & Counseling. I received a Ph.D. in psychology in 1992 upon completion of my dissertation, A Long-Term Study of the Psychosocial Variables Affecting the Adaptation of Bereaved Parents
My book, The Space Between: A Memoir of Mother-Daughter Love at the End of a Life (SheWritesPress), is about my relationship with my mother as seen through the prism of the last six years of her life when she came to live with me and I became her primary caretaker. This memoir is at heart a love story. The Space Between has won Nemo awards including the 2016 May Sarton Story Circle award for Best Memoir, ReadersView for best book in the West Pacific, and Reader'sView for best memoir.
My site, blog, or Twitter handle are
www.drvirginiasimpson.com
www.virginiaasimpson.com
twitter:
@drginni12
Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to and any scripts or plays I've authored
Award-winning The Space Between: A Memoir of Mother-Daughter Love at the End of Life
2013 Memoir Anthology What's Your Story?
My professional associations
Asssociation for Death Education & Counseling
National Association of Memoir Writers
Palm Springs Writer's Guild
International Women's Writing Guild
BAIPA
California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch
Story Circle
Women's National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter
National Association of Memoir Writers
Services I offer to other writers
Advice on any content dealing with death, dying or grief
Editing
I'm part of these writers' groups or salons
Palm Springs Writers Guild
BAIPA
California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch
Story Circle
Women's National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter
National Association of Memoir Writers
Media outlets that I currently write for
Next Avenue
Third Age
I found out about She Writes from
Jennifer Lauck
About Virginia A. Simpson, Ph.D., FT-R