About Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D.

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist with the University of Connecticut Health Center. He also has his own practice and is the coauthor (along with Dr. Barbara Okun) of Saying Goodbye: How Families Can Find Renewal Through Loss (Penguin/Harvard Health Publications). Connect with him and learn more at www.newgrief.com.

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Robert Pattinson Post-Kristen Boozing? What’s Your Relationship With Alcohol?

Robert Pattinson Post-Kristen Boozing? What’s Your Relationship With Alcohol?

August 6, 2012 with

After “Twilight” stars’ split, Robert Pattinson seen boozing at Oaji bar

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What is Your ‘Relationship’ with Alcohol?

What is Your ‘Relationship’ with Alcohol?

May 22, 2012 with

Dr. Joseph Nowinski identifies phases leading to the gradual descent into alcoholism

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Why Osama bin Laden’s Death May Not Make Everyone Happy

Why Osama bin Laden’s Death May Not Make Everyone Happy

May 4, 2011 with

Clinical psychologist Dr. Joseph Nowinski on allowing yourself to feel sad when confronted with death

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Public Mourning: The Pros and Cons of First-Hand Accounts of Loss

Public Mourning: The Pros and Cons of First-Hand Accounts of Loss

March 7, 2011 with

Reading authors’ first-hand accounts of mourning may help some, but not others; each person grieves their own way.

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Turning Nursing Homes into “Homes”

Turning Nursing Homes into “Homes”

February 24, 2011 with

Clinical psychologist Dr. Joseph Nowinski on the problems – and solutions – of making nursing homes like ‘home’

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Is Apple’s Steve Jobs Being Treated for Cancer Again?

Is Apple’s Steve Jobs Being Treated for Cancer Again?

February 17, 2011 with

Jobs seen at same clinic Patrick Swayze was treated at; Dr. Joseph Nowinksi on how beliefs can help beat cancer.

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Husband: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Still an ‘Incredibly Positive Person’

Husband: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Still an ‘Incredibly Positive Person’

February 14, 2011 with

Congresswoman ‘putting everything into’ her amazing recovery; expert Joseph Nowinski credits psychological ‘resilience.’

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Mark Kelly at the side of wife Gabrielle Giffords in the University Medical Center/ U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' Office

Gabrielle Giffords and the Importance of the ‘Courageous Battle’

January 23, 2011 with

Why is Gabrielle Giffords’ recovery moving along as well as it is? Survival is not solely a matter of luck

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Grieving and Moving Forward

Grieving and Moving Forward

January 14, 2011 with

The Tucson tragedy, leaving six dead including a 9-year-old girl, has left many coping with a loss so tremendous that it can feel impossible to move forward

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