susan p. halpern

Susan P. Halpern has been a clinical social worker since 1977. She has over the years worked at a variety of settings, from community mental health centers to consulting on supervision at the Yale Law School Legal Services Clinic.

For the past eight years, since her own diagnosis of lymphoma she has facilitated support groups for people with cancer.

She is the founder of the New York Cancer Help Program, a staff associate at the Commonweal Cancer Help Program and on the staff of Smith Farm Center for the Healing Arts.

Susan has just completed her first book called The Etiquette of Illness: What to Say When You Can't Find the Words.

Susan lives in Berkeley, California with her husband, near some of her children and grandchildren.

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