Seeking Justice - Special Edition

Tonight Kim Kolton and I welcome Duane T. Bowers. Duane is a Traumatic Loss Therapist and Educator in private practice, and author of "Guiding Your Family Through Loss and Grief," and "A Child is Missing: Providing Support for Families of Missing Children."Grief," and "A Child is Missing: Providing Support for Families of Missing Children." As an educator, Duane teaches seminars nationally, internationally and regionally on dying, death and grief, as well as trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and traumatic loss. He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Counseling at Trinity College in Washington DC, and has been an invited guest lecturer for graduate and undergraduate classes at the University of Maryland, Howard University, University of the District of Columbia, Johns Hopkins University, George Washington University and Gallaudet University. He was also host of the call-in internet radio show "Let's Talk it Through" on www.HealthyLife.net. As a therapist Duane's specialty is working with survivors of traumatic death and suicide, which includes assisting families who must identify loved ones at the DC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, through the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing. He also provides support to families of abducted, missing, exploited and murdered children through the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Duane serves as a training consultant to NCMEC, and is deployed by them to provide crisis intervention at Amber Alert sites with Team Adam. He also serves as a consultant and trainer for Team HOPE, a telephone support line for parents of missing children, and has provided services to AMECO (Association of Missing and Exploited Children Organizations).