Katherine Shear
Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University School of Social Work
Dr. Katherine Shear is the Marion E. Kenworthy Professor of Psychiatry in Social Work at Columbia University. A graduate of the University of Chicago and Tufts University Medical School, her primary areas of investigation include anxiety disorders, depression, and (most recently) bereavement and grief. Her research has produced a number of widely used clinical assessment tools, including the Panic Disorder Severity Scale and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Severity Scale. Dr. Shear's groundbreaking grief research was recently featured in the New York Times.
According to Columbia grief therapist Dr. Katherine Shear, we shouldn’t mourn his passing from relevance just yet.
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The grieving process, says the Columbia psychiatrist, doesn’t happen in defined stages; it’s about breaking an “attachment system.”
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Bereavement expert Dr. Katherine Shear reveals what happens inside the grieving brain and offers strategies for coping with loss.
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Is grief an illness? When does “normal” grief become clinical? Columbia’s Dr. Katherine Shear shares insights from her groundbreaking research.
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If a tiger ran in the room, says Dr. Katherine Shear, we’d all have one. Fortunately, like the tiger, panic attacks can be tamed.
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Columbia bereavement therapist Dr. Katherine Shear discusses her personal encounters with the emotion at the heart of her work.
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