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Prevent suicidal grief. Overcome desperation in life
      Linda Goldman, founder of the Center for Lost and Grief Therapy in Maryland State, the United States, is also an expert in thanatology. She works on grief prevention study that transcends country boundary, crosses different areas and people from both practical and theoretical perspectives. She used up all her money and applied all personal academic resources to establish the “International Rainbow Center for Children’s Grief Prevention”. Up to now, the center has assisted five countries including the United States, Japan, Panama, Malaysia and Singapore to set up suicide prevention and grief counseling institutes for children. 

      In the late 20 years, 5637 counseling personnel from different countries have been trained for the task and provide counseling services to 50000 children annually for them to say goodbye to grief and reignite hope in their lives. Linda Goldman applies her academic expertise to prevent children’s suicide and grief. She stands alongside children and helps them to overcome desperation in life with her great love. She cares for young lives and urges them to embrace the shining rainbow. She deserves the name of being a “Grief Savior”. 

      The life story of Linda Goldman has deeply touched the heart and highly praised by the “2007 Global Love of Lives Assessment Committee” of the Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation. She was selected from 1829 candidates around the world for the Global Love of Lives Medal, and in response to the request of children’s counseling groups in Taiwan, she shall be awarded by founder Chou Chin-Hua of the Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation the 10th Fervent Global Love of Lives Medal in advance on the scene of “Chinese Children’s Grief Counseling Workshop” held on May 20, and is scheduled to join other honorees of the 10th Fervent Global Love of Lives Medal to tour Taiwan and Kinmen during May 22 to 30 to promote the Caring Lives public benefit activity series and to encourage those life-struggling people. Welcome people from all circles to join in. 

      Secretary-General Sun Hsin-yi of the Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation indicated: 
      Linda Goldman, female, was born on September 3, 1946 in Maryland State of the United States. Linda has an MS degree in counseling and Master's Equivalency in early childhood education. She is also a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a National Certified Counselor (NBCC). She worked as a teacher and counselor in the school system for almost twenty years. Currently she has a private grief therapy practice in Chevy Chase, Maryland. 

      She is specialized in counseling for children, teenagers, families with prenatal loss and grieving adults. In particular, Linda Goldman shares workshops, courses and training on “children and grief” and teaches as an adjunct professor in the Graduate Program of Counseling at Johns Hopkins University. She has also taught in the Social Work/Advanced Certification Program for Children and Adolescents in many other universities or medical schools including Pennsylvania State University, University of North Carolina, and The National Changhua University of Education in Taiwan as well as numerous school systems throughout Japan, Panama, Malaysia and Singapore. She also works with Beijing’s Suicide Prevention Project and many of her articles have been translated into Chinese. 

      Linda Goldman has other jobs. She works as a consultant for the National Head Start Program and National Geography. She has ever joined in the National Teleconference as a panelist. The topic at issue is: When A Parent Dies: How to Help The Child. She also appears frequently on the Diane Rehms Show of the National Public Radio to discuss children and grief. She was named by The Washingtonian Magazine as one of the top therapists in the Maryland, Virginia and Washington DC areas in 1998. 

      Again she was named by The Washingtonian Magazine as one of the best therapists to go to after the terrorist attacks in 2001. She has served on the board of ADEC, The Association for Death Education and Counseling, and is presently on the advisory board of SPEAK, Suicide Prevention Education Awareness for Kids and the advisory board of Rainbows for our Children and The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors . In 2003, Linda Goldman received the Clinical Practice Award from The Association for Death Education and Counseling. 

      Linda Goldman has written many books. Her first book was “Life and Loss: A Guide To Help Grieving Children” (published by Taylor and Francis Publishers in 1994). Her second book was Breaking The Silence: A Guide To Help Children With Complicated Grief (published in 1996). Her other books include Bart Speaks Out: An Interactive Storybook for Young Children On Suicide (1998), Helping the Grieving Child in the School (2000), a Chinese Edition of Breaking the Silence: A Guide to Help Children With Complicated Grief (2001), a Japanese Edition of Life and Loss: A Guide to Help Grieving Children (2005), Raising Our Children to Be Resilient : A Guide to Helping Children Cope with Trauma in Today's World (2005) and a children’s storybook Children Also Grieve: Talking about Death and Healing. Linda also created a CD-ROM “A Look at Children’s Grief” (published by ADEC, The Association for Death Education and Counseling in 2001). The column she wrote “Cut Out Guns, Bullying” also appeared in the Baltimore Sun in March 2001 in Maryland. 

      Linda Goldman has made a lot of contributions after the 9/11 attack. For example, she wrote an article about children, “Talking with Youth about Terrorism”, Living in Grief: Managing Public Disasters (published by American Shelter Foundation in 2003). 

      Linda Goldman also contributed an article, “Counseling with Children in the Contemporary Society”, in the special grief edition of the Journal of Mental Health Counseling in 2004. In addition, Linda Goldman is also a key member of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors in the Pentagon Family Assistance project. She provided workshops for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors seminars held in 2002, 2004 and 2005 for the military. She also wrote an article, “Help Grieving and Traumatized Children”, for the TAPS Journal in fall 2002 and spring 2003 editions and she is also on the advisory board of Counseling Bereaved Children.