Laura Melano Flanagan Editor

Joan Berzoff, Ed.D., is the Chair of the Human Behavior and the Social Environment Sequence and the Director of the End of Life Certificate Program at the Smith College School for Social Work. She maintains a private practice in Northampton, Masssachusetts. Laura Melano Flanagan, M.S.W., maintains a private psychotherapy practice in New York City and is a consultant to various programs for young opera singers. Patricia Hertz, M.S.W., is in private practice in the Boston area. She is a clinical consultant at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit. She is an adjunct faculty member of the Smith College School for Social Work.