Touch Base Tuesdays with Dr. Ed Dunkelblau
Dr Ed Dunkelbau helps families prepare for the before, during, and after phases of military deployment. He shares his practical wisdom in a discussion with your seasoned and sassy psychologist Host Dr. Margarita Gurri.
Tune in and Touch Base as this award-winning speaker psychologist shares his Deployment Wisdom. Families are systems, they function with various parts, adjust to a missing member, and readjust to a return to completeness in their own way.
- Prepare for and anticipate homecomings with frank discussions
- Take it slowly
- Use friends, family, and professional supports
- Talk about wishes and concerns
- Use humor and play
Director of the Institute for Emotionally Intelligent Learning, Dr. Dunkelblau is a licensed clinical psychologist who speaks nationally to schools and Fortune 500 companies on social-emotional intelligence, humor, and health. He is a DoD Yellow Ribbon speaker, Email.
His commitment, innovation, and expertise have been recognized: Distinguished Alum Service Award Univ of Kansas and Columbia, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Applied Therapeutic Humor. He is immediate Past-President of the Association for Applied Therapeutic Humor and a contributing author to the Handbook of Humor and Psychotherapy.