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LOCATION:The Club
UID:2723620250911T200000Z3:pm - The Human Side of Estate Planning/Psychology of Estate Planning - Paul Hood, JD, LL.M.  AND 4pm-6pm Social
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DESCRIPTION:\nL. Paul Hood, Jr., JD, LL.M. \n \nTitle: The Human Side of Estate Planning/Psychology of Estate Planning\n\nDescription: In this session, Paul will discuss the psychological factors at play for both clients/donors and estate planners/development professionals alike. He will introduce three psychological phenomena (transference, countertransference and triangles) at work in every day estate/charitable planning encounters. He will discuss death anxiety, mortality salience (fear of talking about death) and the 12 distinct fears that clients/donors and estate planners can have about estate/charitable planning and that Paul discovered in part through interdisciplinary research. He will introduce motivational interviewing and appreciative inquiry, which are tools that can assist clients/donors in the planning process.\n \n \n \nThis will be a practical applied session where Paul will address the following issues and questions:\n In this session, he'll introduce you to a significant part of estate planning: psychology.  [Paul used to describe his practice as practicing psychotherapy without a license.]  Clients typically avoid death discussion (called mortality salience). An introduction to the therapeutic and anti-therapeutic aspects of estate planning. The impact of death of a colleague or loved one on the estate planning process. How death anxiety can adversely impact the quality of an estate plan unless it is addressed. The role that terror management theory plays in estate planning. The impact of separation anxiety on the estate planning and administration process. What clients really think about when they engage in estate planning. What really goes through the minds of the estate planner and the client during the initial client interview. The true role of the estate planner in the estate planning process-guide, exhibitionist or rescuer? Have you ever wondered why people act the way they do in estate planning?
SUMMARY:3:pm - The Human Side of Estate Planning/Psychology of Estate Planning - Paul Hood, JD, LL.M.  AND 4pm-6pm Social - Estate Planning Council of Birmingham, Inc. 
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