Walsh Professor to Counsel Hurricane Katrina Victi

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Dr. Holly Hartwig Moorhead to provide crisis intervention

North Canton, Ohio, October 13, 2005 - Walsh University Counseling and Human Development professor Dr. Holly Hartwig Moorhead will be traveling to the Gulf coast region as part of a Red Cross disaster mental health services team to provide counseling and support to hurricane victims in the area.

As a disaster mental health volunteer, Moorhead, via the Canton local Red Cross chapter, will be deployed for a three-week stay to provide a number of services to displaced residents, including; crisis intervention, crisis reduction, debriefings, defusing, education and advocacy.

"All of us wish that this tragedy had never happened. But, it did and in the midst of overwhelming devastation, the good that can be found is people helping people in whatever way that they are able," said Dr. Moorhead. "It is an honor to be a part of the helping process; this is what being part of a community is really about, whether locally, regionally, nationally, or internationally."