Val Walker – Homepage
Author
Speaker
Speaking nationwide on how to build friendships and community in times of loss, loneliness, and major life changes.
Val Walker, MS Photo by Barbara Olson
A contributing blogger for Psychology Today and a rehabilitation consultant and educator, Val explores the art of comforting, breaking out of isolation, and building community. Based in Boston, MA, she speaks at Council on Aging centers, agencies for people with disabilities, continuing education programs, medical centers, and hospices.
Educator
Providing lively, interactive classes for seniors and people with disabilities. With word games, brain twisters, and theatre games, her “Words Galore” programs spark wit, banter, humor—and, best of all—new friendships.
Psychology Today Blog: 400 Friends but Who Can I Call?
When You Earn Less Than Your Friends
Easing Loneliness with Wonder, Awe, and Nature
How to Recover from Being Ghosted, Breadcrumbed, or Played
The Loneliness of Unshareable Grief
Recognition for The Art of Comforting: What to Say and Do for People in Distress (Penguin/Random House, 2010)
Nautilus Book Award, Gold Medalist, Grief and Loss Category, 2011
Coalition of Visionary Resources Book Award, First Runner Up, 2011
Recommended by the Boston Public Health Commission in their Guide for Survivors of the Boston Marathon Bombing
Penguin Random House featured title, There’s A Book for That: Hope, Healing and Doing Good
Recommended reading by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
