Roberta Jean Beckmann

Background

Beckmann, Roberta Jean was born on October 8, 1944 in Quinter, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Lester Carl and Velda Mae (Roberts) Albin.

Education

Registered Nurse, Wesley School Nursing, Wichita, Kansas, 1967; Bachelor in Psychology, Kansas Newman, Wichita, Kansas, 1970; Master of Education in Counseling, Wichita State University, 1984.

Career

Missionary nurse, Church of the Brethern, Castaner, P.R., 1967-1968; charge nurse-surgical unit, Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas, 1968; nursing instructor, Wesley School of Nursing, 1968-1973; bereavement coordinator, Hospice of Wichita, 1984-1985; kids cancer coordinator, counselor, Victory In the Valley, Wichita, 1990-1994; counselor/private practice, Wichita, 1985-1994; family therapist, Asbury United Methodist Church, Wichita, since 1992. Consultant for children in grief churches and schools, Wichita, since 1984, presenterseminars, since 1984. Support group facilitator grief and cancer groups, Wichita, since 1984.

Achievements

• Roberta Jean Beckmann has been listed as a noteworthy Counselor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Children Who Grieve: A Manual for Conducting Support Groups

    (Book by Beckmann, Roberta)

  • It's Okay to Feel (Companion Workbook for Children Who Grieve, Rev Ed) Prepak/4

Membership

Active special governor's commission on children and families, 1989. Court appointed special advocate for abused/neglected children Roots and Wings, Wichita,1987-1994, board directors 1988-1993. Volunteer counselor United Methodist Urban Ministries, Wichita, 1986-1987.

Member American Counseling Association, Association for Play Therapy, Christian Association for Psychological Studies.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, writing, walking.

Connections

Married Paul L. Beckmann, October 25, 1969. Children: Jon Paul, Jason Andrew.

Father:

Lester Carl Albin

Mother:

Velda Mae (Roberts) Albin

Spouse:

Paul L. Beckmann

child:

Jason Andrew Beckmann

child:

Jon Paul Beckmann