As with most of life’s major challenges, my dual journey of medical recovery and personal discovery were rewarded with hard earned lessons that have served to give value to the experience. Since the publication of “Losing Face”, I have used my personal experience in combination with my professional expertise as a psychologist to create inspirational Keynote presentations tailored to two distinct audiences.

To medical audiences I offer the opportunity to better understand the medical encounter from the patient’s perspective and to examine the important distinctions between “physician centred”, “patient centred” and “relationship centred” care. To corporate and community organizations I examine the inevitability of change and how it is our response to change, rather than the change itself, that that will lead us to realize the opportunities made possible by change.

“Kathy is a natural, gifted speaker — if inspiration, empathy, courage, determination, and succeeding are all words you or your organisation associate with, then engaging Kathy Torpie as a guest speaker is highly recommended and not to be missed.”

Medical Audiences • Corporate and Community Audiences