Dr. Wright is an author, international lecturer, consultant, and marriage and family therapist. Her research and clinical interests are beliefs and illness, suffering and spirituality, and family interventions. Lorraine is a much sought after international and national speaker. She has given over 300 presentations at national and international family health, family nursing, family therapy, and spirituality and health conferences. Dr. Wright is also Professor Emeritus of Nursing, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Upcoming Speaking Invitations for 2008
May 8 Seven Spiritual Care Practices to Soften Illness Suffering:    Lessons Learned from Clinical Practice, Research, and Living Life.   Workshop session for Spirituality: The Invisible Ingredient in Health and Healing Conference sponsored by Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
May 12 Family Nursing Interventions:   What is effective, useful, and healing?    Invited workshop for Faculty of Nursing, Porto University, Porto, Portugal.
May 16 Spirituality, Suffering, and Illness: A New Trinity for Nursing Practice Invited workshop for doctoral students and faculty at University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
May 17 Family Assessment and Intervention: Why, When, and How? Invited lecture for doctoral students and faculty at University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
   
May 29 The Circle of Influence in Family Nursing:  How Clinical Practice, Research, and Theory all Came Together.    Invited presentation for Faculty of Nursing, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.
July 4 In Sickness and In Health.   Workshop session for Smart Marriages Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, USA (with Dr Janice M. Bell).
 
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