Professional Work

Jill Farabelli, LCSW, APHSW-C

Certifications and Training

  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Level 1

  • Advanced Palliative and Hospice Social Worker Certification (APHSW-C), Social Work Hospice & Palliative Network

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intensive Training & Certificate Course, PESI

  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker, (NJ, NY, PA)

  • Meaning Centered Psychotherapy, Memorial Sloan Kettering (NY)

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Certificate of Completion

  • Anxiety Treatment Techniques

  • Calvary Hospital Annual Eleven Week Bereavement Course

  • Clinical Supervision Practice

  • Compassion Based Approaches to Working with Shame

  • Contemporary Grief Theory & Creative Strategies for Intervention

  • Coping with Secondary Trauma and Self-Preservation in HaPC Practice

  • Counseling Grief Clients Certification Training: Functional Interventions for Everyday Use (PESI)

  • Working with Grief and Trauma

  • Working with Trauma: Mindfulness and Compassion

  • National Comprehensive Center Network – Distress Management Panel Member, June 2023

    Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Ethics Committee, August 2022 - Current

    Non-Pharmacological Management of Pain Hospital Committee, November 2021 - Current

    Palliative Care Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Taskforce, Member since 2020

    SWHPN Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Special Interest Group, Member since 2020

    Penn Medicine Palliative Care Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Workforce, Member since 2020

    Penn Medicine: Hospital of University of Pennsylvania Inpatient Pain Committee, Member since 2020

    Center for Advancing Palliative Care, Member (2014), Faculty (2020 - Present)

    Palliative Care Education Series Committee, Member since 2019

    Palliative Care Competency Committee 2019 - Current

    Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Worker, Member since 2018

    Social Work Hospice & Palliative Network, Member since 2011

    Special Interest Group: Inclusion, Diversity and Equality, Bereavement

    National Association of Social Workers, Member since 2006

  • “A Fierce and Kind Heart.” by Jill Farabelli. In Mirrors & Windows: Reflections on the Journey in Serious Illness Practice. Edited by Vickie Leff et al. Published 2023.

    Farabelli, J. and Leff, V. The Oxford Textbook of Palliative Social Work. Chapter: A Commitment to Collaborate: Challenges and Opportunities. New York: Oxford University Press. 2022.

    Farabelli, Jill, LCSW. “No Magic Solution. Breaking Point: Voices from the Frontline of the Pandemic. Host: Center to Advance Palliative Care. February 2022. https://www.capc.org/podcasts/breaking-point/no-magic-solution/

    Center to Advance Palliative Care Blog: Countertransference in Palliative Care Practice: What’s a Clinician to Do? January 2022

    Book Review: Gillick, Muriel R. MD, The Caregiver’s Encyclopedia: A Compassionate Guide to Caring for Older Adults. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020. ISBN 9781421433578 (hardcover: alk, paper), 389 pp. July 2021

    A Practical Roadmap to Increasing Personal, Professional and Team Resilience in Challenging Times of COVID. Co-Authors: Leff, V, LCSW, BCD, APHSW-C, Kamal, A, MD, Jones, C. MD. September 2020.

    Sagin A, Kimberly SM, Farabelli JP, Schafer K, Kumar P, Uritsky TJ. Teaching pain management in serious illness in the era of the opioid epidemic: a team-based intervention. MedEdPORTAL. October 2020.

    Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Psychosocial and Family Support. Journal of Palliative Medicine. February 2020.

    Foxwell AM, Farabelli J. The Professor, Mary Ann, Ginger, The Skipper and Guillain-Barre: Does palliative care belong on Guillain’s Island? AAHPM 2017 Annual Assembly Poster Presentation, Phoenix AZ

  • Uritsky, T. , Stone, J. , Farabelli, J, Foxwell, A., Durkin, B. This Has Become Acutely Serious: Tackling Opioid Use Disorder in Serious Illness in Acute Care Settings. AAHPM 2023. Annual Assembly Pre-Conference Workshop. Montreal, Canada.

    Farabelli, J. Communicating with Family of Trauma Patients during Difficult Times. 2011 UCSD Critical Care Summer Session Conference, San Diego, CA

    McElroy E, Farabelli J, Roberts, J. Facilitating Goals of Care Discussions with Young Adults: Meeting the Challenges. 2015, SWHPN General Assembly Symposium Presentation, Philadelphia PA

    Farabelli, J. Families in Crisis: The Importance of Effective Communication. Penn Wissahickon Continuing Education Program 2011, Philadelphia PA

    O’Connor N, Klinedinst R, Farabelli J. Walking Across the Bridge to Nowhere. The Role of Palliative Care in the support of patients on ECMO. AAHPM 2017 Annual Assembly Educational Session Presentation, Phoenix AZ

    O’Connor, N. Farabelli, J. The Elephant in the Room; Overcoming Barriers in Conversation in Persons with Cancer. Center to Advance Palliative Care Master Clinician Series. December 12, 2019.

  • University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Managing Anxiety and Insomnia in Palliative Care Patients. March 2022, April 2023. Co-Presenter: Erin Carton, CRNP.

    University of Pennsylvania Social Work Student Program. Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Spirituality. October 2020, October 2021. Co-Presenter: Kava Schafer, MDiv.

    Primary Palliative Care for the Oncology APP – Lecture Series. Grief and Loss. Penn Medicine. March 2020. Co-presenter: S. Kimberly

    Palliative Care Case Conference. January 2020. Co-Presenters: J. Olenik MD, K. McGrath MD, J. Radcliff PharmD

    Educational Presentation -Frontiers Resident program. Bereavement. October 25, 2019. Co-Presenter: S. Kimberly, LCSW

    New Orientation to Social Work Staff. Grief and Loss. May 7, 2019. Co-Presenter: S. Kimberly, LCSW

    Departmental Education: Penn Home Caring Way. How to have difficult conversations. May 2018

    University of Pennsylvania Kidney Transplant Symposium. What is Palliative Care?. October 25, 2018. Co-presenter: A. Foxwell CRNP

    Philadelphia Multiple Myeloma Networking Group. Palliative Care. May 12, 2018; Co-presenter: A. Foxwell, CRNP

    Palliative Care Journal Club: Speed Dating with the Classics: Journal Club Time Machine. Presented on April 24, 2018. Co-presenter: S. Kimberly, LCSW

    Primary Palliative Care for the Oncology APP – Lecture Series. Anxiety Management in Oncology Patients., Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA. February 2018. Co-presenter: E. Carton, CRNP

  • Advance Palliative & Hospice Social Worker Certification Exam. Item Writer contributor. (2022)

    Serious Illness Conversation Project, Trainer. (2021 - Present)

    COLLAGE Artist-in-Residence (2020)

    The aim of this project is to measure the use of the artist-in-residence program and to evaluate the impact of the intervention on patients.

    Participation in Serious Illness Conversation Infusion Project (2018)

    SW involvement with MD (Pallavi Kumar), Fellow MD (Emily Feld) and two infusion RN’s (Lorraine Erieg and Bethany Payne) to develop and coordinate training amongst infusion nursing staff

    Palliative Care Quality Improvement “Huddle” Project – approved by the Institutional Review Board as QI-IRB (2017)

    The aim of this project was to learn how peer institutions structure their practices to enhance interdisciplinary team collaboration.