Dale G. Larson (B.A, University of Chicago; Ph.D, U.C. Berkeley) is J. Thomas and Kathleen L. McCarthy Professor, and Professor of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University. A clinician and researcher, he is a Fulbright Scholar, a Fellow in three Divisions of the American Psychological Association, and a Fellow in the International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement. His publications on end-of-life issues, stress in professional caregivers, grief and grief counseling, and secrets and self-concealment are widely cited, and he is the author of the award-winning book, The Helper’s Journey: Empathy, Compassion, and the Challenge of Caring. He has received the Association for Death Education and Counseling Death Educator Award and was honored as an Innovator of Hospice and Palliative Care by the National Hospice Foundation.
