Denise Rollins, PhD, MA

Denise Rollins is a master life coach, speaker and executive director of the Whole Heart Grief & Life Resource Center in Frederick, Maryland, where her team offers one-on-one coaching, group support services, and coaching certifications. She holds a doctorate in marriage and family therapy from Eastern University and a masters in thanatology from Hood College. Rollins has conducted workshops for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors and presented at the Association for Death Education and Counseling national conference. At the Rollins Life Celebration Center in Maryland, she partners with her husband in managing the business and providing aftercare services. She has more than 20 years of experience in corporate America, where her roles included training, human resources, diversity, and sales. Rollins’ personal experience with loss changed her career path. She is author of Wholehearted Grief: A Journal to Find Comfort, Peace, & Restoration in the Shadow of Death, an autobiographical account of her own grief journey.