Richard Tedeschi received his BA in Psychology from Syracuse University, his PhD in Clinical Psychology from Ohio University, and completed his Clinical Psychology Internship at The University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Dr. Tedeschi is Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he teaches personality and psychotherapy, and serves as Graduate…
Stephen Hersh is a psychiatrist who has specialized in dealing with the chronically and terminally ill and their families.
Elizabeth Uppman is a freelance writer and mother of two and lives in Overland Park, Kansas.
Earl Grollman (1925-2021) was a rabbi, a pioneer in the study of death and dying, and the author of several books on crisis intervention.
Brenda Hernández es Coordinadora Programa Satélite de Español para el centro de apoyo al duelo OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center, en Los Ángeles, CA.
Cristina Chipriano es la Directora de Equidad, Relaciones Comunitarias y la coordinadora del programa Esperanza en el Dougy Center.
Sherry Schachter is executive director emerita of bereavement services for Calvary Hospital/Hospice.
Mary Grace Whalen is a freelance writer and the author of a children’s book titled The Legend of Eddie the Whale.
Paul Metzler has served more than 40 years as a clergy member, therapist, and grief counselor. He was the Director of Community and Program Services for the Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hospice and Palliative Care and the Director of The Center for Living with Loss, a bereavement education and counseling center of the Hospice…
Maria Georgopoulos is a licensed mental health counselor and Fellow in Thanatology, whose work focuses on grief, loss, and trauma. She is founder of Roula’s Kids: A Space for Grieving Families, Inc., which provides free grief groups in New York for children and their families that have experienced the death of someone significant in their…
Kenneth Doka is Senior Vice President of Grief Programs at Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) and the recipient of the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Death Education and Counseling (ADEC). He is professor emeritus, the Graduate School of The College of New Rochelle. A prolific author and editor, Doka serves as editor of HFA’s Living…
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