Patti Anewalt is founder and previous director of the Pathways Center for Grief & Loss with Hospice & Community Care. The focus of her clinical practice, writing and teaching is on issues related to end of life, grief, compassion fatigue and crisis response, presenting at the national, state and local level. Anewalt is a Fellow in Thanatology with the Association for Death Education and Counseling and a member of the International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement. At the Pathways Center for Grief & Loss, she developed and oversaw a wide variety of bereavement services for adults, children and teens, serving close to 9,000 hospice and community bereaved annually. Now semi-retired, Anewalt provides grief counseling on a part-time basis at the Pathways Center. She is also on the board for the Lancaster County Critical Incident Stress Management team and provides training, debriefings and support when local tragedies occur.