Support families caring for a child with a potentially life-threatening illness or families expecting the birth of a child with a serious medical condition

Work with interdisciplinary team to address children and families’ physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs and improve quality of life

Provide grief counseling to individuals and couples navigating the challenging circumstances of pediatric illness and/or death

I am a Certified Grief Counselor (GC-C). My educational background includes study and degrees in psychology and theology. I also have specialized training in Trauma and Traumatic Bereavement, Child Loss, and Perinatal and Infant Bereavement. I am a certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Practice. My counseling style incorporates warm conversation, the setting of realistic and challenging goals, and a broad awareness of the need for care of the whole person, body, mind and spirit.

I am a bereaved parent. I know the pain of losing a child. Our infant son Will died in 2005. Over and over, I have found that parents who are dealing with the death of a child benefit from the awareness that their counselor knows this pain directly.

In addition to extensive training in grief counseling, much of my professional development has focused on best practices for bereavement care in community, faith, and healthcare settings. My interests center around trauma/ resilience informed care, best practices for bereavement support in healthcare settings, and parental bereavement.