Grief Specialists

Sandy Lipkus, M.S.W., B.Ed

Director and founder of ShareGrief.com. Sandy specializes in grief counseling, education and training for professionals, volunteers and organizations.

Cindy E. Barg, M.Ed

Ms. Barg is a highly respected public speaker, psychotherapist, author and educator. She has conducted over 500 workshops and is presently in private practice in New York.

Yvonne Barry, MSW, ED.D.

"Remember not that your loved ones died but that they lived."

David Ben-Gershon

A specialist in geriatrics and substance abuse with exposure to bereavement, traumatic deaths and losses of the elderly

Char Brooks, BA, CLC, JD

Char is an attorney, writer and grief and loss specialist.

Jill Chasse, MSpsy, MPA

Jill is a certified grief counselor specializing in helping families who have experienced a pregnancy, infant or child loss.

Cindy Clark, MSW, CCLS

Cindy is a well-known professional in the fields of end-of-life care, dying, death, grief and bereavement. In addition to being a social worker and certified child life specialist, Cindy is a funeral home consultant and grief counselor who specializes in child and adolescent grief, utilizing...

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Dawn Cruchet, BN, MEd, CT

Dawn is a grief educator and counsellor, and is the Coordinator of the "Growing Through Grief Program"  in Montreal.

Kenneth J. Doka, PhD

Dr. Doka is a noted author, professor and international keynote speaker. He is renown in the field of death education and winner of numerous awards. Dr. Doka is acting as a consultant to ShareGrief.

Richard B. Gilbert, D.Min., PhD., FAAGC,

Dick is an ordained Anglican Priest specializing in spiritual issues and adults grieving the death of a parent.

Dianne Giles

Ned Levitt

Ned is a leading Toronto lawyer, writer, professional speaker and grief companion

Liana Lowenstein, M.S.W., RSW, CPT-S

Liana is known for her clinical work, publications, and workshops in the area of traumatized children.

Stem Mahlatini, Ed.D. LCSW

Dr. Mahlatini Workplace Crisis & Grief Speciliast

Mal and Dianne McKissock

Dianne and Mal have provided counseling for thousands of dying and bereaved. They are one of Australia's best known and respected bereavement counselors and educators.

Richard D. Meadows Jr., M.Div

Pastor, Counselor and Chaplin

Stephanie Raby, M.S.W., P.S.W.

Stephanie has a private practice in Montreal, Canada. Experienced in counselling HIV+ and AIDS patients and their families, as well as specializing in crisis intervention iand trauma.

Barbara Rubel, MA, BCETS, CBS

Barbara is a Nationally renowned author and keynote speaker specializing in sudden and unanticipated loss, suicide and burnout prevention for professionals.

Sherry Russell

Accomplished writer, speaker and researcher specializing in grief management for over twenty years

Nancee Sobonya, MA

Nancee is a filmmaker, director and producer of the educational documentary 'The Gifts of Grief'. Her private practice enables her to provide grief and spiritual counseling.

Margarita Suarez, MA, RN

Margarita Suarez is a counselor, trainer and lecturer whose professional emphasis is diversity, grief therapy, self-growth, and self-care.

Brenda Paik Sunoo

Certified grief specialist and noted author. Her areas of expertise include helping bereaved parents and grief recovery in the workplace

Rudy Wietfeldt, MEd, BA, EMCA

"The glass is completely full – it’s half full of water and half full of air."