When the unthinkable happens, most organizations are improvising.
Consulting, Training, Crisis Response & Organizational Support
A death in the workplace. A student lost over a weekend. A community event that ends in tragedy.
Leaders are suddenly asked to make decisions nobody prepared them for: what to say, who to call, how to support those affected, and what happens in the weeks and years that follow.
I have been in those rooms. As a clinician present in some of the country's most visible tragedies, and as a mother who lost a child in an instant, I bring both professional expertise and lived understanding of what truly helps.
I also work with organizations before a crisis occurs, building the resilience, skills, and support structures that help people navigate both everyday pressures and extraordinary circumstances.
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Experience That Makes a Difference
25+ Years in Grief & Traumatic Loss
Licensed Clinical Social Worker | Texas, Kansas & Missouri
My approach combines clinical knowledge, practical experience, and a deeply personal understanding of traumatic loss.
How I Work With Organizations
Consulting
$400 per hour
When an organization experiences a traumatic event, leadership needs more than sympathy. It needs a thoughtful, practical plan.
I work directly with organizational leaders during the immediate aftermath of a crisis and in the months or years that follow, helping them make informed decisions and create meaningful support.
Consulting services include:
Crisis Management: Guidance on what to communicate, when, and to whom.
Program Development: Creating bereavement, return-to-work, and survivor support programs that people will actually use.
Community Building & Engagement: Planning memorials, anniversaries, and gatherings that promote connection without causing additional harm.
Crisis Advocacy: Supporting families as they navigate institutions, media attention, and complicated processes.
Whether your organization is responding to an immediate event or addressing something that was never fully resolved, I can help you determine the next steps.
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Training & Workshops
Custom Pricing Based on Scope
The people responsible for helping others through difficult moments are rarely given enough preparation for the experience.
I offer practical, interactive training for managers, HR professionals, clinicians, educators, chaplains, first responders, funeral professionals, and volunteers.
Workshop topics include:
What to Say and What to Stop Saying
Understanding the language of condolence and learning how to communicate with people experiencing grief.
Grief in the Workplace
Supporting grieving employees beyond the initial days and weeks after a loss.
Traumatic Loss for Clinicians
Developing a deeper understanding of traumatic bereavement and how to respond with informed, compassionate care.
Workshops are available in half-day, full-day, and multi-session formats, delivered in person or virtually.
Every program is tailored to the people in the room and the challenges they face.
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Workplace Resilience & Nervous System Regulation
Programs Starting at $6,000 per Quarter
Your people may not be disengaged. They may be dysregulated.
Chronic stress, caregiving, illness, divorce, loss, and unprocessed grief are already present in today's workforce.
They often show up as absenteeism, employee turnover, difficulty concentrating, strained relationships, and decision-making under pressure.
Traditional workplace wellness programs tend to focus on behavior. My approach begins with understanding the nervous system.
Drawing on 25 years of clinical trauma work, I teach employees and leaders how stress affects the brain and body, and provide practical skills to help them recognize and regulate their responses.
Programs & Services
Executive Resilience Coaching
$450 per hour | Six-session packages available
Individualized support for leaders navigating significant responsibility, ongoing pressure, and sometimes private experiences of grief or loss.
Team Regulation Sessions
$4,500 per half-day | Up to 30 participants
Interactive sessions that help employees understand how stress affects attention, behavior, and decision-making, along with practical techniques for nervous system regulation.
Manager Capability Training
Training for leaders and supervisors who are often the first to receive difficult news, including the death of a colleague, a serious diagnosis, or a request for leave.
Participants learn how to respond with clarity, compassion, and appropriate boundaries.
Ongoing Organizational Support
Starting at $6,000 per quarter
An ongoing relationship that provides quarterly training, access to clinical consultation for leadership, and an established plan for responding to difficult situations before a crisis occurs.
Programs are customized according to organizational size and needs.
Why a Clinically Informed Approach Matters
My programs offer more than conventional workplace wellness initiatives.
More than two decades of clinical experience in traumatic stress and loss.
Professional judgment to recognize when an employee may need additional clinical support.
Practical tools that teams can use in everyday situations.
An established clinical relationship to turn to if something catastrophic occurs.
Many organizations seek this kind of support only after a crisis.
Having the right resources in place beforehand is often more effective, less costly, and considerably more compassionate.
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Speaking Engagements
$7,500 | One-Hour Keynote
An honest conversation about loss, tenacity, and the life that comes afterward.
My keynote begins with what happened on the drive home from Colorado in August 1998 and the decades that followed.
It is not a story about closure. It is a story about living with loss, discovering strength, and rebuilding a life around an absence rather than in spite of it.
Drawing on my experience as both a mother and a clinician, I explore grief, post-traumatic growth, resilience, and the ways profound loss changes us.
Audiences Include
Healthcare and hospice organizations
Schools and universities
Bereavement and survivor conferences
First responder and law enforcement organizations
Faith communities
Corporate leadership and workplace wellness events
The keynote fee covers a one-hour presentation.
Panels, breakout sessions, and multi-day appearances are quoted separately. Travel expenses are billed at cost.
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Expert Witness & Legal Consultation
$500 per hour | $1,500 minimum retainer
Grief and traumatic loss can have profound, lasting effects that are not always easily understood within a legal setting.
I provide clinical expertise and professional opinions to attorneys and courts seeking a clearer understanding of traumatic bereavement and its impact on surviving family members.
Services Include
Case review and consultation with legal counsel
Written reports and declarations
Deposition and trial testimony
Assessment of the impact of traumatic loss on surviving family members
A $1,500 retainer is required to open a matter. Travel expenses are additional.
My curriculum vitae is available upon request.
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Tell Me What Has Happened.
Whether your organization is responding to a traumatic event, planning a training program, exploring workplace wellness, or preparing for a conference, I welcome the opportunity to connect.
If your situation is urgent, please indicate that in the first line of your message.
And if you're planning ahead, that's an even better time to begin the conversation.
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