The Grief Whisperer – Exploring Death and Dying with Thanatologist Dr. Mari Dias

The Grief Whisperer – Exploring Death and Dying with Thanatologist Dr. Mari Dias

Episode

About this Episode:

This week, Dr. Allison Kramer talks with Professor Mari Dias about her lifetime of experience working with end-of-life patients and bereaved clients in her family’s mortuary, hospice settings, her private practice, and on the radio.

Presenter

About Mari:

Dr. Mari Dias is certified in grief counseling and complicated grief and holds a fellow in Thanatology. She is a nationally certified counselor and a full professor of counseling in the MS program at JWU in Providence, RI. Moreover, Mari is Director of GracePointe Grief Center and a hospice volunteer. She works with both end-of-life and bereaved individuals in both these capacities. As host of a talk radio show entitled Journeys she covers both finite and non- finite loss and is referred to as “The Grief Whisperer”.

You can email Mari at gracepointegrief@gmail.com

Links and References

Links and References:

Mari’s website: www.gracepointegrief.com
Mari’s Facebook page: GracePointe Grief RI
Association for Death Education and Counseling

Related Books:

Meagher, David K. and Balk, David E. Handbook of Thanatology.
Yalom, Irvin. Staring into The Sun.
Chochinov, Harvey. Dignity in Death.
Neimeyer, Robert. Meaning Making.

Citation

The APA Citation for this Episode:

Shook, M. (Producer). (2018, June 27). The Grief Whisperer: Exploring Death and Dying with Thanatologist Dr. Mari Dias [Audio Podcast]. The Thoughtful Counselor. Retrieved from https://wp.me/p7R6fn-qu.

Thanks

Thanks to the Following:

Aroha Creative

Photo by Daria Shevtsova on Unsplash

Aroha Creative

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