Terri is an inter-spiritual hospice chaplain, certified clinical trauma professional and end-of-life educator certified in death, dying and bereavement by the Association of Death Education and Counseling and in trauma counseling by the International Association of Trauma Professionals. The focus of her work is to assist dying and grieving individuals to discover a more spiritually-spacious understanding of death and beyond.

​Terri conducts workshops throughout the U.S. to help the dying and the bereaved find healing through meditative, ritual and therapeutic processes that focus on inner transformation rather than external events. Her work is acclaimed by physicians, hospice workers, grief counselors, clergy and the bereaved for its pinpoint clarity on the process of dying and grieving, and its heartfelt depiction of consciousness beyond the physical body.

Terri's interest in the journey of the soul through birth and death began at age 12, when she began experiencing non-ordinary realities that sparked a lifelong interest in spirituality. But it wasn't until the death of her16 year-old son in 2006 that she immersed herself in studying multi-cultural traditions and metaphysical practices that view death, dying and grieving through a mystical lens. Her teaching incorporates elements of Buddhism, Shamanism, African grief rituals, Judeo-Christian mysticism, ancient Celtic practices and other spiritual traditions to break down limiting beliefs about forgiveness, divine judgment and negative experience.

Terri has a BA in Religious Studies from Marylhurst University, an MA in Pastoral Care from Fordham University, and a DMin in Pastoral Care and Counseling from the San Francisco Theological Seminary. She is the author of four books on death, grief and the afterlife, and is the producer of the annual  Conference on Death, Grief and Belief, and co-host of the Ask Doctor Death podcast.   Click HERE  for Terri's CV and academic credentials.