I'm Barbara Rubel, BS, MA, BCETS, DAAETS, founder of Griefwork Center, Inc., and a recognized authority and award-winning author specializing in vicarious trauma.

• As a nationally recognized keynote speaker and thanatologist, I help audiences to build career resilience through vicarious trauma-informed practices.
• Since 1991, I have presented to over 1,000 organizations. My keynote FABULOUS Transformation® focuses on practical wellness strategies for clinicians and first responders.
• I'm a board-certified expert in traumatic stress and a diplomate with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress.
• I earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Community Health, with a concentration in thanatology, both from Brooklyn College.
• I am the co-author of Living Blue: Helping Law Enforcement Officers and Their Families Survive and Thrive from Recruitment to Retirement(2023) and the author of But I Didn’t Say Goodbye: Helping Families After a Suicide (3rd ed., 2020). I serve as the reviewer for the 30-hour CE course, Loss, Grief, and Bereavement: Helping Individuals Cope(2023), and authored its first four editions.
• Twenty years ago, I co-authored the Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Training Curriculum, Compassion Fatigue. I am a contributing writer to Thin Threads: Grief and Renewal, Fresh Grief, Coaching for Results, and Keys to a Good Life. Her work has appeared in Good Housekeeping, Newsweek, Family Circle, Health, Shape, FOX Business, and TODAY.
• Three weeks before giving birth to triplets, my father died by suicide. My story was featured in the Emmy Award-winning documentary, Fatal Mistakes, Families Shattered by Suicide.
• As a suicidologist, I educate clinicians about suicide grief and bereavement through my Palette of Grief® program.
• Awards: Most Influential First Responder Keynote Speaker 2023 (USA), Ai Global Media; Most Compassionate Trauma-Informed Care Training Specialist 2023, Global Health & Pharma; Essential Worker Mental Health Thought-Leader of the Year 2022

To learn more, visit www.griefworkcenter.com