Sheila K. Collins, PhD

Sheila K. Collins, PhD knows grief, having lost her son to AIDS and daughter to breast cancer, which she chronicled in her award-winning memoir, Warrior Mother: Fierce Love, Unbearable Loss and the Rituals that Heal. An organizational grief consultant, she has devoted her career to helping others learn the many, magical ways art can transform grief in our hearts, minds and souls. Sheila's 40-year career as a licensed therapist, social worker and dancer has seen her guiding thousands of people through the tough challenges life handed them –inspiring them to turn grief into gift. She's also delighted audiences worldwide with demonstrations about how art-based expressions, such as dance, storytelling, song and music, can help anyone turn life’s toughest challenges into growth. Sheila and her partner of 43 years, organizational psychologist Richard Citrin, live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.