DOUGLAS C. SMITH is a professional speaker, trainer, consultant and counselor.

He has worked in hospitals, hospices, and social service agencies. He is the author of several books, including The Tao Of Dying, Caregiving: Hospice-Proven Techniques For Healing Body And Soul, Being A Wounded Healer, and The Complete Book Of Counseling The Dying And The Grieving.

He has also published in several journals, including The American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care, The Hospice Journal, Caring Magazine, Counseling and Values, Medical Hypnoanalysis Journal, Journal of Pastoral Care, and Omega: Journal of Death and Dying.

Doug’s three masters degrees in three different health care disciplines give him a truly holistic perspective that takes into consideration the physical, psychological, and spiritual dimensions of patients. He has given workshops in all 50 states.

He also has much experiential knowledge in the fields of terminal illness and grieving, having lost to death a brother and two daughters.