Lani Leary

Lani Leary, PhD

Lani Leary, PhD, specializes in work with chronically ill, dying, and bereaved clients. She has worked for more than 25 years as a psychotherapist in private practice, as a chaplain in the intensive care unit of a hospital, and as a counselor in 8 hospices across the country. She served as the director of mental health services at an AIDS clinic, as a professor of Death Studies at George Mason University, and as a researcher at the National Cancer Institute of NIH.

She is the author of Healing Hands, an internationally best-selling audio tape about therapeutic touch and complimentary approaches to pain management. She is certified in grief therapy, EMDR, hypnotherapy, and Critical Incident Stress Management. Her latest book, No One Has To Die Alone: Preparing for a Meaningful Death, was released in April 2012 by Simon & Schuster Publishing Co. It was recently selected as a finalist for the prestigious Books for a Better Life Award. She writes a column, “Healing Tears” for LifeNet Health Services and “No One Has To Be Alone” on the Psychology Today webpage.

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