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Volunteers Needed
We are always looking for individuals or groups to help with maintenance and projects around our "charming little house on Grand."
The Center is also adding to its volunteer base through helpers with fundraising events, clerical support, marketing, and fundraising. Please contact us with ways you can help.
Gayle Sherman Crandell, MA, LPC
Development Director and Therapist
Gayle Sherman Crandell is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Development Director at the Center for Grief. She was the Center's Program Director for five years, is an ADEC certified Thanatologist and has been working with people living with, and affected by life-threatening illness, loss, trauma, and grief for over 20 years as a psychotherapist, community educator, professional trainer, de-briefer, and non-profit administrator.
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In these capacities, Gayle has presented at countless conferences and workshops nationally on the emotional needs of people living with life-threatening illnesses, caregiver grief, grief group facilitation, the need for self-care when caring for others, talking with young people about grief, "grief as a beginning too" and counseling end-of-life clients. Gayle contributed a chapter entitled "The Grieving Caregiver" to the book "Caring for the HIV/AIDS Caregiver."
Prior to her position at the Center for Grief, Gayle was in private practice for six years in Washington, DC, working extensively with people impacted by loss and grief. Additionally, her background includes directing HIV/AIDS training for the St. Francis Center, a non-denominational organization in Washington, DC serving individuals living with loss, illness and grief; facilitating an on-going spouse loss support group for Jewish Family and Children's Services, starting up the Los Angeles Youth Network, a comprehensive homeless youth program in Hollywood, California; directing education programs for Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, DC, and coordinating programs and providing counseling for the Response Center, a program for victims of violent crimes.
Gayle's approach is deeply impacted by her in-depth travel to Hong Kong, Bali, Japan, Australia, Singapore, Western Europe, Kauai, and Alaska, and having lived on both coasts before landing in the middle of the country (which she loves!) Gayle has a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, is a political news "junkie," loves to garden without gloves, and cocoon at home with really good coffee. She currently lives in Golden Valley with her husband, 15-year old son, twin 11-year old son and daughter, her father, two cats, two hyper lab puppies, fish...
The Center is staffed by experienced pros with specialized education and training in the most current methods.
(meet the team)
Tom Ellis, MA
Licensed Marriage and
Family Therapist,
Executive Director, and Clinical Supervisor
Tom is a marriage and family therapist at the Center with a special focus on trauma. He is also a clinical supervisor, consultant, writer, trainer and critical incident de-briefer. (more)
Sarah Logan, MA
Program Director
Grief Therapist
Sarah provides therapy to individuals, families, groups and children. She has worked in school settings and with young mothers, teenagers and children. (more)
Gayle Sherman Crandell, MA, LPC
Development Director
Therapist and Trainer
Gayle Sherman Crandell is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Development Director at the Center for Grief. (more)