Dr. Beth Hewett is an expert in grief, trauma, and communication, bringing a compassionate and insightful approach to these sensitive areas. With a PhD in Rhetoric and Writing Studies and specialized training in bereavement, Beth focuses on how language and thoughtful communication can support individuals coping with loss and traumatic experiences. She is an accomplished author, speaker, and educator whose work explores the profound intersections of grief, trauma, and expressive writing. Beth’s contributions have empowered professionals and individuals alike, equipping them with tools for healing and resilience through thoughtful communication practices. Her work is widely valued for its depth of empathy and for offering practical, transformative strategies for those navigating challenging times.

Beth knows grief from personal experience, and she has a heart for those who grieve their loved ones. Her desire to help other bereaved people led to her work as a Certified Thanatologist (CT) with the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC), a Certified Grief Counselor with XYZ, and as a Certified Compassionate Bereavement Care™ Provider with the MISS Foundation. Beth is a trained Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) provider with the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF). She also has earned a certificate in Death and Grief Studies from the Center for Loss and Life Transition and is a former National Catholic Ministry for the Bereaved Minister of Consolation Trainer.

Beth was a facilitator for the Bereaved Parents of the USA (BP USA) and at her local parish, St. Ignatius-Hickory, MD for 12 years.

Beth has been a public speaker and facilitator of grief support groups, bereavement seminars and retreats, and writing workshops since 2004.

She is the author of Duty, Honor, Hope: Strategies for Understanding and Unpacking First Responder Grief (ICISF Press, 2023) and Grief on the Road to Emmaus: A Monastic Approach to Journeying with the Bereaved (Liturgical Press, 2023), and the coauthor of Supporting a Grieving Workforce (ICISF Press, 2022). Beth also wrote the Good Words: Memorializing Through a Eulogy book and booklets, More Good Words: Practical Activities for Mourning, as well as “Practicality, Adaptability, Possibility in Grief” (Grief Digest Magazine, October 2011). Look for more of Beth’s essays in the Tri-County Funeral Director’s Association Tri-County Crier Newsletter, the Open to Hope website, and her Blogs on this website.