Grounded in Practice.
Committed to Better Grief Education.
Our programs are developed and taught by practicing therapists with experience supporting people through grief, trauma, and life-changing loss. We bring together contemporary research, clinical insight, and a deeply grief-literate approach to create learning that is thoughtful, practical, and compassionate.
Meet the Founding Educators
Andrea O'Reilly
MSW, RSW, CCTP, CGP Registered Social Worker, PsychotherapistFounder & Executive Director
Andrea O’Reilly is a Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist, and the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Grief Education & Training. Her clinical work focuses on supporting people through grief, trauma, and life-changing loss using an approach that is relational, trauma-informed, and deeply respectful of each person’s lived experience. Andrea founded the Center in response to a need for professional grief education that moves beyond stages, timelines, and prescriptive models. She is committed to helping professionals understand grief as a complex, embodied, relational, and culturally shaped experience—and to translating contemporary grief and trauma knowledge into practical, compassionate care. Alongside her leadership of the Center, Andrea maintains a psychotherapy practice and brings that real-world clinical perspective into the development of each training program. Her teaching approach is thoughtful, accessible, and grounded in the belief that supporting grieving people well requires more than the right words. It requires knowledge, humility, and the capacity to remain present with experiences that cannot be fixed.
Irish Dhindsa
Registered Psychotherapist, Canadian Certified CounsellorDirector of Professional Development
Irish Dhindsa (she/her) is a deeply reflective holistic transpersonal grief and trauma therapist. She is committed to supporting clinicians, practitioners, and frontline workers in co-creating grief-informed spaces and transformative empathetic experiences for grievers navigating loss — both death and non-death. Through her private practice, Irish Oak Wellness, she provides a holistic model of care that integrates Brainspotting, shadow work, and spiritual resilience. As the author of Drawn to Feel: A Poetic Expression of Love, Loss & Soulfulness, she examines the profound power of loss in reshaping the human experience. Irish brings a unique blend of creativity and clinical acumen to educational programming. Her leadership ensures that the Center's educational initiatives emphasize relational frameworks of therapy, supporting grief professionals in developing the deep emotional literacy required for impactful, heart-focused grief support.
Explore the Training.
Join the Pilot Cohort.
Our founding pilot cohort for Part One is now open. If you are a professional whose work brings you into contact with grief and loss, we would be glad to hear from you.