Barbara Rubel

Barbara Rubel is a keynote speaker on burnout, compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and managing grief at work, and has presented to over 1,000 groups since 1991. Three weeks prior to Barbara giving birth to triplets, her father died by suicide. Her story was featured in the Emmy award-winning documentary Fatal Mistakes, Families Shattered by Suicide, narrated by Mariette Hartley. Barbara is a Board-Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress and Diplomate with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. She received a BS in psychology and a MA degree in community health, with a concentration in thanatology, both from Brooklyn College.

She is the author of But I Didn’t Say Goodbye: Helping Families After a Suicide (3ed). (2020), and the 30-hour CE course for Nurses, Loss, Grief, and Bereavement: Helping Individuals Cope (4ed). She wrote the CE course for healthcare professionals, COVID-19 Loss, Grief, and Bereavement (2020), co-authored Dept. of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime Training Curriculum, Compassion Fatigue, and is a contributing writer to Thin Threads: Grief and Renewal; Fresh Grief; Coaching for Results; and Keys to a Good Life. You have seen her work in Family Circle, Health, and Shape magazines, FOX Business, TODAY, and Newsweek.