Invite Dr. Laura Berman to Speak About Grief
Dr. Laura Berman is a world-renowned therapist of 30 years, grief educator and advocate whose work has touched millions through her NYT best-selling books, national appearances, and healing programs. After the loss of her son, she turned her lifelong expertise in relationships and trauma toward helping others navigate grief with honesty, courage, and grace.
Through her speaking engagements, Dr. Berman brings both science and soul to the conversation, blending personal vulnerability, research-backed healing methods, and decades of clinical insight. Her talks help audiences move beyond platitudes into real understanding, self-compassion, and transformation.
Whether addressing healthcare professionals, spiritual communities, corporate audiences, or grieving parents, Dr. Berman creates a space where truth and tenderness coexist, and where pain becomes a portal to growth and meaning.
Speaking Formats Include
Keynotes and Conference Presentations
Powerful main stage presentations that inspire and transform large audiences with research-backed insights and personal wisdom.
Corporate and Professional Trainings
Interactive workshops for organizations seeking to support employees through grief, trauma, and workplace wellbeing.
Retreats and Workshops
Immersive healing experiences combining education, somatic practices, and guided reflection for deeper transformation.
University or Nonprofit Events
Educational presentations tailored for academic institutions and mission-driven organizations seeking meaningful impact.
Panels, Podcasts, and Summits
Expert collaboration and media appearances sharing insights on grief, healing, mental health, and resilience.
Dr. Laura Berman in Action
Experience the transformative power of Dr. Laura Berman's presentations as she creates sacred spaces for healing and connects deeply with audiences worldwide
Signature Grief Topics
Have a specific topic in mind? Dr. Berman loves collaborating with event organizers to create talks that meet your audience where they are. Below are some of her most popular and frequently requested presentations.
Grief can be a powerful portal for transformation. In this deeply personal and hopeful talk, Dr. Laura Berman shares what she has learned as both a grief therapist and a mother who lost her son. With compassion and honesty, she shows how healing begins by walking through pain rather than avoiding it, and how embracing grief can open the door to connection, meaning, and renewed purpose.
As both a grief therapist and a mother who lost her son, Dr. Laura Berman offers a rare perspective on how to truly support the bereaved. She helps clinicians and caregivers see grief not as something to fix, but as a sacred process to honor. Through research, tools, and personal insight, Dr. Berman shares how to hold compassionate presence, recognize when clients are “stuck,” and guide them toward healing while maintaining their own emotional resilience.
A powerful framework blending embodiment, nature, spirit connection, tribe, creativity, and cognitive restructuring to help grievers find sustainable healing.
Practical guidance for friends, families, and professionals who want to support others without causing harm or offering empty comfort.
How loss impacts intimacy, communication, and connection with a partner. Dr. Berman shares research-based tools and heartfelt guidance to help couples grieve differently yet grow closer through shared healing.
Exploring how love endures beyond death and how to develop an ongoing spiritual relationship with those who have passed.
How grief impacts the nervous system, brain, and body, and the practices that help restore safety and calm.
Navigating spiritual crisis, divine anger, and rediscovering meaning when your faith feels shaken.
Supporting surviving children while grieving yourself, and helping them build resilience and trust in a world that has changed forever.
Creating trauma-informed, compassionate organizations that honor loss and promote psychological safety.
How grief can become the most profound teacher of compassion, courage, and connection.
Invite Dr. Berman to Your Event
Dr. Berman is available for in-person and virtual events, retreats, and keynotes worldwide.
To inquire about availability, honorarium, or customized presentations, please fill out the form below or email schapman@
Grief Healing Collective
Join Dr. Laura Berman's exclusive community for grief support, filled with resources, courses, events, and tools, The Grief Healing Collective is designed to help you find grace in grief and step gently toward wholeness.
Love Mama Grief Retreat
Join Dr. Laura Berman for a nurturing retreat created for mothers navigating loss, offering heart-centered practices, community support, and soul nourishment.
