Jennifer Elison, Ed.D., LPC, APRN, spent 12 years as a grief and transition counselor in private practice. Currently she is the Associate Director of Counseling Services at Carroll College and continues to work to enlarge the concept of bereavement to include less traditional loss responses.

    Chris McGonigle, Ph.D., is the author of Surviving Your Spouse's Chronic Illness (Henry Holt, 1999).  Her essays and articles have been widely published in national magazines, including Woman's World, Woman's Day, Family Circle, and Good Housekeeping.  
    Both live in Montana.