Jennifer Wiles MA, LMHC, BC-DMT, FT

Jennifer Wiles is the director of HEARTplay, a bereavement program for children, teens, and young adults at Good Shepherd Community Care in Newton, MA. Her current project, Expanding the Language of Grief, focuses on providing access to compassionate grief support services to young people of all abilities. She is the director of Camp Erin Boston, now in its twelfth year supporting grieving youth and families. Jennifer has taught nationally and internationally on the topic of children’s grief. She is a board-certified dance movement therapist, licensed mental health counselor and fellow in thanatology and is on the adjunct faculty at Lesley University’s Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences where she is also a clinical site supervisor. Jennifer is an active member of The National Alliance for Children’s Grief, where she serves on the Board of Directors and chairs the Education Committee.