About Dr. Kirsti A. Dyer (a.k.a. Comfortdoc) Dr. Kirsti A. Dyer MD, MS, FT, CWS is a respected physician, professor, an expert in life challenges, loss, grief and bereavement, professional health educator, online instructor and author. She received her Medical and Master’s Degrees from the University of California, Davis.   Dr. Dyer was the first physician recognized as a Fellow in Thanatology: Death, Dying and Bereavement from the Association for Death Education and Counseling.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, a Board Certified Expert in Bereavement Trauma and Traumatic Stress as well as a Nationally Certified Bereavement Facilitator. Dr. Dyer has an extensive list of professional, journal and online publications. She has created and taught professional and graduate courses to physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers, other health care providers, members of the clergy and spiritual advisors in the areas of grief, loss, bereavement and facing life challenges including traumatic and NICU losses.  She has presented at medical conferences and online teaching conferences within the United States as well as in London, Heidelberg and Victoria. Dr. Dyer also has expertise in wellness education and health promotion. Her interests in life challenges, web-education, self-help and encouraging the healing process following a loss resulted in creating Journey of Hearts, a website to educate people about the normal grief response. Journey of Hearts has been online since 1997 helping thousands of people worldwide through the resources available at this online healing place. Dr. Dyer has been involved with providing health education over the internet for more than a decade. She teaches nutrition and wellness for Columbia College and the online graduate course she developed in grief, loss and bereavement for Madonna University.

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