Dr. Sharon E. Siler

Dr. Sharon Siler is the Executive Director of The Healing Place and has provided care for persons experiencing death and non-death losses for a number of years.  She holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,  Virginia Commonwealth University and  the College of William and Mary.  In addition to her work in education, Sharon is an ordained minister, a trained spiritual director and formational prayer caregiver.  Her commitment to provide care and support to the bereaved has resulted  in her pursuit of a Master's of Science in Thanatology from Marian University in Fond du Lac Wisconsin. One of her favorite quotes written by Darcy L. Harris and the late Howard R. Winokuer says:  

 "Our lives are often shaped and shattered by the experience of various losses over time".