Sharon Coyle-Saeed is a licensed therapist in New Jersey with a graduate degree from the Rutgers School of Social Work with a focus on Health & Aging. She also is an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Social Worker (NASW) and death doula. She currently works for Integrated Care Concepts as a therapist with private clients and VNA (Visiting Nurses Association) as a Bereavement Counselor.
Sharon is the Co-Author of Loss, Grief and Bereavement, a CEU-approved training manual for healthcare professionals. She especially focused on the chapters pertaining to suicide, homicide, children in grief, and cultural and religious competencies.
She has many certifications: Compassionate Bereavement Care (MISS Foundation), Grief Recovery (advanced level), Prolonged Grief Therapy (Columbia University School of Social Work), and Thanatology (Open Center). Her approach is holistic, strengths-based, culturally-competent, and trauma-sensitive.
Other certifications: Functional Health Coach, Grief Movement, Clinical Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), CBT (Beck Institute), Meditation, and Reiki Master. Sharon is working towards her RYT-200 Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Certification under the tutelage of Judy Thompson.
WEGO Health Award winner (multiple times).
CEO of Nirvanerapy LLC and founder of ibdjourneys, an online global support group for those with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD, an autoimmune disease).
She is a proud member of: National Association of Social Workers(NASW), American Psychological Association(APA), and Association for Death Education(ADEC).
Sharon is also an accomplished singer and has performed in musical theater productions in New Jersey and New York.