Barbara Rubel BS, MA, BCETS, DAAETS

Barbara Rubel, BS, MA, BCETS, DAAETS, is a nationally recognized keynote speaker and trainer on compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. Her keynotes motivate nurses and other clinicians to build resilience. Ms. Rubel is the author of the book But I Didn't Say Goodbye. She is a contributing writer in Thin Threads: Grief and Renewal, Open to Hope's Fresh Grief, Coaching for Results: Expert Advice From 25 Top International Coaches, and Keys to a Good Life: Wisdom to Unlock Your Power Within. She was featured in the Emmy award-winning documentary Fatal Mistakes: Families Shattered by Suicide, narrated by Mariette Hartley.

Ms. Rubel's background includes working as a hospice bereavement coordinator and serving as an adjunct professor at Brooklyn College, where she taught undergraduate and master's courses in death, life, and health; children and death; health crisis intervention; and health counseling. Ms. Rubel currently is a consultant with the Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime and co-wrote its training curriculum, Compassion Fatigue/Vicarious Trauma. Ms. Rubel received a BS in Psychology and MA in Community Health, with a concentration in thanatology, from Brooklyn College.