Dr. Robert A. Neimeyer is Professor Emeritus at the University of Memphis and directs the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition, providing global online training in grief therapy. Recognized among the top 2% of scientists worldwide, his research on meaning reconstruction in bereavement has generated over 58,000 citations according to Google Scholar.
Dr. Neimeyer has authored 37 books, including Living Beyond Loss: Questions and Answers about Grief and Bereavement and New Techniques of Grief Therapy, and serves as Editor of Death Studies. His publications span over 600 articles advancing the theory and practice of grief therapy as a meaning-making process.
Dr. Neimeyer maintains an active consulting practice and has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from both the Association for Death Education and Counseling and the International Network on Personal Meaning. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. His clinical trials demonstrate that increases in meaning-making in therapy sessions predict measurable decreases in prolonged grief symptoms, establishing an evidence base for targeted grief interventions across diverse loss circumstances.