Dr. Donna Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, is a psychiatric-mental health nurse, psychotherapist and grandmother of five. She has extensive experience addressing stress, loss, and trauma in the lives of children, their families, and healthcare professionals. Donna is an Affiliated Professor at Hunter Bellevue School of Nursing in New York City and previously served on the faculties of Columbia University and the International Trauma Studies Program. She holds master’s degrees from Teachers College at Columbia University and Rutgers University and earned her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. She was also a Fellow at Columbia University Journalism School. In addition to academic papers, book chapters, and articles for the lay press, Donna is the author of The Seasons of Grief, Helping Children Grow Through Loss and the recently published Courageous Well-Being for Nurses, Strategies for Renewal (Johns Hopkins University Press). In 2021, Donna was honored with the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Award for Excellence in Practice-APRN.