is a clinical psychiatrist and researcher from Seattle, Washington where he founded the section of psychiatry at the Mason Clinic.  In addition to full-time clinical practice, he has served on the clinical faculty of the University of Washington as a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry.  He maintains a particular focus on the effects of violent death on family members, a topic on which he has published numerous papers and two books, Retelling Violent Death and Violent Death: Resilience and Intervention Beyond the Crisis.  Rynearson offers national and international training on the management of the clinical effects of violent death and founded the non-profit organization, the Violent Death Bereavement Society (vdbs.org).  Most recently he has developed a collaborative training program for Israeli and Palestinian clinicians in supporting members of their communities with traumatic grief associated with violent death.