Lise Klein Kirsis

Lise Klein Kirsis has lived in Homer since 2004. Lise completed a graduate degree social anthropology in 1994 studying birth, death and traditional medicine across cultures. In 1999 she attended and completed training at Mass. General Hospital in Massachusetts to practice hospital chaplaincy. Finding her calling in emergency room and crisis mental health work while training as a chaplain, Lise entered the field of emergency mental health services. She completed a graduate degree in counseling along the way and has been employed from 1999 to the present as a mental health psychotherapist and emergency services clinician. She has also been called to attend many deaths and provide support to the family over the years. Lise values Hospice for a number of reasons. She has seen Hospice contribute wonderful support too many families and to individuals who are experiencing the dying process. She also feels that Hospice was incredibly helpful for her personally during and after the deaths of her mother, father and husband.