Rab­bi Tama­ra Kolton, Ph.D., is an inde­pen­dent rab­bi, psy­chol­o­gist, author, and fem­i­nist mythol­o­gist. Clos­est to her heart is her work with fam­i­lies as she ten­der­ly and skill­ful­ly con­ducts funer­als and leads bereave­ment groups. She has a Mas­ter of Arts in clin­i­cal psy­chol­o­gy from the Michi­gan School of Psy­chol­o­gy and a Ph.D. from Union Insti­tute and Uni­ver­si­ty. She wrote her dis­ser­ta­tion on ​“The Expe­ri­ence of Being a Woman Rab­bi.” In 1999 she became the first per­son to be ordained a Human­is­tic rabbi.