Meet Lewis E. Craven, MA, LMHC

Lewis E. Craven is the founder of Tampabay Grief Solutions.  His passion is helping hurting people successfully navigate the wilderness of grief and loss.  He has spent the last seventeen years working in the field of terminal illness, grief and bereavement with a local Hospice.  Lew also serves as an adjunct professor at Hillsborough Community College teaching in the Human Services Program.


In 1989, while enjoying a successful career as a manager with Eastern Airlines, Lewis began volunteering as a patient/family volunteer with Hospice of Hillsborough.  When Eastern Airlines went out of business in 1991, he felt led to pursue his passion for serving others dealing with end of life issues into a new career path.  In 1991, he returned to school to prepare academically to follow his dream.  Lewis currently holds an Associate of Science degree in Human Services; a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Development, and a Masters degree  in Mental Health Counseling.  He is currently licensed by the State of Florida as a Mental Health Counselor (LMHC # MH8822).  Joining Hospice of Hillsborough (currently LifePath Hospice, Inc.) as an employee in 1993, He has served for six years as a Grief Counselor in the Bereavement Department.