MARILYN RYERSON has a master's degree in counseling, with graduate work in pastoral studies. She is a retired Licensed Mental Health Counselor, a certified Enneagram instructor, a certified Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing counselor, and a spiritual director. Marilyn was the founder and director of Triage, Inc., a nonprofit counseling and mentoring ministry. She has authored two books, The Years the Locusts Have Eaten and Welcome Home Tommy, also published as Revelations from Heaven's Doorway. For over three decades, she has provided counseling, spiritual mentoring, lectures, and seminars on a variety of spiritual and emotional issues.