Annette Arnold-Pflaum

Annette Arnold-Pflaum is the founder and president of Wisteria Ministries. She has 25 years counseling experience and has specialized in grief and crisis counseling since 2015. 

Annette is a Nationally Board Certified Chaplain [BCC] and has been a State of Nevada Licensed Interfaith Minister since 2014. She is also a Certified Lay Minister in the United Methodist Church and holds a certificate in congregational leadership. 

A retired nurse/EMT with 20 years of medical experience, Annette is a graduate of the Academy of Religious Studies, Ministerial Seminary, Chaplaincy Nevada Theology Academy, and has completed advanced clinical pastoral training. She has been an academy instructor. 

Annette is consulting director of the Nevada State Chaplains Task Force: Crisis, Trauma, Emergency & Critical Incident Response Team. She was part of the response team that assisted after the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. 

Annette teaches:

• • Bridges Not Walls, Pt. 1: Communicating With Those Who Are Grieving
  • Bridges Not Walls, Pt. 2: What to Say in Times of Crisis, Grief, and Heartache
  • Bridging Grief…Now What?
  • The Suicide Bridge
  • Across the Rainbow Bridge: Grieving the Death of a Pet