Grief Counseling Services for Individuals in Pennsylvania, Montgomery County and the Greater Philadelphia Area
I’m Stephanie. It’s lovely to meet you. I’m a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the state of Pennsylvania. I help highly self-aware adult individuals navigate grief and loss, a cancer diagnosis, or caregiving for someone will an illness, so they can re-connect with what’s meaningful in their life and feel like they have their sense of agency back.
Life is actually really hard. If you’re here, chances are you’re experiencing something in your own life that feels too heavy for you to carry. You’ve had loss in your life, whether due to changes in your job, relationships, health, or the death of a beloved pet or person. You’re experiencing major transitions in your life, and you’re overwhelmed and exhausted. The idea of caring for yourself feels out of reach. You might feel brain fog, disconnected from others, unable to stay focused or find any motivation, increased anxiety at night or when waking up, and feeling like you’re on an emotional roller coaster.
This is the perfect time to take a first step in prioritizing yourself.
My approach is integrative and holistic, meaning I draw on a variety of approaches to tailor counseling to your individual needs and goals, bringing together care for your mind, body, and spirit. This practice may be a good fit for you if you are an adult individual 18+, are generally stable (not currently in crisis and not experiencing active suicidal ideation), and not actively struggling with substance use. Dial 988 for the 24/7 suicide and crisis lifeline if you are in crisis.
If you are ready to take the first step in prioritizing yourself, click below to book a free consultation with me.
Welcome to Healing Garden Therapy
I specialize in working with adult individuals who:
are grieving a loss
have cancer or other major illness
are a caretaker for a loved one with an illness
are experiencing a major life transition
are navigating stress, anxiety, depression, and overwhelm in everyday life
who I work with
I incorporate evidence-based and trauma-sensitive techniques such as:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - fosters psychological flexibility, which helps you live life mindfully based on your values by exploring and not avoiding difficult emotions and sensations.
Narrative therapy - helps you discover, reclaim, and re-tell your personal experience and story, with the goal of reducing shame and blame.
Mindfulness-based interventions - helps to increase self-awareness, promotes cognitive & emotional flexibility, and helps with stress reduction.
Existential therapy - helps you confront existential concerns in your world and view them as part of the human experience, allowing you to live more authentically.
Psycho-social oncology - explores social, emotional and psychological distress as part of the cancer experience, viewing these aspects as equally as important as medical care.
How I Work
It’s important to me to create a safe space for you to feel comfortable in opening up about what’s difficult for you right now. Just like a garden, we need to tend to ourselves in order to grow and thrive. We will go at your pace, and discover practical strategies to help you re-discover your inner wisdom so you can move forward with a sense of meaning and renewed energy for life.
“Start close in,
don’t take the second step
or the third,
start with the first thing
close in,
the step
you don’t want to take.”
— David Whyte, poet. Excerpt from ‘Start Close In’