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As a seasoned therapist with over ten years of experience, I understand and empathize with the challenges of entering into adultho...
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As a seasoned therapist with over ten years of experience, I understand and empathize with the challenges of entering into adulthood and navigating life after experiencing many obstacles to living a life filled with joy and peace.
I am Jennifer Cramer, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 11 years of experience in the mental health field. I am passionate about supporting teens and adults as they navigate trauma, anxiety, depression, life transitions, eating disorders, body-image struggles, low self-esteem, and family-of-origin issues. My focus is on helping clients heal from past trauma rather than just coping with its effects. I strive to provide a compassionate, supportive environment where clients feel safe to explore challenges and build resilience as they move toward personal growth and meaningful change.
I earned my Master of Mental Health Counseling from Huntington University and am completing my doctorate in International Psychology from The Chicago School in 2024. I am trained in EMDR therapy and draw from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and motivational interviewing to guide clients toward healing and growth.
Each client’s journey is unique, and I am committed to walking alongside you with empathy and understanding. Together, we can address challenges from your past and build healthier ways of coping and thriving. If you are ready to begin your path toward healing, I would be honored to support and guide you through this important process.
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Grief and loss counseling helps people grieve difficult losses including the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, or the end of a relationship. It helps people navigate their grief process and eventually accept, understand, and move forward from their loss. Thriveworks grief therapists in Munster, IN have specific experience, training, and skills that enable them to best support grieving individuals.
Grief and loss counseling isn’t one-size-fits-all, but it involves sharing about your loss and then working with your counselor to acknowledge and accept your new reality in its wake. Your provider at Thriveworks in Munster, IN will design your treatment plan around your unique needs and goals for therapy, applying the counseling techniques that best support them.
If you have recently experienced an event like the death of a loved one, a breakup or divorce, the loss of a job, or another major life change, then you may want to seek grief and loss counseling. Grief can be caused by many experiences and events, so if you feel that you are having trouble moving on from a certain event or find that it is still impacting your life and functioning, grief and loss counseling can help you process it more effectively so that you can move on and once again find fulfillment and satisfaction in your life.
There are many counseling theories for treating grief, one of the most frequently used being the dual process model of grief which helps people acknowledge who or what they’ve lost through rumination while also adjusting to the new roles and identities that this loss has now placed on them. There are also many commonly used therapy approaches used in grief and loss counseling, including Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and traumatic grief therapy.
Grief & loss counseling at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
For many, grief and loss counseling lasts for about 6 months. For others, it may last shorter or longer, depending on the severity of their loss and their grief.
Includes individual, couples, child/ teen, & family therapy
Includes reducing symptoms with medication & management
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