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As a queer therapist working from a trauma informed and social justice lens, I understand the importance of how our life experienc...
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As a queer therapist working from a trauma informed and social justice lens, I understand the importance of how our life experiences and current contexts deeply impact our mental health experiences.
Nicole Lyman (she/they) is a Licensed Associate Professional Counselor with 2 years of experience working with young adults, adults, and seniors. Nicole seeks to explore strengths and personalized goals to cope more effectively with life's challenges as well as move towards resilience and growth. Nicole's ideal clients experience a range of issues, often rooted in chronic stress or trauma, including anxiety, depression, adjustment issues, life transitions, trauma/PTSD, relationships, self-esteem, or grief. They also have experience working with clients identifying as LGBT+ and individuals assigned female at birth who are neurodivergent.
Nicole earned a Master’s in Counseling Education from Temple University. They help clients normalize their experiences and circumstances through examining the impact of life experiences and relational dynamics on daily functions and self-image. Nicole helps individuals gain insight into their behaviors and somatic symptoms.
The first step in growth is accepting the need for change and growth. Nicole will help clients learn more about themselves as well as make the changes they are looking for in a safe and nonjudgmental relationship. If a mindful and socially aware counseling relationship feels like a good fit for you, reach out to meet with Nicole.
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Mark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who works out of an office in Philadelphia, and holds licenses in both Pennsylvania an...
Mark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, who works out of an office in Philadelphia, and holds licenses in both Pennsylvania and California. He has 20 years of experience helping children, adults, and families work through challenges that impact their health and happiness. He spent much of his career working at a nonprofit agency that continues to serve trauma impacted children and families in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was through this work that Mark grew to understand both the grave impact of trauma and the healing power of psychotherapy. Mark works from a variety of therapies to best match an individual's needs. Some of these include cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, and gestalt therapy. He also has subspecialties in parent training, behavioral intervention instruction, and play therapies. Regardless of the therapeutic orientation, he believes enriching an individual’s personal story is the key to change. When people can author strength based personal narratives, they are able to find the strength to overcome their doubts, fears, and worry. Mark believes every person carries within them the power to change and heal. He seeks to help individuals access this power through a safe, comforting, and expressive experience.
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My go-to approach for helping people in grief and loss counseling focuses on helping the individual process this loss. This is generally done with a grief narrative interview and involves helping the client share their experience of their relationship with the person who is now absent in their lives. Helping the individual allow themself to experience sadness is an important part of the healing process. Engaging in a celebration of the life of the individual who is lost helps establish a sense of connection that goes beyond the afterlife. Eventually, the goal is to help a client accept the change in their life, feel the continued connection with the individual, and accept that sadness for the loss will come and go, but likely at a lesser intensity than near the time of loss. Sometimes, grief can be complicated. For example, there are times when a client grieves the loss of a person who has greatly harmed them. The polarized emotions that can be felt for parents, for instance, may require some disentangling. It is possible to have both love and extreme resentment for a loved one. Helping a person better understand this paradox can help them come to a greater sense of peace with the loss.
I introduce some CBT-oriented tools such as thought-stopping, cognitive restructuring, and cognitive reframing.
I know a client is making meaningful progress when they are more consistently meeting their goals and objectives.
Clients can supplement their time in grief and loss counseling by engaging in remembrances. Informal actions in memoriam such as visiting a grave site or writing a letter to a deceased loved one can help a client rekindle a lost sense of connection with the deceased.
Clients preparing for therapy should take a risk and come with an open mind. Usually, clients find that the process is much less intimidating than they think it might be.
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 Philadelphia, PA 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 Philadelphia, PA 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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