Grief therapists

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Lynn Nawrocki is a Beaverton, Oregon, licensed clinical social worker with 23 years in practice and a background serving people with psychological, medical and psychosocial challenges. Nawrocki works with adults and older adults on ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, grief, stress, substance use, bipolar disorder and postpartum concerns. Other areas include autism, body image, chronic pain, LGBTQ+ and transgender care, HIV, men's and women's issues and end-of-life care. Methods include CBT, DBT, cognitive processing therapy and motivational interviewing, with experience across individual, couples, family and group work. Outside the office, Nawrocki enjoys reading, plants and rescuing cats. Sessions are offered in person in Beaverton and online.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Melissa Platt is a licensed psychologist in Portland, Oregon, with 22 years in practice. She specializes in helping survivors of betrayal trauma, whether the betrayal came from a parent, partner, friend or an institution such as a school or employer, and in treating OCD. Because both experiences tend to breed self-doubt, much of her work centers on helping clients trust themselves again. She also helps with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, grief and LGBTQ+ concerns, and works with teens and groups as well as adults. Her evidence-based methods include attachment-focused EMDR, prolonged exposure, ACT, CBT and DBT. She sees clients in person in Portland and online.

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, CST

Jennifer Besst is a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified sex therapist in Tigard, Oregon, with 16 years in practice and licenses in Oregon and California. She specializes in relationship and sexual concerns, including sexual pain conditions such as dyspareunia and vaginismus, sexual anxiety and differences in desire. She also helps adults and couples with dating, moving in together, conflict, sharing household load, breakups and divorce, and opening a relationship, as well as anxiety, depression, grief and LGBTQ+ concerns. Her approach combines cognitive therapies, interpersonal neurobiology and the Gottman Method, with art therapy and other creative methods when wanted. She sees clients in person in Tigard and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, LMHC

Stacey Nixon is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Portland, Oregon, who works with preteens, teens, adults, couples and families. She helps clients who feel thrown off balance by trauma, ongoing stress, difficult emotions or distance from a partner, and her areas also include anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, self-esteem, substance use and LGBTQ+ concerns. Whether a client wants to work through trauma or improve communication with a partner, she focuses on building self-acceptance and awareness as a base for change. Her methods include EMDR, emotionally focused therapy, attachment-based and family systems work, CBT, motivational interviewing and compassion-focused care. She offers sessions in person in Portland and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC

Caroline McGrath is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor in Lake Oswego, Oregon, with 14 years in practice. She works mainly with women at a turning point, such as midlife, divorce or relationship change, a career shift, or a growing sense that their life no longer fits. She also helps with anxiety, trauma, grief, self-esteem, stress and family concerns, and sees teens and groups as well. Recognizing that big changes affect the nervous system as well as the mind, she combines talk therapy with somatic, body-based work, including trauma-informed breathwork and hypnotherapy, alongside Jungian, existential and family systems approaches. She offers sessions in person in Lake Oswego and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSSW

Jessie White is a licensed clinical social worker in Austin with nine years in practice, working with teens, adults, couples and groups. She especially enjoys supporting people who face oppression, such as women, people of color, people who are gender or sexually fluid, people of any spiritual background and those living with physical or medical limitations. Her focus areas include trauma, depression, anxiety, ADHD, eating disorders, OCD, sexual health and perinatal concerns. In sessions she uses somatic and attachment-based techniques, art-based interventions and mindfulness, along with CBT, DBT and EMDR. She sees clients in person in Austin and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, EMDR

Carol Greenberg is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Round Rock with 16 years in practice and training in EMDR. Her passion is helping marriages and families thrive, and she works with couples in conflict, parenting struggles and family issues, as well as teens, adults and older adults facing anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, OCD, substance use and bipolar disorder. Her work is faith-centered, rooted in healthy relationships with God and others. For couples in crisis she offers marriage intensives with longer sessions held several times a week. She uses EMDR when painful past memories spill into the present, along with the Gottman Method, CBT and Christian counseling, and supports veterans. She sees clients in person in Round Rock and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC-S

Angel Hirsch is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor in Cedar Park with 11 years in practice, working with adults and older adults. She helps people who feel stuck or worn out by trauma, grief, anxiety, relationship struggles or major life changes, and also supports ministers and clergy, women and those exploring spirituality. Her work pays attention to the nervous system and to how the body holds experiences, helping clients slow down and process what has happened. She uses EMDR, Brainspotting, Sensorimotor and attachment-based approaches, and offers Christian counseling for those who want it. She sees clients in person in Cedar Park.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S

Ashley Rogers is a licensed clinical social worker and supervisor in Round Rock with 11 years in practice. She works with adults and older adults on practical, real-life problems, from anxious thoughts that keep them awake to past or current trauma. Her focus areas include trauma, depression, anxiety, ADHD, grief, bipolar disorder and career concerns, and she offers LGBTQ+ affirming care. Many of her clients lead full, busy lives and want support and tools to get back on track. She uses Accelerated Resolution Therapy, cognitive processing therapy, CBT, attachment-based work and motivational interviewing. She works with clients online.