Amy Ruesche, LCSW

I believe in the importance of taking the whole person – including their surrounding environment, relationships, and context – into each session to support each person in feeling heard, understood, validated, and challenged to learn new skills, ways of thinking about situations, and feeling empowered in their circumstances. My primary specialty is grief and loss, whether that be from the death of a beloved person or pet, the end of a relationship, career, life transition, or any other change or unexpected situation – grief can be found in a myriad of ways. My own grief journey made this calling a deeply personal one for me, and one that I carry with gratitude and respect for every person who is brave and vulnerable in sitting with me through a painful and difficult journey. I believe in a griever’s need to have people who can attend to and witness their grief in non-judgmental, validating ways that allow space for fully feeling all of the nuances of the experience without feeling pressured to “move on” but rather understanding that grief is about integrating and reconciling this new reality.