In-person and online individual support
Grief/loss: death of a loved one, athletes with physical injury, loss of mobility, and losses related to aging
Trauma, stress, anxiety are other areas of specialty as well.

I work as a therapist with adults. My approach is trauma-informed and patient-centered. I combine Somatic Experiencing, Psychodynamics, Attachment Repatterning, Sandplay, and Family Systems. I work alongside individuals to explore, process, and integrate grief and past experiences holding them back from the present moment to move toward life and the relationships they desire.

I see patients in Ravenswood and Northbrook, IL.

Angela offers individual counseling for youth 13 and older and adults all ages in the state of Washington who are looking for support with grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, bipolar disorder, challenges with and challenges with parenting, and support around grief in cancer diagnosis of self or a loved one.

Angela also offer educational seminars on in how grief impacts individuals or groups and how cancer diagnosis impacts individuals and families.

Liz Meyer, at Blended Pathways Therapy, PLLC, offers evidenced-based modalities of therapy to meet your needs and support your journey as you heal from grief and trauma related events. We will work together to explore options, and blend therapeutic solutions as needed, to support your navigation in seeking a clearer path for current obstacles you are facing.

Individual psychotherapy offered in-person or by telehealth.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist providing the following:

• Grief counseling
  • Certified Grief Educator through completing a certificate program designed by world-renowned grief expert David Kessler
  • Committed to providing the highest level of grief support through education, experience, and insights into the often unacknowledged rocky terrain of grief
• General psychotherapy
  • Compassionate, strength-based approach
  • Mindfulness
  • Cognitive behavioral therapies
  • Acceptance and commitment therapy
  • Positively focused brain-based therapies

Background:

• Became a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in 2015 after retiring from a 28-year career as an educator, K through university, in the California public schools and CSU system, inspired by the needs of former students with mental health issues.
• Became a certified grief educator after being part of David Kessler’s Tender Hearts group following the loss by suicide of my younger daughter in 2021.
• Experienced serving clients and families with a wide range of issues, including anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction.
• In addition to having a private practice I work two days a week providing psychiatric evaluations and therapeutic support for patients in crisis in a Hospital Emergency Room.

Education

Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy

University of San Francisco, December, 2009

Master of Arts in Education, Reading and Literacy

Sonoma State University, June, 2001

California Teaching Credential, Multiple Subject

Dominican University, January, 1988

Bachelor of Arts, Art History, Cum Laude

New York University, June, 1974