Grief Therapists in Boscawen, NH
Jillian Peterson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
2 Endorsed
Online Only
Not accepting new clients
My passion is working with people across the lifespan to help achieve their goals and work towards a life they enjoy living. I strive to ensure my work with clients is a safe and comfortable environment, free for self exploration and expression. My areas of focus range from CBT, DBT, trauma focused work, gender identities and sexual orientation and working within relationships to establish trust and communication. I strive to provide culturally competent practices to my clients. I am a proud LGBTQ+ ally.
My passion is working with people across the lifespan to help achieve their goals and work towards a life they enjoy living. I strive to ensure my work with clients is a safe and comfortable environment, free for self exploration and expression. My areas of focus range from CBT, DBT, trauma focused work, gender identities and sexual orientation and working within relationships to establish trust and communication. I strive to provide culturally competent practices to my clients. I am a proud LGBTQ+ ally.
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I have a particular focus on supporting children, adolescents, and families navigating school-related challenges, grief and loss, and behavioral concerns.
I believe that seeking support is one of the most courageous steps a person can take. My goal as a therapist is to create a space where you feel genuinely heard, respected, and understood—without judgment or pressure. Every person’s story is unique, and I approach our work together with curiosity, compassion, and deep respect for your lived experience. I work with individuals who may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected—whether from themselves, their relationships, or their sense of purpose.
I have a particular focus on supporting children, adolescents, and families navigating school-related challenges, grief and loss, and behavioral concerns.
I believe that seeking support is one of the most courageous steps a person can take. My goal as a therapist is to create a space where you feel genuinely heard, respected, and understood—without judgment or pressure. Every person’s story is unique, and I approach our work together with curiosity, compassion, and deep respect for your lived experience. I work with individuals who may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected—whether from themselves, their relationships, or their sense of purpose.
Crystal Painter, LCSW, helps adults across New Hampshire navigate life’s challenges with compassion, understanding, and evidence-based care. Through individual therapy, she supports clients in managing symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance use concerns while helping them build healthier coping strategies and greater emotional resilience. Crystal creates a warm, nonjudgmental space where clients can feel heard, valued, and empowered to move forward with confidence and clarity.Crystal Painter, LICSW, helps adults across New Hampshire navigate life’s challenges with compassion, understanding, and evidence-based care. T
Crystal Painter, LCSW, helps adults across New Hampshire navigate life’s challenges with compassion, understanding, and evidence-based care. Through individual therapy, she supports clients in managing symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance use concerns while helping them build healthier coping strategies and greater emotional resilience. Crystal creates a warm, nonjudgmental space where clients can feel heard, valued, and empowered to move forward with confidence and clarity.Crystal Painter, LICSW, helps adults across New Hampshire navigate life’s challenges with compassion, understanding, and evidence-based care. T
Life has challenges and sometimes to meet those challenges we need additional tools, insight and support. Therapy provides a relationship and space you need in order to take a look at the challenges life has thrown at you and how you have navigated them so far. Do the skills you have still work for you? Is there something holding you back from living the meaningful, purposeful life you had imagined? Therapy can be a place to take stock of where you are, where you want to go, and help you develop a plan to get there.
Life has challenges and sometimes to meet those challenges we need additional tools, insight and support. Therapy provides a relationship and space you need in order to take a look at the challenges life has thrown at you and how you have navigated them so far. Do the skills you have still work for you? Is there something holding you back from living the meaningful, purposeful life you had imagined? Therapy can be a place to take stock of where you are, where you want to go, and help you develop a plan to get there.
Whether you are grieving a loss, struggling with depression, anxiety, or substance abuse, or wanting to understand unhealthy coping strategies, therapy can help.
Life can be incredibly tough, and when you are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or burdened by past trauma, it can seem like there’s no way out. But you don’t have to struggle alone. I understand how hard it can be to navigate these challenges, and I’m here to help you find the clarity and healing you need.
Whether you are grieving a loss, struggling with depression, anxiety, or substance abuse, or wanting to understand unhealthy coping strategies, therapy can help.
Life can be incredibly tough, and when you are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or burdened by past trauma, it can seem like there’s no way out. But you don’t have to struggle alone. I understand how hard it can be to navigate these challenges, and I’m here to help you find the clarity and healing you need.
My expertise includes: PTSD & stress management, substance abuse, mood disorders, grief, anxiety, sexual trauma (including human trafficking), physical & emotional abuse, teen dating violence, and LGBTQ & women's issues.
Too often, we equate caring for our mental and emotional health with weakness and failure - especially when we're taught that our "strength" is based on our ability to handle the stresses of everyday life without "cracking". I've dedicated my career to overcoming this myth by helping young adults and adults develop wellness plans that promote emotional and mental balance, internal peace, and positive coping and communication skills.
My expertise includes: PTSD & stress management, substance abuse, mood disorders, grief, anxiety, sexual trauma (including human trafficking), physical & emotional abuse, teen dating violence, and LGBTQ & women's issues.
Too often, we equate caring for our mental and emotional health with weakness and failure - especially when we're taught that our "strength" is based on our ability to handle the stresses of everyday life without "cracking". I've dedicated my career to overcoming this myth by helping young adults and adults develop wellness plans that promote emotional and mental balance, internal peace, and positive coping and communication skills.
Are you or a family member struggling with feelings, thoughts and behaviors that prevent you from living the life that you desire and deserve? I believe that everyone has the ability to grow, heal, change and solve their own problems and that sometimes, life can feel so overwhelming that we need extra support to navigate through our challenges. I provide compassionate, non-judgmental, relational space that includes humor, play and empathy to help clients clarify, heal and find their path forward.
Are you or a family member struggling with feelings, thoughts and behaviors that prevent you from living the life that you desire and deserve? I believe that everyone has the ability to grow, heal, change and solve their own problems and that sometimes, life can feel so overwhelming that we need extra support to navigate through our challenges. I provide compassionate, non-judgmental, relational space that includes humor, play and empathy to help clients clarify, heal and find their path forward.
I work with women in transition and older adults who are navigating shifting identities, changing family roles, and the complex emotions that come with grief and uncertainty.
You deserve a place where your voice matters, your experience is honored, and your growth is supported. If you’re ready to feel more grounded, understood, and connected to yourself again, I would be humbled to walk alongside you.
I work with women in transition and older adults who are navigating shifting identities, changing family roles, and the complex emotions that come with grief and uncertainty.
You deserve a place where your voice matters, your experience is honored, and your growth is supported. If you’re ready to feel more grounded, understood, and connected to yourself again, I would be humbled to walk alongside you.
Her primary client base is adult women struggling with grief & loss, anxiety, trauma, and interpersonal challenges.
Courtney's practice focuses on providing a warm and welcoming environment that nurtures self-led growth and healing through connecting individuals with different parts of themselves. She believes counseling is a collaborative space where one can feel safe to curiously explore their relationships with themselves, others, and their communities.
Her primary client base is adult women struggling with grief & loss, anxiety, trauma, and interpersonal challenges.
Courtney's practice focuses on providing a warm and welcoming environment that nurtures self-led growth and healing through connecting individuals with different parts of themselves. She believes counseling is a collaborative space where one can feel safe to curiously explore their relationships with themselves, others, and their communities.
I am committed to helping people resolve whatever issues they may bring to counseling. Together, we may journey into the past or stay firmly rooted in the present, confronting & transforming old behaviors, memories, or areas of less than optimal functioning. Since no one technique serves all, I offer a multidisciplinary approach. I often employ the expressive arts and an environmental connection with the spiritual, when appropriate and suitable for each of my individual clients. This results in a greater vitality, creativity, satisfaction, self-knowledge, clarity of expression, and holistic healing for most people.
I am committed to helping people resolve whatever issues they may bring to counseling. Together, we may journey into the past or stay firmly rooted in the present, confronting & transforming old behaviors, memories, or areas of less than optimal functioning. Since no one technique serves all, I offer a multidisciplinary approach. I often employ the expressive arts and an environmental connection with the spiritual, when appropriate and suitable for each of my individual clients. This results in a greater vitality, creativity, satisfaction, self-knowledge, clarity of expression, and holistic healing for most people.
Healing Tree Therapy helps adults who are struggling with a variety of mental health issues that need a safe place to find a way to exist with their pain and grief.
I very much enjoy a non-judgmental and holistic approach. My goal is to walk alongside you during your healing journey. I specialize in treating grief, trauma, anxiety, and depression, by helping individuals build a sense of self by finding their inner wisdom.
Healing Tree Therapy helps adults who are struggling with a variety of mental health issues that need a safe place to find a way to exist with their pain and grief.
I very much enjoy a non-judgmental and holistic approach. My goal is to walk alongside you during your healing journey. I specialize in treating grief, trauma, anxiety, and depression, by helping individuals build a sense of self by finding their inner wisdom.
Casey McFarland is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in New Hampshire who has been practicing since 2013. Casey is able to delve deep into trauma work through a psycho-dynamic approach or just focus on the current every day issues a client may be facing with more cognitive or behavioral interventions. Casey specializes in DBT, mindfulness, and trauma-informed care. Outside of work, Casey enjoys hiking the 4000 footers of NH, training a new puppy, and spending time with family.
Casey McFarland is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in New Hampshire who has been practicing since 2013. Casey is able to delve deep into trauma work through a psycho-dynamic approach or just focus on the current every day issues a client may be facing with more cognitive or behavioral interventions. Casey specializes in DBT, mindfulness, and trauma-informed care. Outside of work, Casey enjoys hiking the 4000 footers of NH, training a new puppy, and spending time with family.
With conditions ranging from executive functioning, anxiety, and depression, to trauma and grief.
Hello, my name is Sheehan and I am a licensed mental health counselor in NH. I have worked with teens, adults and families in many capacities over the last 15 years. I attempt to meet clients where they are at and offer a supportive environment to meet their therapeutic goals.
With conditions ranging from executive functioning, anxiety, and depression, to trauma and grief.
Hello, my name is Sheehan and I am a licensed mental health counselor in NH. I have worked with teens, adults and families in many capacities over the last 15 years. I attempt to meet clients where they are at and offer a supportive environment to meet their therapeutic goals.
I specialize in treating anxiety, depression, grief, and loss, and supporting women through peri menopause and menopause
I work from a humanistic, empowering, and solution‐focused framework that centers each client’s inherent strengths and capacity for growth. My approach is collaborative and respectful of each person’s lived experience, emphasizing emotional safety, self‐understanding, and practical change.
I specialize in treating anxiety, depression, grief, and loss, and supporting women through peri menopause and menopause
I work from a humanistic, empowering, and solution‐focused framework that centers each client’s inherent strengths and capacity for growth. My approach is collaborative and respectful of each person’s lived experience, emphasizing emotional safety, self‐understanding, and practical change.
Ideally, for my telehealth practice, I would like to limit it to clients struggling with unusual experiences such as near- death, paranormal/synchronistic encounters, and other things that might be disturbing on some level but are often not discussed in therapy because of fear of being ridiculed, pathologized, and the experience being dismissed.
Over the past 30 years I have had the opportunity to work with thousands of clients from diverse backgrounds, educational and economic status, and presenting issues. I believe at its root, what my specialty is, is to be non-judgmental, a good listener, able to put myself in my client's shoes for a bit, and able to explore ways not just to survive but thrive.
Ideally, for my telehealth practice, I would like to limit it to clients struggling with unusual experiences such as near- death, paranormal/synchronistic encounters, and other things that might be disturbing on some level but are often not discussed in therapy because of fear of being ridiculed, pathologized, and the experience being dismissed.
Over the past 30 years I have had the opportunity to work with thousands of clients from diverse backgrounds, educational and economic status, and presenting issues. I believe at its root, what my specialty is, is to be non-judgmental, a good listener, able to put myself in my client's shoes for a bit, and able to explore ways not just to survive but thrive.
Examples include anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, PTSD and more.
I value working with a wide age range of individuals, in a culturally and spiritually diverse environment. I welcome those who have been through trauma, transition and other challenges with topics such as anxiety, depression, divorce, and adoption. I am always expanding the spiritual aspect of my practice. I see ages and stages from 6-65.
Examples include anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, PTSD and more.
I value working with a wide age range of individuals, in a culturally and spiritually diverse environment. I welcome those who have been through trauma, transition and other challenges with topics such as anxiety, depression, divorce, and adoption. I am always expanding the spiritual aspect of my practice. I see ages and stages from 6-65.
I am Meghan McHaney, an LCSW in IL, and an LICSW in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. I specialize in treating PTSD, but love working with a variety of people! Once I earned my clinical license, therapy became my passion. I became obsessed with how people heal. I read everything I could about what helps and what doesn’t. My goal of providing the most up to date, effective treatment led me to seek further education, certifications, and mentorship from trauma experts.
I am Meghan McHaney, an LCSW in IL, and an LICSW in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. I specialize in treating PTSD, but love working with a variety of people! Once I earned my clinical license, therapy became my passion. I became obsessed with how people heal. I read everything I could about what helps and what doesn’t. My goal of providing the most up to date, effective treatment led me to seek further education, certifications, and mentorship from trauma experts.
Michael Magee is a Clinical Social Worker who began practicing in 1985. He graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Master's Degree in Social Work degree specializing in clinical practice. His approach includes a blend of evidence-based methods chosen to best adapt to the needs of each client. His practice includes working with couples to improve relationships. Another focus in treatment is interpersonally oriented therapy to strengthen interpersonal effectiveness and promote better life outcomes.
Michael Magee is a Clinical Social Worker who began practicing in 1985. He graduated from the University of Connecticut with a Master's Degree in Social Work degree specializing in clinical practice. His approach includes a blend of evidence-based methods chosen to best adapt to the needs of each client. His practice includes working with couples to improve relationships. Another focus in treatment is interpersonally oriented therapy to strengthen interpersonal effectiveness and promote better life outcomes.
I support individuals and relationships navigating anxiety, OCD, intrusive thoughts, depression, relationship stress, infertility, pregnancy loss, birth trauma, and life transitions using CBT, mindfulness, mind-body approaches, and EFT-informed couples therapy.
Foundations Counseling & Wellness provides specialized support for women, couples, and families navigating life’s most meaningful transitions. Our work focuses on perinatal mental health, perimenopause, and relationship challenges, integrating evidence-based approaches with compassionate, individualized care. We believe therapy should feel supportive, grounded, and tailored to your unique experience—helping you better understand yourself, strengthen your relationships, and move forward with greater clarity, confidence, and connection.
I support individuals and relationships navigating anxiety, OCD, intrusive thoughts, depression, relationship stress, infertility, pregnancy loss, birth trauma, and life transitions using CBT, mindfulness, mind-body approaches, and EFT-informed couples therapy.
Foundations Counseling & Wellness provides specialized support for women, couples, and families navigating life’s most meaningful transitions. Our work focuses on perinatal mental health, perimenopause, and relationship challenges, integrating evidence-based approaches with compassionate, individualized care. We believe therapy should feel supportive, grounded, and tailored to your unique experience—helping you better understand yourself, strengthen your relationships, and move forward with greater clarity, confidence, and connection.
Leonard E. Smith, LICSW, has over 30 years of experience helping adolescents, adults, and athletes navigate personal, relational, and performance-related challenges in New Hampshire. His approach is direct and goal-oriented, ensuring clients feel supported while developing practical strategies for managing life’s stressors. Lenny works closely with individuals to identify underlying issues, discuss coping mechanisms, and set realistic goals, fostering growth and resilience in the process.
Leonard E. Smith, LICSW, has over 30 years of experience helping adolescents, adults, and athletes navigate personal, relational, and performance-related challenges in New Hampshire. His approach is direct and goal-oriented, ensuring clients feel supported while developing practical strategies for managing life’s stressors. Lenny works closely with individuals to identify underlying issues, discuss coping mechanisms, and set realistic goals, fostering growth and resilience in the process.
Grief Therapists
How long does therapy take for grief?
There is no exact timeline for grief counseling. Some people may start to feel better after just a few sessions, while others may take months or longer to feel relief. Some specific approaches, including some types of CBT, may involve a set number of sessions, or therapy may be open-ended until the patient determines they are ready to wrap up. Just as there is no right or wrong way to grieve, there is no right or wrong way to seek therapy for grief.
When should you seek therapy for grief?
Many people mistakenly believe that their grief needs to be debilitating or all-encompassing to warrant therapy. This is not the case. While people who experience severe, prolonged grief—particularly those who are considering self-harm or engaging in unhealthy substance use—are especially likely to benefit from therapy, so too are people whose grief is less intense but still interfering with well-being or daily functioning. In practice, almost anyone struggling to process a loss could benefit from grief counseling.
Can grief be managed without therapy?
Oftentimes, yes. Grief is a near-universal part of being human, and many find that their grief, while profound, does not stop them from participating in day-to-day life and steadily eases over time without outside help. For others, however, the harsh pain of early grief persists for months or years or leaves them unable to function. This group is especially likely to benefit from seeing a therapist, who can guide them through their grief and help them reconnect with the world.
What happens if grief is left untreated?
Because grief does not in itself necessitate therapy, untreated grief will often resolve on its own. However, for some people—particularly those who would qualify for a diagnosis of prolonged grief disorder—untreated grief can be a source of seemingly endless pain or lead them to withdraw from the world. In such cases, treatment can be indispensable, as it can help an individual adapt to the loss and start living again.