Tracie Kritch

My clinical background spans some of the most intense and intimate settings in social work — hospice care, hospitals, prisons, schools, and special education. What connects all of it is the human experience of loss: loss of a loved one, loss of health, loss of freedom, loss of the future you expected.

Grief is the center of my work. I specialize in end-of-life concerns, bereavement, anticipatory grief, and the complicated feelings that come with chronic illness, major transitions, and life's hardest chapters. I also work with adolescents, adults, and seniors on anxiety, depression, maternal mental health, and women's issues.

I'm licensed in both New Jersey and South Carolina and bring the perspective of someone who has been present with people in their most vulnerable moments — with compassion, not clinical distance.

My approach is built around the idea that healing isn't linear — especially with grief. I don't rush toward resolution or treat loss as a problem to be solved.

I draw on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which is particularly well-suited to grief work — helping you develop a different relationship with pain rather than fighting it. I combine this with CBT for the thought patterns that accompany depression and anxiety, Motivational Interviewing when you're figuring out what you want from this work, and Solution-Focused approaches when you're ready to build forward.

Sessions are collaborative and tailored to you. There's no template — just an honest effort to understand where you are and what you actually need.

The first session is about connection before anything else. I'll ask what's brought you here, what you're carrying, and what you're hoping therapy can offer — without pressure to cover everything or have it all organized before you walk in.

Grief and loss in particular can be hard to put into words. You don't have to. We'll find a starting place together, at a pace that feels right for you.