Jennifer Abcug

Like the poet Mary Oliver, I am eager to explore what you plan to do with your one wild and precious life. As a Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, I work with women who are in flux, such as life before, during and after college, marriage, fertility, pregnancy and parenthood. My approach incorporates elements of insight-oriented, humanistic, relational and meaning-centered therapies along with mindfulness and compassion practices. Our personal narratives are always evolving. Making friends with the unfixed nature of our being is the key to our freedom and growth. I keenly encourage clients to “Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.”

I received my undergraduate degree in English and American Literature from Brandeis University and my graduate degree from New York University Silver School of Social Work. My clinical social work training was at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center where I was employed as a Clinical Social Worker from 1998-2005 and from 2009-2011. Since 2011 I have practiced privately in Manhattan.

My psychotherapeutic training foundation began with Gestalt Psychotherapy. I currently hold certifications in CBT-I (Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Insomnia) with Dr. Gregg Jacobs, CBT for Cancer Patients/City of Hope Hospital, Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy/Columbia University Center for Prolonged Grief and Mindfulness Meditation Teaching/Dharma Moon-Tibet House, New York City. I also hold a certificate from the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy in the application of mindfulness to psychotherapy and the delivery of care. This program forms the core for the Advanced Fellowship in Mindfulness and Psychotherapy at the CHA Center for Mindfulness and Compassion affiliated with the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry.

I am excited to work with clients to access their innate resilience in order to move forward during challenging times.

**An important space in which I'm currently focused is "Mental Health In A Post 10/7 World: Working With Ambiguous Loss and Emotional Resilience" on college campuses, in the workplace and in personal relationships.**