Ken D. Meeker

Facing serious illness can be frightening and overwhelming. With so much uncertainty, a patient or caregiver can feel confused and isolated. I can help you through this difficult journey. 

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (NYS) who is board-certified in Advanced Palliative and Hospice Social Work (APHSW-C). With almost 10 years of intensive, hospital-based experience in palliative care, I provide counseling for patients and their loved ones navigating serious illness, as well as those struggling with caregiver burden/distress and new or persistent grief over losses, past and present. 

I view clients as unique individuals with their own stories to tell, and engage each one in a warm, gentle, and empathic manner. I explore who each client is as a person, what is most important to them in their lives, and what fears and concerns weigh on them most.

I offer services that focus on helping clients cope with the many aspects of serious illness, including advance care planning, medical decision making, functional decline, emotional struggle, caregiving, life/family stressors, role changes, and bereavement following the death of a loved one (or upon other significant changes or losses in life, such as divorce, job loss, or family estrangement).

In my practice, I integrate a blend of psychotherapeutic approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psychodynamic, relational, motivational interviewing, family-systems theory, and a biopsychosocial-spiritual perspective. My background includes several intensive trainings at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in CBT and Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy.