Elizabeth Schandelmeier (she/her)

LCSW, APHSW-C
Accepting Clients

I have more than 10 years specialized experience supporting people through death, dying, grief, chronic illnes and other significant losses.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Pittsburgh, PA

Services
  • Individual
  • Family
  • Group

About My Clients

Grief is hard. Even the strongest of us benefit from support and guidance when life challenges are overwhelming, exhausting or disorienting. If you are grieving, I provide support through the chaos and darkness to (re)find yourself and joy and beauty in the world around you. Loss often brings major change to our lives, I will help you reorient yourself in your new reality to feel fully alive once again. I work with individuals and family groups, using compassion to find laughter and connection.

My Background and Approach

I have more than 10 years specialized experience supporting people through death, dying, grief and other significant losses in a safe and nonjudgmental manner. This includes counseling for therapists and medical professionals and the special relationship required for the support to be effective. I also have experience developing training materials, teaching, speaking and educating at a wide range of levels, including doctors and other medical professionals, nursing home staff, hospital personnel and community members. My experience working in a major level 1 trauma center hospital serving a tri-state area as a supportive clinical presence on the consult palliative team means that I am familiar with medical technology and the process of decision making. In addition, I have more than 10 years experience volunteering and providing counseling support through hospice agencies.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

Death is the price we pay for being human, yet, the chaos of grief can bring the strongest to their knees and the heartbreak of loss can make us feel that we've lost our way. Even the strongest of us benefit from support and guidance when life challenges are overwhelming, exhausting or disorienting. Howling Lion Grief specializes in counseling people through loss, understanding that grief is not a problem to be fixed but, rather, an experience that we live through as we find our way, and ourselves, in a world that is suddenly different.

I offer online counseling in the following states:

At A Glance

  • Experience: 8 years of practice
  • Rate: $150/session

Info

412-389-6353 Email Elizabeth
2832 Murray Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15217

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