Grief & Loss Therapy | Long Island & Virtual NYGrief changes everything. Including the world you thought you knew.
Loss is more than sadness. It's the moment you're standing in the grocery store watching people buy milk and you can't understand how everyone is just going about their day when your whole world has stopped. Whether you're mourning a person, a relationship, or a life you expected to have, you don't have to carry this alone.
You don't have to carry this alone.
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The three patterns we see most.
What We'll Work On TogetherThe Unbearable Weight
You've saved the voicemails. You hold onto their favorite shirt just to feel close. You're convinced life will never settle, and right now that might be true. We don't try to fix your heartbreak. We help you build the capacity to live with it, in a space where you never have to perform okay or pretend you're over it.
The Invisible Grief
Sometimes the heaviest losses are the ones that don't get a funeral. The end of a long friendship. The loss of a pet who was your constant companion. Pregnancy loss. The slow goodbye of a parent's decline. Grieving your own health after a new diagnosis. We specialize in the losses that others don't always recognize as grief, and we help you do the honest work of facing your reality without sugarcoating it.
Grief as a Sidekick
Right now your loss is the main character. It's the only thing you can see and it makes no sense. Our goal isn't to make it disappear. It's to help you process it until grief becomes a sidekick in your story, something you carry with you rather than something that stops your life from happening.
Grief doesn't follow a timeline, and we don't believe in stages or deadlines for your pain. When loss stays at a fever pitch that keeps you from functioning, it's not because you aren't strong enough. It's because the distress has become a constant noise that drowns everything else out. In this space you don't have to perform or pretend you're okay. We give you room for the messy, complicated feelings, the anger, the relief, the confusion, that the outside world often expects you to hide. Our work is about expansion, helping you grow your life around your grief rather than waiting for it to disappear. We help you integrate your loss so it becomes part of your strength, not the only thing that defines your day. This is the one hour a week you will actually look forward to.
We help you carry this until you find a way to breathe again.
How We WorkTherapist with this speciality -
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Alicia Italiano, LCSW
E. Setauket | Virtual NY
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Jamie Edwards, LCSW-R
E. Setauket | Virtual NY
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Johanna Schwartz, LCSW
Brooklyn | Virtual NY
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Rob Edwards, LMSW
E. Setauket | Virtual NY
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Maria Montelione, LCSW, PMH-C
E. Setauket | Virtual NY
Imagine grief walking alongside you instead of consuming you.
The Work Pays OffBecause grief and joy can coexist. We'll help you find out what that actually feels like.
The weight becomes something you can carry.
Processing your loss so it no longer takes up every corner of your energy. Gradually reclaiming your present without guilt, without a deadline, at exactly your pace.
You honor the loss without shame.
Releasing the pressure to be over it and accepting that your grief is valid, real, and entirely your own. No timeline. No performance. Just your truth.
Meaning returns to your world.
Finding new ways to carry your person forward with you. Rediscovering moments of joy and hope even as the world looks different than it did before.
However you show up, the work is the same.
IN-PERSON THERAPY
Hang at The Nest. Visit our East Setauket office, inside Revival Strength & Recovery Wellness Center or at our new Brooklyn office.
ONLINE THERAPY
The comfy pants option. Virtual sessions anywhere across New York State.
A few things people usually want to know.
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There is no expiration date or required waiting period. Some people reach out immediately after a loss, others carry it for years before they find a space to put it down. Whether your grief is fresh or something you've been holding quietly for a long time, your decision to start is valid. We meet you exactly where you are, whenever you're ready to take that step.
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We aren't here to help you do that. Our work is never about moving on without them. It's about moving forward with your loved one existing in a different form. We explore meaningful ways to honor who and what you've lost, and we help you integrate that loss into your life in a way that feels sustainable rather than like a betrayal.
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Loss doesn't follow a traditional script and neither do we. Whether it's the death of a person, the end of a relationship, the loss of a pet, a pregnancy, a diagnosis, or a version of your future you expected to have, every form of grief deserves to be met with the same validation and respect. There is no hierarchy of loss here.
Still have questions? We have answers.
You weren't meant to
carry this alone.
One free vibe check call is all it takes to see if The Nest is the right fit. No commitment, no pressure, just a real conversation.