Carolyn Gartner, LCSW, FT is the founder and director of The Center For Integrated Grief. She is a licensed clinical social worker and a Fellow in Thanatology (the study of dying, death, and bereavement) through the Association for Death Education and Counseling. Carolyn has advanced certifications in Grief Counseling and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. She utilizes Internal Family Systems and Jungian Shadow Work. Before becoming a therapist, Carolyn was a hospice social worker for nine years. She wrote a book about her experience: Death, Brooklyn, and the Gritty Side of Grace. Carolyn has been interviewed by Huffpost, Parade Magazine, American Tributaries Podcast, and the documentary Paw Prints. She earned a BFA from NYU Film School and utilizes narrative storytelling in her practice. In 2011, Carolyn took the Buddhist Refuge Vow. Singing is her happy place.
