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Edy Nathan MA, LCSWR

About

Edy Nathan, MA, LCSWR, is a therapist and the author of It’s Grief: The Dance of Self-Discovery Through Trauma and Loss. She has degrees from New York University and Fordham University, with post-graduate training at the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy and from the University of Michigan sex therapy program. Combining Jungian psychology, psychodrama and trauma therapy, Nathan desires to make sense of grief and the mosaic it creates in ones life. She sees grief as omnipresent, often being misunderstood and clinically avoided. Public speaking, week-long intensives and retreats for clients and professionals, her passion lies in changing the way grief is handled and understood. As an AASECT certified sex therapist, she helps families cope with a transitioning loved one and the grief associated to this complicated death and birth. Nathan is recognized as a grief expert best known for her work with trauma, sexuality and grief.

She’s been interviewed extensively on radio and television, as well as for print and online publications.

Favorite Quote by Oriah Mountain Dreamer:

It doesn't interest me
what you do for a living.
I want to know
what you ache for
and if you dare to dream
of meeting your heart's longing.

Books by Edy Nathan MA, LCSWR
Recent Posts
Three Strategies to Honor Mother Loss
Learning to integrate the feelings of grief and cope with the loss of the mother is painful. It is a hero’s journey that changes you and helps you understand more about your self.
Overcoming Empathy Fatigue
Empathy fatigue. Is this you? If you've stopped caring about others, the loss of empathy may be due to work or world trauma and tragedy. Say no, set boundaries and recall caring.
Coping With Tragedy-Based Grief

As news of tragedies fills our social media feeds, we’re inundated with suffering, which takes a toll on our mental health.

As news of tragedies fills our social media feeds, we’re inundated with suffering, which takes a toll on our mental health.

The Maui Grief Effect: Complex and Chronic

A Personal Perspective: The fires in Maui lit up more than the land. They lit a sentiment of a people who now feel lost in their grief and mourning.

A Personal Perspective: The fires in Maui lit up more than the land. They lit a sentiment of a people who now feel lost in their grief and mourning.

Experiencing Good Grief

As a new parent, it’s normal to experience a sense of loss, along with the joy and love, that comes with a new baby. "Good grief" is a normal part of this process.

As a new parent, it’s normal to experience a sense of loss, along with the joy and love, that comes with a new baby. "Good grief" is a normal part of this process.

How to Heal From Public (Vicarious) Trauma

The body reacts to public, or vicarious, trauma, similarly to personal trauma. Learn how to cope with the complex emotions it incites and how to disengage.

The body reacts to public, or vicarious, trauma, similarly to personal trauma. Learn how to cope with the complex emotions it incites and how to disengage.

The Mother-Daughter Bind

The mother-child relationship is innate and scientifically well-established, but through the lens of grief, this relationship becomes augmented.

The mother-child relationship is innate and scientifically well-established, but through the lens of grief, this relationship becomes augmented.

Parental Alienation and the Hidden Father

Parental alienation of fathers is complex. Alienation causes grief, but rebuilding the parent-child relationship is possible with effort, time, and support.

Parental alienation of fathers is complex. Alienation causes grief, but rebuilding the parent-child relationship is possible with effort, time, and support.