Specialty Services Spotlight: Meet Mary Landers, LCSW-S

Providing Compassionate Support for Grief, Aging, and Caregiving

At Sage Supportive Services, we are proud to highlight the expertise of our team members who bring unique and deeply needed services to the community. One such clinician is Mary Landers, LCSW-S, whose work centers on two essential areas of care: bereavement counseling and geriatric mental health. Through trauma-informed, evidence-based care, Mary helps clients navigate life’s most challenging transitions with compassion, clarity, and clinical skill.

Bereavement Counseling: Holding Space for Healing

Grieving the loss of a loved one is one of life’s most profound experiences—and no two grief journeys are alike. As a licensed clinical social worker and experienced grief therapist, Mary offers individualized bereavement counseling that honors the uniqueness of each client’s process.

Whether you’re facing a recent loss or carrying long-standing grief, Mary creates a safe and nurturing space to explore emotions, honor memories, and build resilience. Her approach is warm, validating, and informed by current best practices in grief and trauma care.

Special areas of focus include:

• Complicated or prolonged grief

• Loss of a child, partner, parent, or friend

• Traumatic or sudden loss

• Anticipatory grief (e.g., terminal illness)

• Grief in children and adolescents

• Family-based grief support and legacy work

Modalities may include:

• Individual and family counseling

• Mindfulness-based coping strategies

• Narrative therapy

• Psychoeducation on the grief process

📍 All sessions are offered via secure telehealth platforms for your convenience and comfort.

You don’t have to navigate grief alone—healing begins with connection.

Geriatric Support & Caregiver Counseling: Navigating Aging with Dignity

Supporting an aging parent or loved one often comes with overwhelming emotional and practical demands. Mary specializes in working with older adults and their families to ease these transitions, reduce caregiver stress, and help families make empowered, values-aligned decisions.

Whether you're an adult child struggling with role changes, a caregiver dealing with burnout, or a senior facing major life transitions, Mary offers calm, focused guidance grounded in empathy and clinical insight.

Services include:

• Support for caregiver stress, overwhelm, and guilt

• Counseling for families navigating cognitive decline, dementia, or health crises

• Emotional support for older adults facing isolation, loss, or life transitions

• Psychoeducation about aging, care systems, and mental health

• Family sessions to improve communication and manage conflict

• Guidance for end-of-life planning and legacy conversations

Why geriatric support matters: Aging touches every part of the family system—and mental health is often overlooked in the process. Mary brings decades of experience to help families maintain balance, build resilience, and preserve dignity throughout this phase of life.

📍 All services are available via secure telehealth.

Caregiving doesn't have to come at the cost of your own well-being. We're here to support both you and your loved ones.

If you or someone you know could benefit from bereavement counseling or geriatric mental health support, reach out today to schedule a consultation with Mary Landers, LCSW-S.

📧 intake@sagesupportiveservices.com

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