Compassionate caring guidance
Always completely confidential
Reasonable & flexible rate scale
Together we look into letting go of what doesn't seem to work any more, and forward into exploring new ways to become fully yourself. We always proceed at your own pace, in ways which feel comfortable. Allow yourself to thoughtfully unglue the envelope holding your pain, while knowing you're always free to seal away any of it where it can be safer for you.There are many options for addressing emotional suffering with or without assistance from professional or grassroots support. Some healing processes take a lifetime, others are brief; most as somewhere within the wide range of limeframes. In TraumaWork, you finish counseling when ready; options for returning as needed are possible.
Your challenges are met where you stand.
This office specializes in trauma-trained expertise for individuals reaching a turning point in their emotional well-being.
Your process is your own.
Your history, current life and views are respected.
Gentle TraumaWork founder and sole counselor, Nanci Rose-Ritter, received her grief and trauma-focused training at the University of Buffalo Graduate School of Social Work. She is a former addictions counselor for local treatment centers, and prevention educator at Cornell University Health Services, and for regional colleges.
Nanci began her counseling career after completing undergrad studies in therapeutic movement (she'd been a soloistr and teacher-professor of classical techniques and dance history. She was invited by the Society of Dance History Scholars to present her research paper, in 1990, on ancient Tibetan sacred forms at an international dance conference iin Hong Kong,, while pursuing further studies in Dharamsala, India. She's been a private practice trauma nformed counselor since 2011. Mind-body somatic balancing is a key component of her methodology for trauma transformation.
In her personal journey, Nanci enjoys self-expression through nature photography, poetry and painting. She lives quietly, with husband Robert and their scruffy cairn terrier, along the northeastern shore of Seneca Lake, across from a cornfield beneath vast skies.
Every person's process is unique. Whether on video chat or in person, TraumaWork provides a calm, grounded environment where you can safely explore obstacles to emotional well-being at your own pace.
Women's Specialty Private Practice
Dispelling the myths and releasing held traumatic experiences
Integrating and processing sorrow, loss, and the strain of life's changes
Understanding and tending to the needs of caregivers and support persons
Unique emphasis on families with intergenetational trauma, mental health challenges, complex grief or trauma, and chronic or terminal illness
Alignment with aging, dying, and approaching death for oneself or others
Uniquely informed support and education for loved ones diagnosed with deep brain health issues (such as schizophrenia, manic depression, or related conditions), suicidality, addictions, PTSD, neurodivergence, TBI, and/or other debilitating thought differences. Ideas for families to best assist in the long journey while cultivating personal space to lessen discouragement or burnout.
Process-oriented threrapies and education for survivors of sexual abuse and assault, physical violence and/or emotional abuse; focusing on personal strengths while examining impacts and challenges, regardless of how recently injured. Incorporating somatic awareness into verbal understanding. Building trusting relationships with supportive contacts.
Referrals to appropriate agencies or services when requested or agreed on. Teaming with other providers to provide full and coordinated care.
Appointment spaces are limited. At this time, telehealth openings are available for those who meet counseling criteria for TraumaWork. Occasional in-person visits can be arranged for longer-term participants.
TraumaWork encompases an individualized, layered and overall calming approach to processing unresolved, somatically held resposes to difficult experiences. The process assists participants in finding or restoring a sense of safety and inner balance, without re-traumatization.
Personalize your journey using drawing, writing, nature immersion and other forms enhancing internal inquiry. Specific questions from your counselor will serve as prompts; your results can be shared and processed within the therapeutic environment. Journal entries may be read aloud and shown or not, at your discretion.
Emotional well-being
Supportive counseling may include meditative, somatic, and nature immersive methods for finding calm and balance when managing the stresses of daily living. Moments of relaxation and self-care are always available, even during the most hectic times. Gentle guidance can assist in creating avenues to peaceful junctures.
Many clients have expressed dissatisfaction with standard mental health care, and are pleased to find a deeply informed and sensitive private counselor who encourages a wide range of modes for addressing held tensions, fears, and intrusive or toxic thoughts. Discomfort with "alternative" methods can be expressed and explored, with no expectation to utilize modes which don't feel right.
Support and reflection during transitional periods, difficult crossroads, or personal shifts, when the need for clarity and understanding tends to increase.
Turning points for seeking help in navigating change:
1) relationships are newly forming or strained or toxic
2) career choices are changing or stuck or unhealthy
3) child's issues escalating, or there are no children
4) the world situation brings pain and distress
5) the aging process becomes daunting
6) caregiving is bringing burnout
7) thoughts or dreams intude into daily life
Mindful forward movement
Techniques focused on mind-body-spirit awareness to release stored tension, build resilience, and cultivate deep self-compassion. Your personal values are paramont and will be woven simply into methods meant to evoke perceptual, sensory and intellectual transformation. There can only be genuine wholeness when subtle mind and physical selfhood are harmonized. At the same time, coming into awareness of interconnection with outer world realities, deepens healing. Trauma and loss can bring lifetime wounds which do not need to define us. Rather, injury can truly be knitted into our character with positive results. Your counselor is both a student of philosophy and an artist and movement therapist whose education on the nuances of psychology never ends. She also embraces the idea of true-nature, the luminous potential in each of us. Participants may utilize related methods or choose to focus solely on the cognitive-behavioral aspects of a full therapeutic relationship.
All photo art on this site by Nanci Rose
"Working with Nanci allowed me to finally feel heard without fear or pressure. She helped me through an especially difficult time. I could finally face my past, and for the first time in my life, I feel grounded and confident in my emotional health."
Anonymous Client Testimonial
Your strengths have already brought you this far. It's a messy world out there. Enter the safe space of Gentle TraumaWork / Counseling.
Starting a counseling journey can feel intimidating, but the process may offer a way toward meaningful connection and welcomed relief. Reach out today for a complimentary introductory conversation to see how our work together can be meaningful and helpful for finding your way out of old patterns or unhealthy situations.
Frequently asked questions
Here are answers to common questions about starting therapy, our trauma-informed philosophy, and what to expect during your sessions.
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Texr or call, stating your first name, best times to reach you, and a few key words for what brings you to counseling.
Nanci currently has openings only for telehealth sessions. Many participants prefer interacting from the comfort of home.
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Office hours
Mon - Fri: 9:30am - 6:30pm
Saturday & Sunday: Closed
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