See Alice's Details for:
Alice Forsyth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in anxiety, depression, geriatric diseases, end-of-life transitional care, and loss and grief. She also provides geriatric care consultations with families, and offers home visits for seniors when possible.
While Alice sees adults across the lifespan, she loves working with older adults, families going through life transitions, including having kids going to college, and/or caring for older parents. She also has extensive experience working with women in their 30's who are figuring out what they want out of life, and young professionals who recently moved to the area and are trying to establish community and a support system.
Alice’s goal is to give her clients a space to be heard. This is especially important when working with people, who are navigating isolation, loneliness, and loss of resources. When meeting with new clients, she establishes where they are mentally, physically, and emotionally. She looks at their coping skills and the resources they have available to them, while also digging deep to discover the root causes of their issues.
Alice takes an eclectic approach that looks at the family system and how this impacts their clients’ well-being. She also implements elements of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to ensure her clients have the tools and coping mechanisms to handle tough moments between sessions.
Alice wants her clients to feel empowered and in control of their lives, no matter their age. Before going into private practice, she was executive director of the local chapter of Rainbows in NJ, a grief and loss organization. She was also a clinical social worker in a large sub-acute and long-term healthcare facility, where she provided direct clinical case management for 135 residents and their families. She looks forward to meeting you.
Years of Experience: 12 years
Family issues - Promoting communication and supporting family members to address challenges and reduce conflict and distress
Loss and grief - Emotionally preparing for the anticipated passing of a loved one; managing feelings and reactions to a death or loss of significance; support during the process of healing and acceptance
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)
Depression - Providing support and promoting healing of hopelessness, low motivation and energy, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life
Caregiver stress - Coping with anxiety, stress, fatigue, and burnout related to caring for a loved one; balancing the needs of others with one's own needs and health
End-of-life - Receiving a terminal diagnosis, death anxiety, processing feelings and thoughts about the dying process, life review, helping individuals and family members accept impending death, navigate choices and decisions regarding advanced directives and caregiving
LGBTQIA topics - Exploring topics of sexuality, gender, and identity; coping with discrimination and oppression; navigating relationship, family, and cultural challenges
Non-traditional relationships (e.g. polyamory) - Navigating the challenges of being in more than one or multiple romantic relationship
Trauma - Coping and healing after threatening or scary events, such as witnessing accidents or experiencing sexual, verbal, emotional, or physical abuse
Geriatric diseases - Working with seniors to maintain their quality of life and retain maximum function
Wisdom Flows Counseling is being offered entirely by online video conference and telephone at this time.
Alice Forsyth is not in-network with any insurances.
Read about the benefits of seeing an out-of-network provider here.
Frequency of sessions this provider offers to see clients once you are an established client.
I offer a sliding scale, fee for service amount-per-session that is discussed with each client prior to the start of therapy. Working together, we determine a reasonable fee schedule based on need and frequency of treatment.