Margaret Page is a certified grief educator with a background in expressive therapy and mental health counseling.  Her practice focuses on helping clients navigate a variety of different life experiences and transitions by considering overall mental wellbeing, a wholly-lived life, relationship issues, as well as how to accept and process loss in order to make the most of the life we have.  

Ms. Page’s twenty year experience includes group, family, and individual counseling in the areas of creative arts therapy, dance therapy, and verbal therapy during her time living in New York, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.  She has led wellness groups for students at Cornell University, and she most recently provided group and individual therapy sessions for University of Tennessee Hospital nurses during the COVID pandemic crisis.  Ms. Page is also a lecturer in the expressive therapies field.  

Ms. Page earned her Master’s degree in Expressive Therapy and Mental Health Counseling from Lesley University.  She received her grief education from the Grief Education Program of David Kessler. 

Personal Statement

My work is grounded in the belief that loss, difficult life transitions and unexpected change can lead us towards transformation.  If we find space to honor what’s been lost, we can move through life’s disappointments, find acceptance, and move into a chapter of life that feels deeply satisfying.  My work often focuses on the perspective of someone in the middle of life.  From parenting children to parenting aging parents, the middle of life often asks us to accept the half of life that is in the past, have faith in the half of life that is in the future, and find ways to be present in the now.  

I believe in meeting each of my clients where they are on their personal and spiritual journey.  My training and experience allows me to find the best way to work with individual clients–whether that’s talking, moving or making art.  For me, helping clients is not about any particular diagnosis but about seeing the best in people and reflecting it back to them.  

My personal experience caring for a mother with Alzheimer’s disease has taught me about the ambiguous nature of grief and how powerful it can be to consider what it means to be human.  I have had to learn how to come to terms with loss as well as how to find connection in a world without words.  

I believe that healing comes in relationships.  When we prioritize relationships above work, titles and ego, we allow ourselves to be seen and mirrored in a way that only happens through sharing ourselves with others.   

I also believe in the healing power of nature.  I encourage my clients to explore healing and growth through outdoor experiences.  I find walking, hiking, plunging and biking to be personally beneficial to me, and encourage clients to explore these or other outdoor activities.