
Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist #AMFT103613, Certified Perinatal Mental Health Professional
Supervised by Tracy Gilmour-Nimoy, M.S., LMFT#109947, PMH-C
Supervised by Kathy Winship, MSW, LCSW#69759
She/Her/Hers
Fees:
- $200 for the initial assessment (45-60 minutes)
- $150 per subsequent session (45-50 minutes)
- Longer therapy sessions are available upon request and must be approved by your clinician. Here is the breakdown of fees and length for those options: $250 (70-75 min) and $300 (90-100 min.)
Additional languages: Russian
Types of therapy: Individual, couples, and family therapy
Populations: children, adolescents, and adults
Appointments offered: Virtual only
Availability: Daytime and early afternoon slots during the week
Svetlana is not currently accepting new patients.
Svetlana has a bachelor’s degree in Child and Adolescent Development with a minor in International Relations, and a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology with emphasis in Marriage and Family therapy. She has advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Gottman methods, and is currently pursuing EFT certification. She is fascinated by the affects of attachment and bonding on interpersonal relationships and has a deep commitment to helping people articulate and address the core issues with which they struggle. She specializes in relational work, and loves working with individuals, couples, and families from a relational lens.
Svetlana has a special place in her heart for supporting individuals who are going through cancer treatment, as well as their families. She interned at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, where she conducted research and had the honor of providing therapeutic support to cancer patients and their families, processing complex trauma and grief. Her experience and research, as well as being married to a Surgical Oncologist, underscored the importance of individual and couples therapy for cancer patients, their families.
Svetlana has her Perinatal Mental Health Certification and is passionate about supporting women, men, individuals, and families experiencing fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs), pregnancy/infant loss, TFMR, miscarriage, recurrent loss, stillbirth, grief, adoption, birth trauma, pregnancy after loss (PAL), pregnancy after infertility, NICU families, infertility, and parenting stress.
Svetlana is a mom who struggled with postpartum anxiety and OCD with both of her pregnancies, so she knows firsthand how shameful and isolating these experiences can be. Her goal is to support families going through similar challenges, and to provide a place where they feel heard, validated, and supported.
Svetlana has extensive experience working with individuals, couples, children, adolescents, families, and groups in various settings. Her clinical specialties include working with individuals with depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders, cancer patients, chronic illness, experiences of trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), grief, bipolar disorder, anger management, divorce, marital distress, sexual intimacy, intimacy, romantic/sexual intimacy and relationships, self-esteem, communication, boundary challenges, parenting stress, family conflict, women’s health, fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, pregnancy and infant loss, reproductive mental health, perinatal mental health, paternal mental health, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, healthcare workers (therapists, doctors, nurses, etc.), professionals, school/career challenges, peer relationships, romantic relationships, life transitions, LGBTQ+ affirmative, discernment counseling, co-parenting, and crises.
During both couples and individual treatment, she takes a compassion-based approach to foster understanding, safety, and hope. She has extensive experience working with diverse populations and welcomes individuals of every background into therapy. One of her main goals is to work collaboratively with clients in order to develop resiliency, foster re-connection, and build lasting trust and intimacy. She uses a combination of different evidence-based practices, collaboratively tailoring each treatment plan to the individual.
Svetlana provides a warm and calming presence that will help you feel safe to be yourself in your most authentic form. You can trust that she will be honest and direct when needed, while maintaining a supportive and compassionate stance. She has the ability to lean into moments when necessary, to foster positive changes in your life and to help you achieve your goals in therapy.
When Svetlana is not working, she enjoys going on walks, cooking, exercising, and spending time with her family.
Check out this relationship column Svetlana used to write: