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My work as a therapist specializing in pet loss has been featured in the Washington Post and on the “Stubbornly Positive” podcast:

Dealing with pet loss: How to help a grieving pet parent

Pet parents often say that losing their animal companions is as hard as, if not harder than, losing a human family member, experts say

By Marlene Cimons

January 31, 2023

Washington Post

(Elizabeth von Oehsen/The Washington Post)


One of several shrines Candace Schlittner has honoring her dog Karma, who died during the coronavirus pandemic, is displayed in a niche in her living room in Pepperell, Mass. (Cheryl Senter for The Washington Post)


Stubbornly Positive podcast with Craig Grossi and Nora Parkington

Episode 3: “The Jess Effect” with Jess Kwerel

May 10, 2023