Mandolin KladkoMarriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT

About

Pain without meaning is chaos. Often, pain is a signal that something needs to be different— not that something is wrong with you. You may feel stuck in a painful past or feel held hostage by sadness, anger, overwhelm, heartbreak, or grief. Some people even find themselves romanticizing nihilism. Sometimes, it’s simply about needing a place to start talking. We may not figure out every 'why'; the work is about not being alone with that pain and changing your relationship with it. My hope is you emerge empowered, connected, brave, clear about who you are and what you need. How can I help while we're on this weird, little wet rock? I work from an attachment-focused, body-based, and existential lens— helping you make sense of your pain, grieve what’s been lost, and build a different relationship with what you carry. One can say I specialize in "the dark night of the soul,” when old identities fall apart and something new is trying to emerge. My somatic work includes Brainspotting.

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