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From a young age, I believed in the importance of human connection and the uniqueness of each individual's experiences of these connections. Understanding human behavior and helping others have been my passion. Through personal experience, I learned that life's most significant moments, like graduation, the first big job, marriage, becomi

From a young age, I believed in the importance of human connection and the uniqueness of each individual's experiences of these connections. Understanding human behavior and helping others have been my passion. Through personal experience, I learned that life's most significant moments, like graduation, the first big job, marriage, becoming a parent, migration, or losing someone to death, are some cathartic moments in life that can shake us and sometimes break us to pieces. Yes, even the positive changes may activate shattering changes! I also learned through experience that those cathartic moments are opportune times to delve in and work through therapeutic help to rise stronger than ever.

 I have dedicated my life to learning and growing to become the best version of myself while integrating my knowledge and skills in my professional life to enhance as many human lives and connections as possible. 

Grief is a natural reaction to loss. Everyone experiences grief. Although grief is a universal human phenomenon, each individual's experience is unique. 

Grief can be pretty exhausting, confusing, and isolating. Grief therapy is one of the best instruments to support the grief journey.

I love providing grief support to clients and helping t

Grief is a natural reaction to loss. Everyone experiences grief. Although grief is a universal human phenomenon, each individual's experience is unique. 

Grief can be pretty exhausting, confusing, and isolating. Grief therapy is one of the best instruments to support the grief journey.

I love providing grief support to clients and helping them find much-needed answers through the challenges of their unique grief experiences.

Sedef Orsel is a bilingual social scientist, trauma and grief therapist, researcher, educator, published writer, an ACPI Certified Coach for Parents & Families, and a certified Connection Parenting instructor. Sedef holds a BA in Sociology and MS in Social Research from Hunter College, NY, as well as an MSW from Fordham University School 

Sedef Orsel is a bilingual social scientist, trauma and grief therapist, researcher, educator, published writer, an ACPI Certified Coach for Parents & Families, and a certified Connection Parenting instructor. Sedef holds a BA in Sociology and MS in Social Research from Hunter College, NY, as well as an MSW from Fordham University School of Social Work. Sedef initiated her career as a parent coach, publishing extensively over 15 years. She has actively worked toward building children’s literature in Turkey and has helped many English-written books to be published in Turkish. As a complement to her publishing work, Sedef has also written and published children’s books in Turkish and has contributed written content to English- and Turkish-based blogs and magazines. One of her notable achievements was translating Pam Leo’s book Connection Parenting into Turkish and authoring the Turkish version’s foreword. Additionally, Sedef’s Turkish parenting blog was converted into a book. Sedef earned her MSW in 2021 and has been actively providing clinical care to clients who have experienced trauma and grief since 2018. Sedef’s individual clinical work is grounded in evidence-based treatment modalities, such as Cognitive Processing Therapy(CPT) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). She also facilitates mindfulness and grief support groups for clients and clinicians who have suffered client loss. She is also committed to community outreach and delivers lectures and presentations on parenting, trauma-informed and grief-informed care. With her multicultural background and solid social sciences education, Sedef understands traditional and non-traditional family environments. She teaches, writes, and practices clinical work in English and Turkish. Her personal interests center around non-violent communication, mindfulness, and movement therapy.