Services
Individual Therapy
I specialize in the following areas, but am not limited to:
- Pet Grief and Loss
- Grief and Loss
- Emotional Stress Related to Medical Ailments (chronic pain)
- Life Transitions
- Assertiveness / Interpersonal Skills Training
- Parenting Issues
- Caregiver Support
- Depression
- Anxiety
Contact Anne Marie directly to set up an appointment.
Group Presentations and / or Individual Therapy for Animal Care Providers
You make a difference in the lives of animals and pet owners. You love what you do, but the emotional stress can be exhausting and overwhelming at times. Veterinary staff, shelter workers, volunteers… if you work with animals on a regular basis, you may experience compassion fatigue — a gradual lessening of compassion over time as a response to continual exposure to emotional trauma and loss.
If this is happening to you, what can you do? Everyone deals with it differently and it is OK to ask for help. Whether it's a group presentation for your staff, or individual therapy, you can learn how to manage stress, so as to minimize the effects of compassion fatigue.
Contact Anne Marie for more information and discuss the options available to help you and / or your staff.
Healing Wisdom For Pet Loss
An Animal Lover's Guide to Grief
Whether you recently lost your cherished pet or know you soon will, this book is for you.
Healing Wisdom for Pet Loss is designed to help readers understand the bond they have with their pets and why losing them is uniquely painful, aid them in understanding the grief they experience in the aftermath of that loss, and teach them the skills they need to process this loss. Licensed mental health counselor Anne Marie Farage-Smith offers detailed explanations of the types of grief that one may encounter upon the loss or impending loss of a pet and provides validation for the emotions experienced in relation to that loss.