Facing Adversity and Grief | Ingrid McFarlane

Loosing a child is the most traumatic experience a parent can go through and our guest on today’s show shares with us how she’s personally dealt with grief from the loss of a child. 

Some of the topics we touch on in today’s episode include:

• The hardships of navigating the healthcare system as a Latinx 
• The biggest challenge Ingrid has ever faced and how she overcame it 
• Advice for any community members looking for mental health support 

More about Ingrid: 

Ingrid received her master’s degree in social work from the  University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice.  She is a licensed clinical social worker with the “R” psychotherapy  privilege in the state of New York. Ingrid is currently employed  as a pediatric oncology social worker in the Northwell Health  system at Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York. In  addition, Ingrid has a private practice working with children,  adolescents, individuals, and couples in Huntington, NY.  

Her clinical experience is across a variety of settings,  and includes inpatient and outpatient specialty clinics, crisis  intervention, school mental health alliance, child and adolescent  psychiatry, traumatic brain injury, Neuro rehabilitation, physical  medicine and rehabilitation, hematology/oncology, neonatal and  pediatric intensive care, and emergency medicine and trauma.  

Embracing her passion for group work, Ingrid has also led  parent support groups for the caregivers of children with a variety  of oncological diagnoses and teen groups focusing on anger  management and coping skills. She has also provided clinical  and administrative supervision to undergraduate and graduate social work interns and professionals. Ingrid is passionate about  providing therapeutic services to individuals and groups in  crisis in a culturally humble manner focusing on BIPOC and  immigrant populations.  

Ingrid is trilingual and can speak, read, and write in English,  Spanish, and French fluently. As a result, Ingrid is passionate  about providing therapy in the client’s primary language to ensure that she embraces the full cultural identity of her clients as  she utilizes a holistic, strength based, person centered approach to  guide her practice. She utilizes a variety of techniques and skills  drawn from recognized therapeutic models including Cognitive  Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused, Psychoeducation, Play  Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Family Systems Therapy.  

Ingrid received The Cohen Children’s Medical Center’s  Patient/Customer Focus Award in February 2020. Erica  Sandoval, MSW, LCSW, president of the NASW-NY chapter  and Ingrid will be collaborating as healthcare consultants.

Ingrid McFarlane, MSW, LCSW-R 

Ingrid McFarlane, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, Huntington, NY, 11743 | Psychology Today

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