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Michelle Bronzo, MA, LPC, LCPC, LMHC, CT

Psychotherapist, Michelle Bronzo Counseling, LLC

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Michelle Bronzo, MA, LPC, LCPC, LMHC, CT, is a licensed clinical professional counselor based in Potomac, Maryland, with a private practice specializing in grief, loss, and oncology counseling.

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Before establishing her private practice in 2020, Ms. Bronzo served as an oncology clinical therapist, a hospice bereavement counselor, the coordinator for a children's bereavement program, a support member for family caregivers, and a regulatory project manager for oncology clinical trials.

With experience in providing individual and group counseling for both children and adults, Ms. Bronzo has facilitated groups addressing various aspects of loss, including parent loss, spousal loss, sibling loss, advanced cancers, caregivers, and children. She is an accomplished speaker, having presented at national conferences, for hospital systems, and for non-profit health organizations. Additionally, Ms. Bronzo has contributed to professional journals and books. She is the book review editor for OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying.

Her areas of special interest and expertise encompass anticipatory grief, legacy building, end-of-life issues, oncology, infertility, care for the caregiver, establishing continuing bonds, and post-traumatic growth.

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Experience & accolades

Expertise

  • Psychotherapy
  • Grief and loss
  • Oncology counseling

Education

  • New York University
    • Master of Arts, Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness
  • Georgetown University
    • Bachelor of Arts, Psychology

Experience

  • Michelle Bronzo Counseling, LLC, 2020-Present
    • Psychotherapist
  • Life With Cancer, Inova Schar Cancer Institute, 2017-2020
    • Oncology clinical therapist
  • Private practice 2013-2016
    • Psychotherapist
  • Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Hospice and Palliative Care, 2011-2016
    • Bereavement counselor
    • Coordinator, H.E.A.L. Children’s Bereavement Program
  • Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, Trauma Studies Program, 2010-2011
    • Clinical intern
  • Ken Hamilton Caregivers Center, Northern Westchester Hospital, 2010
    • Clinical intern
  • New York University Clinical Trials Office, NYU Cancer Institute, 2008-2009
    • Regulatory project associate

Professional memberships & board positions

  • Medical Advisory Board, Living Beyond Breast Cancer
  • Association of Oncology Social Work
  • Association for Death Education and Counseling

Publications

  • Bronzo, M. “Book Review. Superhero Grief: The Transformative Power of Loss.” OMEGA–Journal of Death and Dying, 2023.
  • Bronzo, M. “Book Review. Butler, K. (2019). The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life.” OMEGA–Journal of Death and Dying, 2021
  • Bronzo, M.H., Drouin, K.H., Broshack, L.E., et al. “Intimacy and Sexuality Needs of Children and Adolescents During End-of-Life.” Intimacy and Sexuality During Illness and Loss, 2020, The Hospice Foundation of America.
  • Bronzo, M. All in the family; supporting the family unit when a child is diagnosed with cancer. Blog post, 2019.
  • Servaty-Seib, H.L. & Fajgenbaum, D.C. We get it: Voices of grieving college students and young adults. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015 (Contributing writer).