Book Nook - Moving on Doesn't Mean Letting Go

 In Moving on Doesn’t Mean Letting Go, licensed grief and trauma therapist Gina Moffa takes an honest look at how grief affects our lives, offering a heartfelt, practical map through the dark terrain of loss—one that aims to shift the pain of your grief even when things feel unpredictable and overwhelming. Moffa teaches readers to be empowered by the very thing they imagined would swallow them whole. 

“As a grief and trauma therapist for more than a decade, I have seen the way that grief sits at the root of so many mental health challenges, from post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression, to substance use disorder and anxiety,” says Moffa. “There is no escaping or outrunning loss in our lives, individually nor collectively. Loved ones, friends, pets, identities, pregnancies, homes, health—the many losses that come with life might just be a matter of fact if we had any real clue how to cope when they come, but we struggle. Understanding what’s happening to you emotionally and physically can allow compassion, patience, and hope to filter in on even the darkest days.”

Grounded in nearly two decades of clinical experience and her own journey as a grief therapist in the throes of grief after losing her mother to cancer, Moffa honors the individual momentum of each person’s process while guiding readers to:

·Navigate the initial shock of the “griefall”

·Process all forms of loss—from loved ones to pets, miscarriage, divorce, and more

·Get in touch with their needs, feelings, and boundaries

·Recognize their unique grief rhythm

·Connect mind and body through somatic exercises and self-reflections

·Grieve authentically—with none of the toxic positivity 

Gina Moffa, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in New York City. In the field for 17 years, Moffa has helped thousands of people seeking treatment for grief and trauma. This includes work with Holocaust survivors at 92Y, an international non-profit, as well as being a clinical director for Mt. Sinai Hospital Outpatient Program specializing in addictions. She received her master’s degree in social work with a specialty in trauma from New York University.

Moffa has extensive training in grief work, trauma, cognitive therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, internal family systems therapy, and mindfulness-based relapse prevention for substance use disorder, as well as depression.

Moffa maintains a full private practice on the upper west side of Manhattan. The majority of her practice consists of people seeking support and guidance for a major loss in their life, whether through death, divorce, or an unwanted life transition. One of Moffa’s clinical passions is helping people to navigate their healing from loss and grief in a way that empowers them to find a new sense of fearlessness, understanding, and meaning in the face of unpredictable grief.

Moffa is often called on by national media outlets, including NPR, The Skimm, Shape, Insider, Fast Company, and more-- to discuss grief, especially in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, where grief has played a central role in so many ways.