Lucy Waldmeir, LSW

Therapist
She/Her/Hers

As a transnational and transracial adoptee, Lucy is passionate about working with multicultural and multiracial individuals, adoptees and adolescents and adults from diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. She has experience working with individuals from marginalized communities experiencing a range of traumas, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, life transitions, stressors, identity issues, etc. She understands adoptees suffer from unique difficulties, including interracial family conflict, self-esteem issues, race and cultural identity confusion, and feelings of grief and loss. Her own experience of moving multiple times in her childhood made her familiar with the challenges that come with cultural navigation and adaptation. In addition, as a Chinese-American who has lived in China and the US, Lucy is also dedicated to working with multicultural and multiracial individuals.

Lucy has utilized different therapeutic approaches such as CBT, DBT, ACT, IFS and other approaches. Lucy believes her role as a therapist is to understand unique experiences and complex identities within broader contexts. She believes in adapting current therapeutic modalities to meet the specific needs of underserved populations. She utilizes a strength-based, culturally sensitive approach where she views the client as the expert on their own lived experiences.

Lucy earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Michigan and MA in Social Work at the University of Chicago. She has extensive experience working with individuals from marginalized communities experiencing a range of traumas, stressors, and identity issues. She also has worked for an adoption agency where she developed knowledge of adoption from the perspective of the adoptees, adoptive families, and the adoption system.