Christine Droney, MSW, LCSW, CT, PMH-C

“There’s a crack in everything…that’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen

Christine Droney is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Pennsylvania with over 20 years of experience providing psychotherapy to adults navigating grief, loss, life transitions, and complex family relationships. Her work is grounded in ethical, relational care and a deep respect for how people make meaning during periods of emotional uncertainty or rupture.

Born and raised in Ireland, Christine brings a strong appreciation for story, place, and intergenerational experience into her clinical work. This early grounding continues to shape her understanding of belonging, identity, and grief—particularly the quieter or less visible forms of loss that are often overlooked or misunderstood.

Much of Christine’s clinical focus includes grief in its many forms, including bereavement, family estrangement, infertility, chronic illness, and ambiguous loss. She also works with individuals experiencing strained or fractured family relationships, where pain is often layered, longstanding, and difficult to name. Christine approaches this work with nuance and care, avoiding simplistic narratives or pressure to resolve what may instead need to be understood and held.

Her therapeutic approach is relational, strengths-based, and informed by narrative therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). Christine values thoughtful pacing, emotional safety, and ethical clarity. Therapy is not focused on quick fixes, assigning blame, or reducing complex experiences into tidy explanations. 

With multiple post-graduate certifications in areas such as grief and bereavement, infertility, perinatal mental health, and chronic illness support, her training deepens her ability to offer thoughtful, evidence-informed care tailored to complex loss, life transitions, and relational rupture. The work centers on understanding patterns, strengthening self-trust, and fostering resilience over time.

Christine works with adults seeking a steady, collaborative therapeutic relationship—one that respects complexity, honors lived experience, and balances insight with practical support. Many of the individuals she works with are caregivers, professionals, or people who have spent much of their lives being responsible for others and are now turning toward their own inner lives with greater intention.

She aims to provide a therapeutic space that feels grounded, humane, and respectful—where people can think, feel, and make meaning at their own pace.

Beyond her professional pursuits, she is an avid reader, a passion that took shape in young adulthood. She resides in Lancaster  County with her husband and their golden retriever, and enjoys spending time with her children, grandchildren, cooking, exploring all Pennsylvania has to offer, and staying fit.

Areas of Focus

• Grief and bereavement
• Family estrangement and complex family dynamics
• Ambiguous loss
• Infertility and reproductive grief
• Chronic illness and caregiving stress
• Life transitions

Therapeutic Approach

Christine’s work is collaborative and reflective, grounded in respect for each person’s lived experience. She integrates narrative therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to support insight, emotional regulation, and meaningful change, while remaining attentive to the broader relational and systemic contexts that shape a person’s life.

Therapy with Christine emphasizes curiosity, compassion, and ethical care. The pace is intentional, and the focus is on creating space for understanding rather than rushing toward resolution. This approach is particularly supportive for individuals navigating long-standing grief, family rupture, or roles that have required sustained emotional responsibility.

Credentials & Licensure

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Pennsylvania
• Master of Social Work (MSW)
• Certified Thanatologist (CT)
• Perinatal Mental Health – Certified (PMH-C)
• Trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Professional Statement

Christine Droney provides psychotherapy services to adults in Pennsylvania and New Jersey practices in accordance with ethical standards established by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers.

Education

• Rutgers University
• Master of Social Work, Clinical Social Work
• MSW Certificate in Aging and Health
• Bachelor’s of Arts in Social Work

Continuing Professional Education

• Columbia University School of Social Work Complicated Grief Therapist, Level I & II Training- Center for Complicated Grief
• California State University Shiley Institute for Palliative Care, Post Master Certificate in Palliative Care
• Selected as an HRSA Fellow, Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care
• Completed one-year Post-Graduate Training in Fertility Counseling with Sharon Covington, MSW, LCSW-C, and Linda Applegarth, EdD (2021)
• Suicide Bereavement Clinician Training Program-American Foundation Suicide Prevention (AFSP) (2022)
• National Certificate in Tobacco Treatment Practice, NCTTP
• Credential ID Tobacco Dependence Program, ATTUD Accredited
• Advance Care Planning Certified Facilitator, Respecting Choices
• National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine, Training in Polyvagal Theory Can Revolutionize your Work with Trauma Survivors, Frontiers in the Treatment of Trauma
• Cape Cod Institute Frontiers in Trauma Training with Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. completed August 2021
• National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine, Polyvagal Theory Can Revolutionize your Work with Trauma Survivors
• Professional training completed: I am Certified in Thanatology -CT (Death Dying and Bereavement) through the Association for Death Education and Counseling.
• National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved, NCMB
• National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine- in the Treatment of Trauma
• Harvard Medical School- Practical Aspects of Palliative Care: Integrating Palliative Care into Clinical Practice
• Disaster Response Crisis Counselor 2015
• Seminar In-Field Education, SIFI (2019) Rutgers University-New Brunswick
• Certification in Bereavement  Trauma with the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress- recognized by the National Center for Crisis Management 
• Working with Bereaved Families: Findings from the Harvard Child Bereavement Study – Dr. William Worden (2022)
• Addressing the Unique Needs of Children Facing Loss and Grief (2022) -Association for Death Education and Counseling  
• Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care – Postpartum Support International (PSI) (2023)
• Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy Training –Postpartum Support International (PSI) (2023) Perinatal Mental Health PMH-C certification 
• The Grieving Brain:The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss (2024)- Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD ( author of the Grieving Brain) Cape Cod Institute 
• Suicide & Unfinished Business (2024) Portland Institute For Loss and Transition Robert Neimeyer, PhD
• Grief Therapy as Meaning Reconstruction ( GTMR) Ongoing (2024)-Robert Neimeyer, PhD Portland Institute For Loss and Transition (ongoing to certification)
• Traumatic Stress Studies Certificate Program -Traumatic Stress Foundation (2025)
• The Menopause Society MSCP Initial Certification
• Rules of Estrangement: Common Reasons for Estrangement, Common Mistakes of Therapists- Dr. Joshua Coleman

I work closely with clients and their providers on a daily basis constantly seeking opportunities to integrate compassion, empathy, and brain health into my practice.

Our offices are centrally located in Lititz, PA, recently coined the “Coolest Small Town in America.”

Find us at 

6 S. Broad Street - 1st Floor

Lititz, PA 17543