Mirielle Ranade

As a psychotherapist with the Upshur Bren Psychology Group, Mirielle provides therapy for adults, adolescents and children of all ages. She works with clients navigating a host of experiences, including but not limited to anxiety, depression, relationship difficulty and conflict, loss and grief, adjustments to life transitions, navigating parenthood, maternal mental health, and perinatal and postpartum support. She also enjoys working with couples and families through relationship and/or parenting challenges. As a clinician of color, she values working with clients of diverse backgrounds, exploring the ways their identity and life experiences intersect. She resonates with the cultural nuance of interpersonal family dynamics and holds that context close when working with clients. Mirielle earned a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with Northwestern University, completed her graduate-level clinical training with the Upshur Bren Psychology Group and also trained with the Gestalt Centre in London, England. She is passionate about supporting mothers, birthing people, parents and caregivers through the many stages of parenthood and child raising. Mirielle has specialized training in perinatal and postpartum mental health and supports clients experiencing symptoms related to postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety or clients who are navigating pregnancy loss, infant loss, or birth-or-pregnancy-related trauma. As a graduate student, her academic focus explored the complex relationship between parenthood and identity. As a child and adolescent therapist, Mirielle prioritizes developing a trusting relationship where children and adolescents can learn to understand the connection between their thoughts, feelings and behaviors; she does this through a mix of play and art in therapy, and helping children to identify, name and build the skills needed to cope with complex emotions. Mirielle received her undergraduate degree in Journalism from Northwestern University and brings more than 15 years of professional experience in communications and public policy based in the US, Asia and Europe before transitioning to a second career in counseling.