Les­ley Koep­pel is a Licensed Clin­i­cal Social Work­er with more than 30 years of expe­ri­ence and a pri­vate psy­chother­a­py prac­tice in New York City. A Jew­ish ther­a­pist and moth­er- in-law, she brings pro­fes­sion­al insight and lived expe­ri­ence to the com­plex dynam­ics of fam­i­ly life. Her work, includ­ing oncol­o­gy and bereave­ment sup­port, informs her com­pas­sion­ate, direct approach to rela­tion­ships and transition.