Ali Schaffer LCSW

Ali Schaffer is an expert re-framer, dot-connector and noticer. She has a private counseling practice in Nashville, TN and provides individual and group therapy for adults navigating life transitions, coping with health challenges and desiring to live more fully. Since 2003, Ali has worked directly with people impacted by cancer across the cancer care continuum in various clinical settings. Prior to starting her private practice, Ali was a faculty member and clinician with the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) Center psycho-oncology team and the Manager of Patient and Family-Centered Care. Additional clinical social work experience includes working with adolescents and their families at an outdoor wilderness program and a residential psychiatric hospital.

In life and in her work, Ali is deeply influenced by nature and incorporates inspiration from the natural world along with her super power of noticing to help people make sense of their world and create meaningful change to build a life they love. She is a dynamic national speaker and contributes content for articles, online blogs and webinars on a variety of health and wellness topics.