Meet Cindy
I’m Cindy Finch, LCSW—clinical strategist, trauma therapist, and specialist in post-traumatic reinvention.
For two decades, I’ve guided high-capacity people through private breakdowns and public recoveries. My work has been featured in Forbes, HuffPost, LA Times, and Psychology Today. I’ve trained hospital teams, advised CEOs, treated survivors of life-threatening illness and violence, and helped families stabilize after complex loss.
I also founded Epic Comeback, a nonprofit that offers scholarships and reinvention support to individuals facing collapse without financial security.
My private work is different. Clients come to me when nothing else has worked—when legacy, love, and identity are at risk. Together, we do deep surgical work. We clarify what’s real, interrupt what’s not working, and rebuild from the inside out.
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Cindy Finch, LCSW, is a seasoned trauma recovery expert, strategist, and founder of Epic Comeback Foundation. With over 15 years of experience, she has supported legacy-minded clients, families in crisis, and major institutions including Mayo Clinic, Sutter Health, and Pivot. Her work focuses on radical reinvention after trauma—offering discreet, high-impact coaching, immersive retreats, and clinically grounded tools for transformation.
Her book When Grief Is Good was recently translated into Chinese, and her latest offering, Make an Epic Comeback, is currently being introduced to healthcare systems, clinicians, and legal advocates as a trauma-informed pathway for personal transformation. Cindy has been featured in The Los Angeles Times, Psychology Today, HuffPost, and the Amazon documentary Vincible. She is also in early-stage collaboration with CHOC (Children’s Hospital of Orange County) to explore expanded emotional care for families navigating illness and loss.
Her signature Legacy Coaching is a confidential experience designed for leaders, creatives, and survivors who are ready to rise—with integrity, precision, and personal power.
Scout is a digital resilience-building program built for teens & young adults,
offering evidence-based tips, tools and resources.
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Since 2013, I have authored and published works which have appeared on national websites and in publications like the LA Times, St. Anthonys’ Press, Huffington Post, Chasing the Cure, Coping With Cancer, Rochester Women’s Magazine and more.
I have also published two books:
Authored Works
“In the depth of loss, hope rises to the surface. We have a chance to grow after trauma—an opportunity waiting for us if we choose to take it. In When Grief Is Good, therapist Cindy Finch shows you how to rediscover meaning, purpose, and happiness when your life is no longer the same. After enduring her own unimaginable loss, Cindy realized she never would have chosen her life’s circumstances, but she wouldn’t change them, either. From her pain came growth, clarity, and direction. Now she’s helping others move on from their trials and tribulations and choose to grow through them.”
Uncover the path to reinventing your life after facing divorce, a diagnosis, or devastation with this essential guidebook, Epic Comeback. Gain access to evidence-based strategies designed to help you build resilience, reclaim your strength, and thrive in the face of adversity. Let this comprehensive resource be your roadmap to a renewed and empowered life.Early research on the workbook shows improved scores on all resiliency and post-traumatic growth scales: the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), Resilience and Reinvention Measure (RRM), and Brief Resilience Scale (BRS).
Empowering Patients And Caregivers:
A Solution To Healthcare's Looming Crisis
How To Face An Uncertain Future?
Boost Personal Resilience By Rediscovering Yourself
Featured In
Author Hour
About the book and the Cry Closet/ Self-preservation.
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Beyond The Balance Sheet
Growing Through Grief: Learning from Your Loss
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Uncorking a Story
Grief and marriage and hot monogamy
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Purpose Drive Entrepreneur
Loss, spirituality, and transforming our losses
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The Pupil's Life
Loss as the birthplace of empathy and becoming highly focused because of suffering.
Fit for Joy
Honoring ourselves during and after our struggles. "There must be a reason I'm still alive."
Guest interview on According to Jimmy
Cindy Finch on walking with God through illness*
From the depths of my own trials. This interview juxtaposes what it was like then, going through my own trying time dealing with illness and trying to hold onto anything to steady me as I went forward. *Contains emotional content.