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AnnouncementsLook
here for future announcements about upcoming Special Events,
groups and new additions to losscounseling.com!
August 23, 2002
See what Dr. Celia has to say about coping with stress. She
was recently interviewed by USA Today in this piece.
Click here
to read the article.
July 29, 2002
Enjoy the lazy, hazy days of summer. It gives you time
to slow down and relax and have fun in a different way.
December 1, 2001
We wish you continued good wishes
through out the holidays and into the New Year!
The new Ponderings
for December have been posted. In case you are wondering
where the previous Ponderings went, they are in the
archives.
November 19, 2001
Happy Holidays from the Loss
Counseling Center!
A new article entitled, "The Holiday
Season: How to Survive Well and Heal Better" has been posted.
To view the article, click here or go to,
Resources to view this and other
original articles written by Dr. Celia.
Additionally, new Ponderings
for November have been posted.
September 11, 2001
American Tragedy: The World Trade Center
Terrorism
Dr. Celia reacts to the World Trade Center
attacks, click here
to read more.
Welcome...My
perspective on healing after loss is not what you'll usually
find. I use a holistic approach and a definition of loss that
encompasses, but goes beyond, the classic stages of grief. In
my 30 years as a psychotherapist I've expanded my view of
grief to emphasize the intense individuality of each loss.
ONLY YOU HAVE YOUR HISTORY!
Your
healing must address your unique experience of pain and the
particular impact of your loss. In each loss
(regardless of the type), there are two complex sets of
feelings that pressure you from within. One set centers on all
the feelings associated with the process of grief. The second
set of feelings are centered about the specific loss itself
and its meaning to you. The link between these complex
emotional states is how you have learned to think of and cope
with experiencing intense emotions. This complex "learning"
about feelings began in your childhood and family and impacts
you throughout your life history.
I hope that the variety
of resources offered on this website will help you...not only
to survive but to prevail in healing from your loss.
However, if you find that you want more individualized
contact and professional help and/or are interested in the
workshops, seminars or discussions, please see the Services
Dr. Celia offers.
BiographyCelia A.
Ward, Ph.D.(Dr. Celia), a Clinical Psychologist, has been in
the private practice of individual and group psychotherapy for
over thirty years in Washington, D.C. She came to Washington
from New York and did a two-year internship in Clinical
Psychology at St. Elizabeths Hospital. She was on staff at St.
Elizabeths Hospital and then went into private practice. She
obtained two years of private training in
psychoanalytic-psychotherapy with children, though currently
limiting her practice to adolescents and adults. She taught at
the Metropolitan Mental Health Skills Center (Washington
School of Psychiatry) and Abnormal Psychology at George
Washington University. She is a member of many professional
psychology organizations, has lectured publicly, been quoted
widely and has appeared on many radio talk shows.
She
knows personally the pain of grief, having experienced
multiple losses. These losses, combined with the birth and
death of a neurologically damaged child radically changed her
life, personally and professionally. As she discovered what
was necessary to heal from the pain she felt it imperative to
reevaluate her personal values and beliefs about life. The
direction of Dr. Celia's professional life, as a
psychotherapist, changed dramatically. Combining her
professional skills with the healing experiences from her own
multiple losses, Dr. Celia founded The Loss Counseling Centerā
of Washington in 1985. The Center reflects her personal and
professional commitment and dedication to help others cope
with their feelings of grief and heal in a way that will help
them rebuild their lives in a positive and loving way.
Dr. Celia founded The Loss Counseling Center expressly
to focus attention on the many and varied experiences of loss
people deal with throughout life
to make it easier and more acceptable to seek help for all
types of loss through the Center
to bring to greater public attention that loss is a
powerful stressor that affects individuals not only
emotionally but physically in both the short and long-term.
to promote prevention of further emotional distress,
interpersonal conflicts and the development of many physical
illnesses by early intervention.
to alleviate existing emotional conflicts and physical
illnesses that are connected with current and unresolved
grief.
This site is intended to meet your needs for information
and services. Your suggestions as to what you would like to
see here are invited and welcomed. Please contact Dr.
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Ph.D.
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