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Overview | Professional Services | Fees | Special Events
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Overview
Statement of Purpose
The Loss Counseling Center has as its purpose to provide a setting where people feel
okay about asking any question about their feelings, to obtain support (at all levels)
for as long as needed, to explore issues and their feelings in as much depth as they
feel capable and willing to do.
There is no experience of loss that Dr. Celia does not consider valid and important!
Here are some examples of the wide range of loss experiences that you may encounter
in your life: Separation, Divorce - Death of Parent/ Spouse/ Friend - Pet Loss -
Miscarriage - Pre-Natal/Infant/Child Death - Loss of a Job - Retirement - Relocation -
Career Changes - life changing/ threatening health problem - preparing for death (one's
own or a significant relationship) - infertility - loss of a body part (e.g., hysterectomy,
mastectomy).
For those in the Washington Metropolitan area, professional services are available on a
weekly basis. For people out of the area, professional services are available that consist
of a weekend of intensive psychotherapy (ten hours). In addition, various Special Events
are offered, such as bi-monthly discussions on a loss topic, workshops (one or two days)
and seminars.
On-Line Psychotherapy
I do not do psychotherapy on-line or by e-mail except with current or former patients.
To be most effective in helping you heal from your loss involves getting to know you and
what you are all about. You are much more than your written words. Getting comprehensive
knowledge of you requires many different levels of observation and listening and includes
the emotions with which you express yourself, nuances, physical expression, and so much
more that is provided in the cues that you give in person.
Professional Services
How to know what services are best for you?
The following guidelines may help you decide. But nothing is rigid. You may start
with one type of service and find that another is more suitable.
1-You believe that you're going through your loss in a way that feels very right to you,
but want some professional support so that you don't feel quite so alone: your friends
are tired of listening to you, you feel pressured to shove feelings down (which you know
isn't right), your responses are different than what everyone seems to expect from you-like
"get over it, pull yourself up by your bootstraps" etc. etc.
Consider -
- Coping with Your Loss Evaluation
- Short-term Counseling
2-Your primary focus is your current loss. You are not particularly interested in deep
level probing or exploration of historical patterns, except, perhaps, in some limited
ways. You are primarily interested in support, being listened to, reality-oriented
counseling with techniques and strategies to help you cope on a daily basis. You may or
may not want to do this with others.in a group setting. Some historical exploration may be
okay, as long as it's not too much.
Consider -
- Short-term Counseling in an Individual or Group Setting
3-You sense or are aware that your grief is the tip of your emotional issues, and that
your history is impacting on your capacity to cope well with your current loss. You
know that in order to heal NOW it means that you have to open up and explore your previous
losses that have not completely healed, your history and how you learned to cope with
feelings.
Consider -
- Individual Psychotherapy - intensive
- Group Psychotherapy - intensive
Specific Services
Coping with Your Loss Evaluation
A 90 minute evaluation and summary that helps you review your loss and how you are coping.
Individual Counseling
Short-term/ time-limited. Support oriented. Emphasis is on using your cognitive skills in
dealing with your emotions and reality situations. Limited in-depth exploration of your
history. Development of skills and strategies for coping on a daily basis.
Individual Psychotherapy
Intensive psychotherapy with no specific time limit. This incorporates the approach in
Individual Counseling but also involves exploration of your life in breadth and depth with
the goal of growth and change in your basic view of yourself in your life.
Weekend Intensive Psychotherapy
This is intended specifically for people living outside the Washington Metropolitan area.
Ten hours of therapy, structured to be intense and probing, are structured from Friday
through Sunday.
Couples Therapy
Family Therapy
There are many losses that affect not only the single individual but have devastating
impact on the couple or the family. It is important to address the effect of loss on
these others.
Therapeutic-Support Groups
Healing from Loss and Grief Group - for all types of loss experiences
Separation and Divorce Group
- Check here in the near future for the start day and times for these Groups.
- Special interest Loss groups may be started at any time if there is sufficient
interest. Please let Dr.Celia know of your interest.
In this type of Loss & Grief Group, the approach is primarily reality-oriented:
Our goals include:
- Providing support while constructively working through your grief
- Helping to identify blocks that impede healing
- Working on developing coping strategies and tools
- Promoting a sense of joy and optimism in living
Therapeutic interventions at a deeper emotional level will occur if you are
willing and interested in exploring issues as they emerge.
Information about the Therapeutic-Support Groups:
- Group size is limited
- New people may enter on an ongoing basis and as space allows
- Group is time-limited but you must commit to 16 sessions. You may also stay as long as you want.
- Groups are entered after an Individual Consultation. Individual Psychotherapy or Counseling will be recommended if the need for it
becomes evident
Intensive Psychotherapy Groups
Men's Intensive Therapy Group
Women's Intensive Therapy Group
Healing from Loss and Grief Group (Intensive) - Check for Starting Date and Time
Check the Group Schedule (below) for Starting Date, Days and Times of
these groups.
In these Intensive Psychotherapy groups, the approach includes the goals of the
Therapeutic Support Groups combined with a holistic approach and an in-depth,
psychodynamic exploration of past and present life issues as they impact on your
current loss.
Information about the Intensive Psychotherapy Groups:
- Group size is limited
- These groups are ongoing and have no specified termination date
- New people are admitted on an ongoing basis and as space allows
- Groups are entered after an Individual Consultation. Individual Therapy must
be ongoing with a minimum frequency of one time per month, with either Dr. Celia
or another therapist.
- A minimum commitment of one year is required.
| In the process of group therapy, issues significant to you as an individual
emerge through the topics you bring in, through your engagement with other group
members and through the nature of the group process itself. You will be worked with
both as a member of the GROUP and as an INDIVIDUAL in the group.
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Group Schedule*
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Monday |
Therapy for Men
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5:45 - 7:15 PM |
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Therapy for Women
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7:30 - 9:00 PM |
| Thursday |
Therapy for Women
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7:30 - 9:00 PM |
*Group Days and times are subject to change
For further information and to make an appointment, you can contact Dr. Celia
by e-mail or call (202) 342-0124
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Fees
Fees vary depending on which professional service or Special Event you participate
in. There is a Sliding Fee Scale but Dr. Celia reserves the right to obtain sufficient
financial information to determine your fee. Many of the professional services are
insurance reimbursable. Some insurance policies cover counseling for bereavement.
Please check your policy for mental health or bereavement counseling benefits.
Please note that this is not a managed care fee based practice. We are pleased to work
with you and provide the necessary forms for insurance reimbursement but we do not base
our fees on those established by a particular insurance company. We believe it is important
to protect your privacy, rather than have out patient treatment reports filled out about
you for a managed care reviewer's approval for insurance reimbursement. Rather than your
needs being determined by the insurance company, you need to determine what your needs
are. Dr. Celia always tries to work with you. Please contact us to discuss fees and your
specific situation.
Special Events
Bi-Monthly Discussions - on a loss topic (two hours)
- Coping with the Death of a Parent - October 2001. Check Announcements
for more information.
Workshops - one or two days
- Caring for the Caregivers - This is planned for early December 2001. It is
intended for people working in a professional capacity with any type of loss situation. If
you may be interested in this workshop, let Dr. Celia know. Watch Announcements for further
information.
Seminars
Fees - Vary, depending on the event.
Let Dr. Celia know if you have a suggestion for a particular discussion,
workshop or seminar. For all Special Events, check Announcements
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