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M.A. Counseling Psychology & Grief Recovery Specialist

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Exposure

August 14, 2017 Celenia Delsol

The light of day, fresh air, a witness – this is what depression requires if it is to be quelled.   It cannot be hidden

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The Write Way

March 22, 2017 Celenia Delsol

There’s a wrong way and there’s The Write Way. The wrong way is to not do it at all, to allow the Inner Critic to silence your

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The Train Of Thoughts

February 16, 2015 Celenia Delsol

At the time, my life was a train wreck. I was in the throes of wrestling with the grief of my son’s suicide, questioning my

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An (Un)Easy Solution

January 21, 2015 Celenia Delsol

I remember the call from my son’s therapist. Julian had recently turned 19, and had been in residential psychiatric treatment for a month. His therapist

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Coming Of Age

October 20, 2014 Celenia Delsol

AUTHOR’S NOTE: When a child with mental illness comes of age, from a parent’s point of view, all bets are off. If your now “adult”

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There But For The Grace Of God

August 25, 2014 Celenia Delsol

[Author’s Note: At my son’s memorial service, his friend Nadine (not her real name) told the story of how Julian once took a homeless man

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Diary Of A Mother In Postpartum Hell

August 11, 2014 Celenia Delsol

[Author’s Note: I experienced horrible postpartum depression during Julian’s first months of life and my first months as a mother. No one can say for

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No Words

July 25, 2014 Celenia Delsol

There are words for those whose spouses die: “widows” and “widowers.” There is a word for children, even adult children, whose parents die: “orphans.” Although

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