Celia Ryan DCSW, LISW-CP, CT Celia is a Board-Certified Clinical Social Worker and a nationally Certified Thanatologist (grief therapist). She has an office in Little River, SC (temporarily located in Calgary, Alberta -2012-2013) and specializes in all areas of grief and loss offering professional training, consulting, workshops, and seminars for agencies, faith communities and other organizations.

Celia has a new workbook on         HOW TO FORGIVE - 4 steps

GriefWorks was founded in 1995 by Celia Ryan as a response to the need for specialized grief and loss counseling, information and education. In the last decade there has been an explosion of new and exciting research in the death and dying field, research that supports what we really experience when there is a significant life-changing event in our lives.

She has a special interest in complicated grief issues, forgiveness work, compassion fatigue and post-abortion healing. She is an international presenter and trainer having presented in Spain, England, USA and Canada. She has been a clinical consultant to several Maryland agencies. She developed a bereavement program for the Archdiocese of Washington.

Celia has run numerous support groups over the years and started the DC Metro Area Bereavement Network Listserve. She is the author of several newsletter and newspaper articles and has been a frequent guest on MD cable TV as well as guest lecturer at several DC Metro area colleges and universities. She ran the first GriefWalk in 1999 as an alternate way to process loss and grief

Celia is no longer able to see individual clients but offers her thirty years of experience and skills to the community. Celia offers seminars, consulting, training, and workshops.