Health & Healing

Beginning or Ending Medical Treatment

An illness or injury can be a frightening and turbulent event in anyone’s life. Still, your emotional, psychological and spiritual state profoundly affects how challenges such as surgery, chemotherapy, convalescence or rehabilitation are encountered and dealt with. Ceremonies of well-wishing and blessing for healing and serenity that include loved ones (and, when desired, health-care providers) are a way to smooth the path, establish perspective, and give hope, courage and commitment during difficult times. I can facilitate these in the home, in a hospital, in a natural setting, or in almost any other venue.

Coping with Disability

Becoming permanently or temporarily disabled can be accepted or resisted. I can help design ceremonies that can solemnize your attitudes and intentions, whatever they are.

Terminating Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy and analysis are significant, often heroic journeys.  When a level of insight, understanding and inner growth has been achieved and the time has come to terminate therapy and move on, I can help design a ceremony that includes the patient, the therapist and other parties.

Recovery from Trauma, Loss and Grief

Every human life is subject to trauma and loss of many kinds. The loss of a loved one, an automobile accident, being the victim of a robbery or another crime, even (or especially!) disappointments over love or work can be experienced as emotional wounds. I can help design personalized ceremonies which acknowledge trauma and loss through words, poetry, music and ritual acts, and help pave the way for healing and renewed wholeness.

Ceremonies of Recovery and Health

A ceremony after healing and recovery have been achieved, where you formally wish for wholeness and well-being and invoke a state of ongoing health is a wonderful way to bring closure to the challenges that have been met, and affirm the wisdom and other gifts the ordeal has brought to you and your loved ones.  I can design ceremonies that open a new life chapter.

For a free consultation to discuss these or any other ceremonies, please email me at adam@phillipsceremonies.com or call 917-670-9293.