The Resiliency Center, LLC

12/11/2025

Candle meditation, also known as candle gazing, is a wonderfully peaceful and soulful way to meditate. For anyone that struggles with meditation and doesn’t want to be plugged into an app, this is a lo-fi but incredibly effective way to relax.

Candle meditation is a peaceful and surprisingly easy way to relax while aligning your body, mind and soul, find out how to do it here.

12/09/2025

Thank you to our Director, Elizabeth Venart, for guiding us through this month as we embrace Winter Solstice and close out the year.

Elizabeth says, "These final weeks before the winter solstice are the darkest of the year. There is beauty in the contrast of the long night with the twinkling of outdoor lights and candle lighting rituals of this time. As you light candles, burn logs in a fireplace, or enjoy the soft glow of a Christmas tree, you have an opportunity to slow down and experience the comfort of the softer light. Sitting in the quiet allows you to honor the natural rhythm of the winter season. In as little as three minutes of intentional, quiet contemplation, you can experience greater calm.

In Celtic Spirituality and faith traditions around the world, candles have been used in ceremonies and celebrations. The soft glow of candlelight supports quiet reflection, gently guiding us to slow down, to remember, to connect with the Divine, and to honor the light within.

When you light a candle with intention, you are invited to attune to the present moment with a softness, a kind inward gaze. As you tune in to your breath and focus on the flame, time slows down. Your thoughts and heart rate often slow as you relax your focus and gently gaze on a candle flame. This intentional pause welcomes a deeper calm and clarity."

Elizabeth Venart, MEd, NCC, LPC Founder and Director of the Resiliency CenterBy lvenart on November 3, 2015 in Clinical Supervision, Counseling for Highly Sensitive Persons, Counseling for Individuals and Couples, EMDR, Internal Family Services (IFS), Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Develo...

12/07/2025

Holiday Ornament Making! Saturday 12/13, 10 am - 12 pm at our Shwenksville location.

Join Julia Weimer next Saturday for a fun, free, family event. This is part of the ongoing series of engaging, interactive social skills community events for kids. To learn more, contact Julia at juliaweimertherapy@gmail.com.

Download the flyer athttps://theresiliencycenter.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/December-2025-ornament-making-with-julia.-Social-Skills.pdf

12/05/2025

These final weeks before the winter solstice are the darkest of the year. In our December newsletter, we focus on Winter nights, candlelights, and gentle reflection: https://mailchi.mp/theresiliencycenter/o8ds3o5znd-10981897

11/30/2025

A beautiful children's story about the unbreakable bond we have with our pets:

A Children's Story About Pet Loss, Grief, and an Unbreakable Bond

11/28/2025

The depth of our grief when a pet dies can be astonishing. It's common to rely on our pets for more than just companionship and to find in a relationship with a pet what we most need.

A Personal Perspective: Were you astonished to find just how grief-stricken you were when your pet died? Your response to the loss may teach you a lot about yourself.

11/26/2025

Be the person your dog thinks you are!

📷 Austin Kirk from Pixabay

11/24/2025

"There is a lot of guilt around the death of a dog. And a lot of awkwardness. For every hot, sharp stab of loss comes another of shame — a sense of self-indulgence. Real tragedies abound. People lose whole families. She was 'just a dog'.

There are no rules for measuring grief around the death of a pet. There is no formal leave, no general understanding that performing as a human being becomes more or less impossible for — how long? — days, or weeks?"

I’ve been touched by how many have understood that nobody’s dog is ‘just a dog’ – they’re part of the family

11/22/2025

Healing Wisdom for Pet Loss is designed to help readers understand the bond they have with their pets and why losing them is uniquely painful; aid them in understanding the grief they experience in the aftermath of that loss; and teach them the skills they need to process this loss.

The book includes a variety of open-ended writing exercises and suggestions for ways to honor and remember your pet.

An Animal Lover's Guide to Grief

11/20/2025

These meditations can help you heal.

365 Meditations for Healing After Pet Loss

11/18/2025

At the Resiliency Center in Flourtown, Pennsylvania, we offer many programs designed for professionals. Here are some of the programs we have coming up this month:

Moving Beyond the 50-Minute Therapy Hour — A program series for therapists seeking to explore new frameworks for healing and expand their offerings beyond the typical weekly session. Enrolling now for early 2026. Led by Resiliency Center Founder and Director, Elizabeth Venart. Contact her at ElizabethVenart@counselingsecure.com to learn more.

EMDR Consultation Group for Therapists. Monthly Consultation Group on Friday mornings for therapists trained in EMDR seeking to gain certification and/or deepen their skills. Special focus on EMDR Therapy with children and adolescents. Led by Elizabeth Campbell, LPC, Certified EMDR Therapist and Approved Consultant. To learn more, contact Elizabeth at elizabeth@ElizabethCampbellCounseling.com.

IFS Consultation Group, EMDR Certification Consultation Group, and IFS-Informed EMDR Consultation Groups. Groups run monthly from September through May, with open enrollment until full. Contact Elizabeth Venart, an Approved Consultant in both IFS and EMDR, to learn more about group and individual clinical consultation at elizabethvenart@counselingsecure.com.

EMDR Therapists Regional Meeting – Free Offering for EMDR Therapists. Every other month on Wednesdays from 11 am - 12:30 am. Contact Elizabeth Venart at elizabethvenart@counselingsecure.com to RSVP and get the Zoom link.



📷 Leonhard Niederwimmer from Pixabay

Services for ProfessionalsClick on a service below to learn more about it and the practitioners who offer it.Clinical SupervisionSeveral practitioners offer clinical supervision for professionals seeking licensure, and at various stages of their professional development. Supervision hours are availa...

11/16/2025

The Sweetness of Dogs by Mary Oliver

What do you say, Percy? I am thinking
of sitting out on the sand to watch
the moon rise. It’s full tonight.
So we go

and the moon rises, so beautiful it
makes me shudder, makes me think about
time and space, makes me take
measure of myself: one iota
pondering heaven. Thus we sit, myself

thinking how grateful I am for the moon’s
perfect beauty and also, oh! how rich
it is to love the world. Percy, meanwhile,
leans against me and gazes up
into my face. As though I were just as wonderful
as the perfect moon.

Image by StockSnap from Pixabay