Cecilia M. Brañas, Psychotherapist

10/31/2021

Today I'm celebrating the 12th anniversary of Santa Cecilia Consultation, Inc. No matters how hard it has been, it has been and still is.

03/15/2021

Doing what I have do for myself, my family, my community and my country.
Haciendo lo que debo hacer por mi, mi familia, mi comunidad y mi país.

12/30/2020

To all our staff:
I'm impressed by how we have all been able to work as a team to make this year the most impressive in the history of Santa Cecilia Consultation, Inc. We have all gone through a very difficult trail with faith and integrity. Dealing with our own sickness, fears and sadness we have been able to guide our patients and keep our clinic healthy and up to standards that nobody has yet set for us. We should be very proud of ourselves. Delivering hope and empowering patients that you cannot see takes lots of self-awareness and self-worth. It takes to know what you have to do, that you can do it and the ability to switch gears as long as the plan and results demands for it. I have a bunch of heros, those of whom people are not talking about but, have kept, at least in our community, 7,000 kids, men and women committed to make it one more day either in their schools, jobs, houses or in their cold beds as in the case of our geriatrics. We have supported each other and grew up solid. We can share our experience and be proud of knowing how to do this alien practice/modality with incredible results. We have reported only one death to covid (from my own caseload) and treated 90 affected patients. That talks about hard work and integrity. Congratulations to you all. Stay safe.Salud

11/26/2020

Good morning everyone. I want to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for the opportunity of having guided this mighty team through these past eight months and maintaining focus to lead our efforts to the end of this world changing event. I thank those of you who have lend an ear to hear me during hard and uncertain moments and those who have taken a minute to give me a personal call to say hello. Have a beautiful day with the presence of your immediate family members and memories of those who are no longer among us. Stay safe. Salud

11/21/2020

Good morning everyone. I'm sharing an interview with the scientists behind The Great Barrington Declaration which proposes herd immunity. They base their position on allowing everyone to resume normal live, to reduce collateral damages from lockdowns. This practice would allow the virus to run wild among children and individuals up to certain age, 60 to be exact, while vulnerable population should stay protected until the herd develops. This process, as explained, will take three months. On the other hand, vaccinations, starting in December 2020, might run up to April 2021, allowing an almost return to normalcy by the beginning of 2022. Seeing the length of time invested to obtain community immunity, three months is a shorter period of time but, what is the price to pay. Stay safe. Salud
"The Great Barrington Declaration"

Over 23 thousand scientists and doctors worldwide including renowned doctors from Oxford, Harvard, and Standford have signed a petition urging governments around the world to end to ‘devastating’ lockdowns. The petition, titled “the Great Barrington Declaration” after the town in Massachuset...

06/25/2020

...There is a reason for this virus to be called Novel Coronavirus-19. This virus is absolutely new of the group of Coronavirus long known by humanity. Whenever CDC says something about it, the specify how little we know about it. A virus takes 36 months to almost reveal its characteristics as to mutate a couple of times. Nobody knows about it. That's why they're recommending appropriate socially known ways to contain it. We know about psychology by observation and research. This is the same. I don't think I will see a patient in my office until.....?

05/19/2020

PROUD OF BEING A NEWYORKER
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Found on Google from c-span.org

05/09/2020

(TraduccIón Libre, CMB)
Se aplaude a todos menos a los niños. Estos pequeños heroes han estado a puerta cerrada mas de lo que hubieran estado en sus vidas. Su mundo ha sido tornado al revés y ellos no saben el por qué. Tantas reglas nunca antes conocidas: No poder ver ni abrazar a sus familiares: Vacaciónes, juegos, escuelas canceladas; adultos hablando de otros que no estan bien; noticias reportando un mu**to tras otro. La mente de nuestros niños está galopando rápidamente. Cada dia sus pequeños cuerpos se levantan y siguen adelante, a pesar de todo lo que está sucediendo. Así es que éste homenaje va para nuestros pequeños heroes hoy, mañana y siempre

05/03/2020

Good morning everyone. We have all experienced this new challenge in many different ways. Some have had their own losses, others have perceived losses as their own. Some have physically been attacked by the virus, others emotionally. The truth is that we have all been affected by Covid-19 and there are no answers to the many questions we frequently question to ourselves and others. There are no answers but the one we all know, we have to wait. But, how can I keep going on if my bag of sorrows is huge? We have all heard about self- actualization. What perhaps we haven't heard is that Maslow's pyramid adjusts accordingly. What if we are forced by laws of choice to jump to the higher step? What if we all have to start living to our higher state of being without having reached lower and fundamental steps? We will only find out an answer to our questions by making a firm decision to start living to our maximum capacity, make presence to the future and create the best out of this present based on our past full of dreams. Humans don't wake up to darkness according to our Circadian Rhythm, so, don't allow darkness to tarnish or days. Be powerful. Salud

04/11/2020

Good morning everyone. We have pulled up to the top despite our own feelings and fears. The way down is harder but, we are facing it with experience and hope. Life as we know has changed but we still are the one we were before and after Covid19. Salud

Buen día, a pensar de nuestros propios sentimientos hemos llegado a la cima. El camino cuesta abajo es mas difícil pero lo estamos enfrentando con experiencia y esperanza. La vida como tall conocemos ha cambiado pero aún somos quienes eramos y seremos antes y después Covid19. Salud