Irene Celcer

Irene Celcer, MA, LCSW, is a mental health professional and educator who specializes in several areas of parenting, including infertility, third party reproductive assistance, ADD/ADHD, and bullying. She has extensive expertise in eating disorders, body image perceptions, and women's issues. Her commitment to public education is evidenced by her role as a regular guest on CNN.

Ms. Celcer is an accomplished writer, and has published several books and articles. Her most recent release is "99 Tips to Reset the Table," providing parenting tools to enhance the pleasure of family life with regard to food, eating, and body image perceptions.

Ms. Celcer is originally from Argentina. She holds graduate degrees in psychology from Universidad de Belgrano, holistic psychology from Antioch University, and social work from Yeshiva University, and is fluent in English and Spanish. Ms. Celcer was trained in the psychoanalytic tradition. The Women’s Therapy Centre Institute of New York City, with its modern psychoanalytic object relations and cognitive perspective, was a pivotal influence in her developing theoretical orientation and manner of practice. In Atlanta, she has completed psychoanalytic psychotherapy training at Emory University.

In addition to her private practice and philanthropic work, Ms. Celcer is a member of the Mental Health Professional Group (MHPG) of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). In the past, she has served on the boards of directors of the Eating Disorders Information Network (EDIN) and of RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, as well as on the advisory boards of Safe Girls Strong Girls and the The 504 School. She presently holds membersips in ASRM and the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).

Irene Celcer lives and works (mostly) in Atlanta, Georgia.

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