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Roxanne
July 5, 2025
Happy Heavenly Birthday my dear friend. You are very missed!
Roxanne
December 6, 2024
Time passes so fast, yet so slowly. I miss you all the time and feel so blessed that you were in my life for many years. I'll always be so grateful for the time we had, and your friendship and I smile every time I think of you because you cared so much. Sending love to you in heaven.
Deborah LaVeglia
November 30, 2024
I've been thinking about Dr Waters these last few days. About how gentle & helpful she was to me. I knocked over an angel figurine she gave me & I thought how wonderful it would be to talk to her again. I'm so thankful for this reminder.
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Roxanne
December 6, 2023
Virginia, you were an amazing person and I know that you are just lighting up heaven with your warm loving soul.
I was so fortunate to have known you for many years and miss you so very much.
Wayne Kalyn
December 6, 2023
One year without you, Virginia: I feel such sadness and miss your loving thoughts and words. One year without you, Virginia: I feel such happiness because I know you're hand in hand with your wonderful husband, children, and all of your pets.
Penelope Karageorge
November 30, 2023
Virginia was a great lady - an authentic and wonderful person. She is missed and remembered.
Wayne Kalyn
May 29, 2023
Dear Virginia:
I think of you all the time. Thank you so much for helping me endure and make sense of my Scott's passing. I love you for all of your kindness and love.
Wayne
kelly rotella
April 18, 2023
i was her neighbor she ment the world to me she was like a grandmother to me. in 2020 during covid i couldn't have a birthday party so her and mark came to my back door with a present a tambourine and sang me happy birthday. she was the sweetest person ever and i miss her very much
Hillary Hyman
January 8, 2023
She was instrumental in teaching me how to remake and live life after loss. Truly a special loving angel.
Bob M
January 7, 2023
I visited Dr. Waters with a friend, having just been through a very serious operation for a condition that could have killed me & resulting medical complications that kept me in the hospital & rehab for more than two months. During this time, I lost most of the sight in my one good eye because of severe cataracts.
I had an opportunity to have an operation to have the cataract removed & an interocular lens put in. I was terrified to go through with it, as I had 2 eye operations when I was 3 & 6 years old that left me severely traumatized.
Dr. Waters gave me the courage to go through with this operation. My sight is now nearly perfect. Before I was having difficulty seeing with 18 diopter glasses. Now I don't need glasses at all to read even fine print--Bob M, Union County
Andre Foster
January 7, 2023
Dr. Water´s has been my psychologist for a year and what i will miss most about her is her positivity and always willing to see the good in people even if they struggle to notice it in themselves. I also enjoyed discussing ideas about the world. Occasionally she would recommend certain books and was willing to breakdown the content of each book into simple terms. I will never forget the week before her death she informed me that she would have to cancel our appointment and I sent her a message saying that I hope the lord continues to keep her healthy and strong and that was the last message that she was able to read from me and I´m happy that I gave her a positive message before her departure from this world. Thank you Dr. Virginia for believing in me and giving me the tools to carve my own path in the world.
Deborah Salzberg
January 6, 2023
Virginia Waters embodied love,compassion and empowerment. Iam great full for 30 years of friendship. My sincere condolences to her family.
Sean Evers, PhD
January 6, 2023
There are no words that can adequately capture Virginia's energy, optimism, compassion and joy. It was a honor to call her a friend and colleague.
Rachel H
January 6, 2023
Virginia has been friends with my family for decades. She was my grandmother's friend and therapist, my mom's friend and therapist, and then my friend and therapist. She had an incredible way to reframe every challenging experience with a positive outlook. She helped me to keep going during the hardest parts of my medical training, and in that way, every patient I help is in part thanks to Virginia.
Cindy capodice
January 5, 2023
I had the privilege of meeting Virginia at a very dark time in my life. Thru many conversations she helped me in more ways I ever expected. She was also a client when she going thru chemotherapy and needed a wig. All the ways we were brought together the opportunity to help others was visible. Rest in peace you were a one of a kind
Christine Allen
January 4, 2023
Virginia, you were a bright light, an inspiration to me and many others, an "energizer bunny." I will miss you very much and know that you and your presence and impact will be missed both in NJPA, NYSPA, and APA. You made an important difference in this world. Wishing your family comfort and wonderful memories of you. Sincerely, Chris Allen
Penelope Karageorge
January 2, 2023
Dr. Waters was a special person, with her humor, her candor and her kindness. She was my therapist for several years and is truly missed, for her charm, intelligence and insights. She reached out. She empathized. She was great. As the Greeks say, "May her memory be eternal."
Lynne Cassidy
December 28, 2022
What an energetic, kind and very positive person Virginia was. I participated in one of her grief groups and felt grateful to have met her. Condolences to her family.
Bob Faraguna
December 23, 2022
Hello Virginia - I prepared a note but not sure I clicked the right button and don´t know where it went, maybe to tech Heaven lol
You will always be with me. As a West Point Graduate and a young restless Army officer going through many changes, it was my good fortune to meet you in 1976. Rational Emotive Institute. Why I might have been one of your guest patients!!!
Since then you have been my therapist, mentor and friend. I´m so glad I was wise enough to send you an occasional treat from Harry And David`s and/or a flower company. And since we both believe in the continuity of life, I´ll continue to send you a few cookies, daisies and/or photographs. Both of us loved and love to share our photos and I remember some of yours from the (?) Raritan River.
Others have and will note your many gifts of spirit as you touched so many lives! One
"thing" that will stand out for me are your poignant reminders to get out of my head and into my heart and into the present moment!
Blessings - so many you have given!
Bob Faraguna
Roxanne
December 14, 2022
Virginia, you will be greatly missed by many. You were an amazing person with such a wonderful gift of kindness, wisdom and comforting words which will remain with me always.
Thank you for being such a very important part of mine and Matthew's life.
You were an angel on earth and now you have your wings in heaven!
My condolences to her family! May you find comfort and peace with the happy memories you all shared with her.
Yoni Schwab
December 12, 2022
Virginia was my first supervisor when I was a doctoral student at Rutgers in the early 2000s. She was kind, warm, structured, knowledgeable, generous, and wise. I now supervise many psychologists, social workers, and other professionals, and I draw on what I learned from her every day. I strive to continue her good work, and I have no doubt that it continues through many others, as well. May her memory be for a blessing, and I hope her family finds comfort in all of the warm and inspiring memories that Virginia left for us.
Susan
December 12, 2022
We are so sad to hear about Virginia. She was my angel when I needed her most. I will never forget her and how she helped us through the beginning stages of our darkest time. We didn't know her very long. We started meeting with her in September but We bonded quickly and she understood me so well. She will be very missed. Thank you Virginia for at least giving me the foundation to heal somewhat.
Deborah
December 11, 2022
I'm so sorry to hear of Dr. Water's passing. She was a lovely person. Kind & giving. She loved butterflies & flowers. She was always positive. I will miss her.
Thomas Barkley
December 11, 2022
I did not know Virginia well, but in my brief exposures to her on professional committees over many years I was truly impressed by her enormous intellect, tireless energy, and her energetic and positive spirit. I was truly saddened to hear of her death. While those closest to her will surely miss her the most, and in ways we will not fathom, her colleagues and the profession of psychology will be diminished without her brilliance.
Cherie Ruben
December 10, 2022
My sympathy to Virginia's family. I had the pleasure of knowing Virginia for about 15 years during monthly meetings, along with Ed Korber. We shared a love of psychopharmacology, singing about this topic together
Joseph E. Comaty, PhD, MP
December 10, 2022
I have been a colleague of Dr. Waters in Division 55 of the APA and also as a liaison between that division and the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB). In all my discussions with Dr. Waters, I found her to be kind, thoughtful, supportive, creative, warm, and above all, having such a positive attitude that was so infectious. She was always so full of energy and looking for opportunities to be helpful, especially to students and early career psychologists. Her resilience was impressive and her charm was disarming. She was overflowing with ideas and had an encyclopedic memory of key resources. I always looked forward to seeing her and having chats and discussions with her. She will be missed by so many, including her colleagues and the organizations of which she was a valuable member and leader. My sincere condolences to her family and close friends.
Alan Slusky
December 10, 2022
I only had the pleasure of knowing Virginia for a few years but what a pleasure it was to get to know her. She was such an astute, vibrant, and wonderful person, who always had a kind and positive word for anyone she met. I will so miss her affirming presence at our meetings and hope memories of her and her passion for her profession are a comfort to her family and all who knew and will miss her.
Ed Korber
December 10, 2022
You helped make the world a better place for allalways educatingencouragingalways exploring new paths that others might also safely travel on their life's journey you will always be remembered by the lives you touched by those who moved forward as a result of you care and compassion
Christine Lazzeri-Orenberg
December 9, 2022
It Is Well With My Soul
Sharon Crawford
December 8, 2022
My condolences to her family and patients. My brother has been a patient of Dr. Waters for a long time. She was always there for him and helped him immensely. She was truly a caring Dr. and will be truly missed. RIP
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