On Thursday September 22, I will be giving a half-day workshop starting at 9:15am at the Jewish Family Service in Elizabeth, NJ. This workshop is an in-service for the staff of the JFS and invited guests. The workshop will focus on trauma-informed care of elderly trauma survivors as a particularly vulnerable patient population facing higher risk of dehumanization and infrahumanization… READ MORE>>
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Workshop on Trauma-Informed Care of Aging Holocaust Survivors, Sept. 22/2016
Posted by on September 17, 2016
Thoughts from the Fourth Meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors in Boro Park, Tues. 9/13/16.
Posted by on September 16, 2016
Someone recently told me of a friend, a son of Holocaust survivors, who admitted that when he decided to marry his wife, the thought crossed his mind that, should they ever have to flee with children, she is the kind of woman who would be able to cope and handle the stress of it. The man was acknowledging what feels… READ MORE>>
Resolving to live, love and thrive, after the tragedy of 9/11
Posted by on September 11, 2016
This day fifteen years ago changed life for all of us. The world post-9/11 is not the same as it had been before. For some of us, the tragedy was and has been a life-changing event in the most personal and painful way. For wives, husbands, and children, for parents and siblings, someone irreplaceable was gone forever. Someone loved had… READ MORE>>
A Single Mother Shows Us What Parenting Is All About
Posted by on September 5, 2016
Some kids don’t have the picture-perfect family we all wish for. Some parents don’t have the picture-perfect lives they imagined they might have when they were kids. Sometimes tragedy takes away the parent that was supposed to be there to guide you throughout childhood, to attend school functions, sport games, plays and class trips. Sometimes marriages don’t work out and… READ MORE>>
Resilient Role Models
Posted by on September 5, 2016
How is it that some people can endure significant stress and even traumatic life events while still maintaining a positive, constructive and optimistic attitude, while others, when confronted with stressful life events, find it difficult to function and to sustain hope. Some people who have coped remarkably well under certain trying circumstances, or at one time in their life, seem… READ MORE>>
Fourth meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors on Tues. Sept. 13
Posted by on September 1, 2016
On Tues. Sept. 13, I will lead the next meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors at the Y in Boro Park. This meeting, which will take place at 7:00pm Tuesday, September 13, will be the fourth in the series of monthly meetings. Irit Felsen