Conflict as an opportunity for growth: the couple relationship in midlife. The focus of the recent meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors was on enhancing constructive, empathic communication. Midlife is associated with many life transitions. Elderly parents ailing and passing away, one’s children have moved out and established their own lives and families, sometimes far away… READ MORE>>
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Constructive Empathic Communication: Summary of the Seventh Meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors in Boro Park
Posted by on February 11, 2017
POSTPONED: Presentation at United Nations, Thurs. Feb. 9/2017
Posted by on February 8, 2017
I will give a presentation as part of a Panel Discussion on Trauma and Mental Health at the UN on Thursday February 9th. The meeting is free and is open to the public. More information is available at http://www.ngomentalhealth.org/events/. The presentation will take place 2:00-4:00pm; I will be presenting on the lessons learned from empirical […]
Article in Yated Neeman About the Monthly Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors in Boro Park
Posted by on February 7, 2017
An article (see below), written by Devorah Naomi Waters LMSW, about the monthly meetings of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust survivors was published in Yated Neeman newspaper on January 20, 2017, summarizing some of the themes of the lectures and the discussions that follow. The next meeting of the Discussion Group will take place this evening at 7:00… READ MORE>>
REMINDER: Seventh Meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors, Tues. Feb. 7/2017
Posted by on February 4, 2017
On Tuesday, February 7, I will lead the next meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors at the Boro Park Y. This meeting, which will begin at 7:00 pm, will be the seventh in the series of monthly meetings. The February meeting will discuss “Conflict As An Opportunity for Growth” in conscious […]
Presentation at United Nations, Thurs. Feb. 9/2017
Posted by on February 3, 2017
I will give a presentation as part of a Panel Discussion on Trauma and Mental Health at the UN on Thursday February 9th. The meeting is free and is open to the public. More information is available at http://www.ngomentalhealth.org/events/. The presentation will take place 2:00-4:00pm; I will be presenting on the lessons learned from empirical studies of the children of… READ MORE>>
Presentation on Sun. Feb. 26, free and open to the community
Posted by on January 30, 2017
Jewish Family Service off Central NJ presents a half-day program dedicated to the issues surrounding the treatment of elderly Holocaust survivors and the challenges faced by their children as caregivers. The event will be Sunday February 26 , 9:30-12:30 at Congregation Israel, 339 Mountain Avenue, Springfield. Continental breakfast will be served, dietary laws observed. The relationships between survivor parents and… READ MORE>>