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NGO Committee on Mental Health in Consultative Relationship to the United Nations

As a member of the NGO Committee on Mental Health in Consultative Relationship to the UN, Dr. Irit Felsen would like to make mental health professionals and others who are interested in the promotion of issues related to mental health aware of the meetings of the NGO Committee on Mental Health . Meetings, which are open to all interested individuals, take… READ MORE>>

Article by Irit Felsen published in The Times of Israel, Feb. 17/2015

An article written by Irit Felsen, and entitled “Justice and Tolerance: An Irish Catholic playing Wiesenthal”, has been published in the The Times of Israel on February 17, 2015. The article discusses Irit’s thoughts after having attended a performance of Tom Dugan’s one-man play “Wiesenthal”. The full article (an image of the beginning of which is seen below) can be… READ MORE>>

Bibliography for Irit Felsen’s presentation at OHEL on Feb. 11/2015

On Wednesday February 11, 2015,  Dr. Irit Felsen, Ph.D. gave a three-hour workshop at the Mel and Phyllis Zachter Ohel Institute for training, in Brooklyn NY. Irit Felsen’s presentation, focusing on adult trauma and its impact on marital and spousal functioning in the family was followed by a presentation by Dr. David Pelcovitz,Ph.D. about the impact of trauma experienced in… READ MORE>>

Irit Felsen presenting at “Trauma and the Family” Event at OHEL in Brooklyn, Feb. 11/2015

This week, on Wednesday Feb. 11/15, Irit Felsen will be leading a three-hour workshop on “Trauma and the Family” at OHEL in Brooklyn.

Irit Felsen’s reflections after seeing Tom Dugan’s one-man play “Wiesenthal”

I just returned with my family from a memorable evening at the play “Wiesenthal”, written and acted by Tom Dugan. It was one of these rare occasions when you feel that you are truly the better, as a person, for having had the opportunity to have had a certain life experience. That if you had not seen it, you would… READ MORE>>

Irit Felsen presenting In-Service at Jacobi Medical Center in NY on May 19/2015

On Tuesday, May 19th 2015, from 2:00 pm until 3:30 pm, Irit Felsen will be presenting an In-Service at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. The presentation will address manifestations of trauma and its treatment in the elderly.  The in-service will take place at Jacobi Medical Center, building 1, 4th floor auditorium with 1 hour 15 minutes for the presentation… READ MORE>>

Irit Felsen presenting Grand Rounds at Princeton House Behavioral Health in Princeton, NJ on Apr. 27/2015

On April 27/2015, Irit Felsen will be presenting Grand Rounds at Princeton House Behavioral Health in Princeton, NJ. The title of the presentation will be “Long-Term Effects of Parental PTSD and Other Posttraumatic Reactions in the Family”. For more details, see http://www.princetonhcs.org/phcs-home/what-we-do/princeton-house-behavioral-health/what-we-do/training-and-education/professional-education.aspx.

Irit Felsen presenting at “Trauma and the Family” Event at OHEL in Brooklyn, Feb. 11/2015

On February 11/2015, Irit Felsen will be presenting at OHEL in Brooklyn, in an event entitled “Trauma and the Family”. More information, and registration instructions, can be found online at http://www.ohelfamily.org/?q=content/trauma-and-family-event.

More information from recent presentation of Irit Felsen at Museum of Jewish Heritage, Battery Park NY, Sept. 18/2014

A pdf file with additional information and description from Irit Felsen’s recent presentation on Sept. 18, 2014 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC can be downloaded by clicking here.

Irit Felsen presenting at Yeshiva of Flatbush, Joel Braverman High School in Brooklyn, Feb. 25, 2015

On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Irit Felsen will be at the Yeshivah of Flatbush, Joel Braverman High School located in Brooklyn, NY. The High School is organizing a special program called “Book Day”, a full day symposium for the 11th and 12th grade students. Presentations and special programming based on themes extrapolated from a selected work of literature are presented… READ MORE>>

Irit Felsen recommends checking out Jean Steele’s presentation at LeadingAge

At the 2014 LeadingAge anual conference for directors of Nursing services and directors of Social work, Irit Felsen had the pleasure of listening to the keynote presentation about wellness by the vivacious and engaging Jean Steel, author of “I’d Like to Run Wild”.  She recommends looking at the slides from Jean’s presentation “Be The Voice For Yourself”  available also on… READ MORE>>

Slides from presentation of Irit Felsen and LeadingAge, Nov. 21/2014

On November 21, Irit Felsen gave a talk at the 2014 LeadingAge of NY Annual Conference of Directors of Nursing Services and Directors of Social Work. The talk was entitled “War-Related Traumatic Reactions in Veterans and Their Impact on Families” . Slides from the talk have been posed on the conference webpage at http://www.leadingageny.org/leading-u/handouts/2014-dnsdsw-annual-conference-exposition-handouts/ The talk was aimed for mental… READ MORE>>

Irit Felsen presenting at Project Witness in Brooklyn, Dec. 3, 2014

On Wednesday evening, December 3, Project Witness will present yet another in its series of interactive discussion groups geared for children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors. Once again, Dr. Irit Felsen will be presenting and conducting the program. This event will be held at the Boro Park Y, 4912 14th Avenue at 7:30-9:00 p.m. Admission is $18 and registration is… READ MORE>>

Reminder that Irit Felsen is presenting at the 2014 Annual DNS/DSW Conference, Nov. 20/2014, Saratoga NY

On Thursday Nov. 20, 2014, Irit Felsen will give  a presentation entitled “War-Related Traumatic Reactions in Veterans, and Their Impact on Families”. The presentation is at the 2014 Annual Conference for Directors of Nursing Services and Directors of Social Work, organized by Leading Age NY, which takes place Nov. 19-21 at the Saratoga Hilton Hotel and Conference Center, Saratoga Springs,… READ MORE>>

Article by Irit Felsen appears on Op-Ed page of The Times of Israel

An article written by Irit Felsen and entitled “Does Opera Make Hate Less Hateful?” has been published on the Op-Ed page of The Times of Israel.  The article discusses the controversial decision by the Metropolitan Opera to stage the opera entitled “The Death of Klinghoffer”, which depicts the 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro and the murder… READ MORE>>