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>>
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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
Starting teaching again at Yeshiva University, for Fall 2016 Semester
Posted by on August 31, 2016
The Fall 2016 semester at Yeshiva University in the Bronx is underway. This semester I am teaching a graduate level psychology course at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. The course is “Couples and Family Counseling” (Course #6440). Irit Felsen
Adult Siblings in Holocaust Survivors’ Families
Posted by on July 31, 2016
This past week we held at the Boro Park Y in Brooklyn the third meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors, and the topic was the relationships between siblings in Holocaust families. Most of the sixty participants who attended this week reported, by show of hands, having grown up with at least one sibling. Indeed, most people… READ MORE>>
Third meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors this week: Siblings Relationships
Posted by on July 24, 2016
This coming Tuesday I will lead the third 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 this coming Tuesday, July 26, will be the third in series of monthly meetings. The topic this week will focus on Sibling Relationships in families of Holocaust Survivors…. READ MORE>>
Summary of 2nd meeting of Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors
Posted by on July 20, 2016
The second meeting of the Discussion Group for Children of Holocaust Survivors took place at the Boro Y on June 28. Again, the room was packed with nearly fifty participants who gathered together to better understand the legacy that binds us together. Further deepenimg some of the themes raised during the previous meeting, the discussion focused in particular on the… READ MORE>>