Tag | Irit Felsen

Presentation at Annual Bill Lane Social Work Disaster Response Conference, Mar. 22 at Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx

On Thursday March 22, I will be making a presentation entitled “Intergenerational Transmission of Mass Trauma” at the Annual Bill Lane Social Work Disaster Response Conference, hosted at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx. The program is free of change, and has been approved for 3 Continuing Education contact hour credits for licensed social workers in NY. For further information… READ MORE>>

Trauma Group Meeting and Presentation at the United Nations, Thursday February 8, 2018

The NGO Committee on Mental Health in Consultative Status with the United Nations was established in 1996. The primary mission of the committee is the promotion of psycho-social well-being, the improvement of mental health care services, and advocacy and education in the prevention and treatment of mental illness. The committee works with the UN and its specialized agencies to ensure… READ MORE>>

Presentations to the Speakers’ Bureau at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust

Over the recent years I have had the privilege of developing a very special connection with the Speakers Bureau and the docents at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC. The Speakers Bureau and the docents are part of the Educators program at the museum, which is run by Elizabeth Edelstein, Vice President for Education at the Museum. The docents… READ MORE>>

Workshop on “Working with Traumatized Clients”, Dec. 14/2017 in NYC

On Thursday December 14, I will present a talk at a one-day event organized by ESCOTA, the Ease Side Council of the Aging, which is a voluntary not-for profit interagency interdisciplinary organization for professionals working in the field of aging. For more information about ESCOTA, see their webpage. The talk will address unique issues that elderly adults who have suffered… READ MORE>>

Video of Panel Discussion on Lessons from the “Doctors Trial” and Ramifications for Medicine Today Are Now Available on My YouTube Channel

The video-recordings of the panel discussion “70 Years After Nuremberg: What Have We Learned?” are now available online on  my Youtube channel. The event took place on November 9, the anniversary of Kristallnacht, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. There are three segments of the discussion that can be viewed. My personal comments about the lessons… READ MORE>>

Presentation at Trauma Institute of Orange County in Goshen NY, Nov. 30/2017

On  Thursday November 30, 2017,  I will be giving a presentation entitled “Trauma, Aging, and the Implications for Treatment” at the Trauma Institute of Orange County, in Goshen, NY. The program offers 2 Continuing Education hours for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists and Psychoanalysts. The presentation will focus on the impact of various… READ MORE>>

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