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  • Assessing & Treating Clients with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions (2023)

    Assessing and Treating Clients with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions Dates: 9/5/23 & 10/3/23       Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Enrollment Limited To: 20                   Contact Hrs:  5                            CEUs:  5   Clients seeking mental health treatment may also have a coexisting substance abuse problem.  This may be apparent at intake or emerge during treatment.  Symptoms of one disorder are often mistaken for the other.  Treatment of individuals who present with co-occurring mental health and substance use issues can present a myriad of challenges for providers.  Among the challenges faced by providers treating individuals with co-occurring conditions ...

  • Motivational Interviewing (2023)

    Zoom

    Motivational Interviewing Dates: 9/12/23 &  9/19/23 Time: 9:00-11:30 AM  Enrollment Limited to: 20           Contact Hrs. 5                     CEU’s:  5   Individuals presenting for treatment, whether it be medical, psychiatric, or substance use-related, frequently come to treatment possessing varying levels of motivation, including resistance or ambivalence about making the necessary changes.  Successful engagement with clients around treating problematic behaviors often requires assessing and increasing their motivation to make the changes necessary to improve their condition.  Motivational Interviewing is an intervention aimed to enhance clients’ motivations to make needed changes.  ...

    $250

  • Common Factors of Evidence-Based Trauma Treatment 2023

    Zoom

    Common Factors of Evidence-Based Trauma Treatment Dates: 10/10/23                           Time: 9:00-10:30 Enrollment Limited to: 20            Contact Hrs: 1.5                     CEU’s: 1.5   This course will focus on using Judith Herman, MD’s three stages of trauma treatment. This course will explore the common factors of evidence-based trauma treatments including Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Skills Training for Affective and Interpersonal Regulation-Narrative Story Telling (STAIR-NST) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). We will also discuss common pre-treatment beliefs and ...

  • Dissociation 2023

    Dissociation Dates:  10/17/23                                              Time: 9:00-10:30                                  Enrollment Limited to: 20                   Contact Hrs:  1.5                     CEU’s: 1.5                                                                                                                                                       This course will focus on Frank Putnam MD’s conceptualization of dissociation.  Participants will learn basic skills in how to identify dissociation, assess dissociation and treat people with dissociative disorders. The course will include lecture and case discussion.   Method: Lecture, discussion Learning Objectives:  Participants will learn how to identify dissociation. Participants will learn ...

  • Edythe Kurz Educational Institute Conference 2023

    Zoom

    The Intersection of Trauma & Developmental Disabilities Thursday, December 7, 2023 9am - 12pm, via Zoom Keynote Speaker: Jason Fogler, Ph.D. Senior Psychologist/Co-Director: ADHD Program | Division of Developmental Medicine; Director | Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental & related Disabilities; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Psychology | Harvard Medical School; Boston Children’s Hospital | Brain, Mind, & Behavior Center Workshops: Supporting our Patients’ and Students’ Success: A Practical & Trauma-Sensitive Approach by Jason Fogler, Ph.D. Trauma-Focused Treatment for an Adolescent with Developmental Disabilities: A Case Example by Gail Corneau, Ph.D. REGISTER HERE 2.5 CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE Westchester Jewish Community Services ...

  • YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION: RISK ASSESSMENT & SAFETY PLANNING (FOR WJCS STAFF ONLY)

    Zoom

    Date:  1/23/24       Time:   9:00-10:30 a.m.                  Enrollment Limited To: 20         Contact Hrs: 1.5          CEUs:  1.5  This training will provide a brief overview of suicidality among youth, with a focus on evidence-based suicide risk assessment and safety planning. This training with discuss the risk and protective factors that may increase or reduce risk in youth, the challenges of assessing risk of suicide, and introduce interventions that may be useful in addressing suicidal thoughts and behaviors in treatment.    Method:  Lecture & discussion  Learning Objectives:   Learn about suicide risk in youth  Evaluate risk and ...

  • Psychopharmacology and Co-Occurring Disorders: What Clinicians Need to Know

    Zoom

    This 1.5-hour training will introduce attendees to the concept of co-occurring disorders- the co-occurrence of one or more mental health and substance use disorders that often act in synergistic ways to exacerbate one another leading to more negative outcomes than if individuals had a substance use or mental health disorder alone.

  • Dr. Samuel Kahn 2024 Memorial Lecture

    Zoom

    Non-Violent Resistance Therapy (NVR) is an approach that helps parents to manage the violent, destructive, and/or controlling behavior of their children. NVR encourages parents to make a stand against violent or destructive behavior from their child, without using physical or verbal aggression.

  • Purim

  • Marijuana: What Clinicians Need to Know

    Zoom

    Date: 4/12/24      Time: 9:30 am to 11 am Contact Hrs: 1.5       CEU’s:  1.5    Enrollment Limited to: No limit       Method:  Lecture, discussion     Description:  Marijuana and products derived from chemicals within it are used both medically and recreationally by an increasing number of people through the United States. To date, 38 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for medical use while recreational use has been legalized in 24 states along with the District of Columbia. In this evolving legal landscape, marijuana use has become increasingly prevalent, particularly among teenagers and young adults. ...

  • WJCS Annual 2024 Gala

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    Brae Burn Country Club 39 Brae Burn Drive, Purchase, NY, United States

    Connect, recharge & be inspired at our annual WJCS 2024 Gala as we honor Meira Fleisch & Stephanie Marquesano. REGISTER NOW! Purchase your JOURNAL AD by Friday March 22. Become a corporate sponsor! Contact Lauren Candela-Katz, Chief Advancement Officer, at 914.761.0600 x2219; lcandelakatz@wjcs.com.

  • The ABC’s of CBT

    Zoom

    Dates: 4/30/24 & 5/7/24 Time: 9:00 – 10:30 Contact Hrs: 3 CEUs: 3 It has been determined that WJCS staff would benefit from access to a general training specific to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). The cognitive behavioral paradigm provides a unique way to conceptualize pathology and to plan therapeutic intervention. The majority of clinicians practicing today identify that some part of their work is informed by CBT. Research consistently indicates the efficacy of CBT with many psychological disorders and with a diverse range of clients. CBT is often embedded in frequently used interventions at WJCS such as dialectical behavior therapy ...

  • Opioids: What Clinicians Need to Know

    Zoom

    Drug overdose now causes more deaths than car accidents and is the leading cause of injury death in the United States. The overwhelming majority of these deaths are due to opioids. This session will give an overview of opioids, including their various types and main intoxication symptoms. Important trends in opioid addiction will be reviewed, including the rise of synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl.

  • NAMI Walk with #WJCSProud

    Ridge Road Park 287 Ridge Road Park, Pavilion 1, Hartsdale, NY

    Join team #WJCSProud for the 2024 NAMI Walk this Mental Health Awareness Month!

  • Job Fair

    WJCS HQ 845 North Broadway, White Plains, NY

    JOIN OUR TEAM! WJCS is hiring Social Workers, Direct Support Professionals & MORE! Full-time, Part-time & Per Diem positions available.

  • Jewish American Heritage Month Forum: Resilience in the Face of Hate

    Zoom

    (INTERNAL EVENT OPEN TO WJCS STAFF ONLY) A Conversation with Survivors of the Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting Join us for a special event to acknowledge Jewish American Heritage Month as we hear from two survivors of the Tree of Life Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting and focus on the resilience of the Jewish people during a time when antisemitism has reach historic highs. Speakers: Carol Black and Audrey Glickman, Survivors of the Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting Documentary Viewing: A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting documentary will be made available via weblink on May1st for interested staff to view prior to this event Please note WJCS has ...

  • WJCS 2024 Annual Staff Picnic

    Ridge Road Park 287 Ridge Road Park, Pavilion 1, Hartsdale, NY

    WJCS STAFF ONLY Our Annual 2024 Staff Picnic returns to Ridge Road Park in Hartsdale! Join your WJCS community for a day of fun, food, wellness activities, games, and raffles. CLICK HERE TO RSVP Please RSVP by May 17

  • Alcohol and Benzodiazepines: What Clinicians Need to Know

    Zoom

    More and more clinicians are receiving referrals for grieving clients asking for support in their bereavement process. The current course aims to provide clinicians with a grounding in psychoeducation and theory behind grief responses in order to increase clinician confidence in working with clients who are experiencing bereavement.

  • WJCS STAFF ONLY: Juneteenth Lunch and Learn

    Microsoft Teams

    Additional Juneteenth Resources  https://artswestchester.org/juneteenth/  https://www.westchesterfamily.com/juneteenth-westchester-2024/  

  • WJCS 2024 Annual Meeting

    WJCS HQ 845 North Broadway, White Plains, NY

    Celebrating YOU and YOUR IMPACT!

  • Nicotine and Vaping: What Clinicians Need to Know

    Zoom

    Smoking cigarettes remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States and causes more than 440,000 deaths each year. In addition, vaping continues to grow in popularity and is the most common delivery method of nicotine among teenagers and young adults. Nicotine is the main addictive chemical in both smoking cigarettes and vaping.

  • Hallucinogens: What Clinicians Need to Know

    Zoom

    This session will provide an overview of various substances comprising the category of hallucinogens, their intoxication and withdrawal symptoms, and co-occurring mental health and physical health concerns.

  • Demystifying Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Discussion of the Practice of Modern ECT

    Zoom

    This course will explain the indications, practice, and outcomes of ECT in an effort to clarify and destigmatize ECT. Extensive research has found ECT to be highly effective for the relief of major depression. It is also used for other severe mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

  • Assessing and Treating Clients with Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions

    Zoom

    This training will help providers to be more prepared for the challenges associated with providing treatment to such individuals. Providers will learn how to conduct an assessment of substance use, how to decide what level of treatment is appropriate
    for specific individuals, assess individuals’ readiness for change, apply evidenced-based approaches to increasing individuals’ motivation for change, assess the functional purposes and impacts of substance use, select and utilize appropriate treatments for individuals with co-occurring conditions, and help individuals reduce the impacts of relapse.

  • Novel Drugs of Abuse: What Clinicians Need to Know

    Zoom

    Novel drugs are synthetic illicit drugs sometimes referred to as designer drugs and are often sold as legal, safe, nondrug products, frequently escaping regulation, resulting in delays in professionals and legislators recognizing their use and impacts.

  • Jewish Mindfulness Meditation

    Zoom

    Join our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email sdavi@wjcs.com.

  • Jewish Mindfulness Meditation

    Zoom

    Join our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email sdavi@wjcs.com.

  • Parent Management Training (PMT)

    Zoom

    Dates: 11/12/24 & 11/19/24       Time: 9:00-10:30 Enrollment Limited To: 25     Contact Hrs: 3      CEUs: 3 Externalizing disorders in children are a common presenting problem for families seeking treatment services. Parent Management Training (PMT) is a time-limited, evidence-based treatment that provides skills training to parents, and has been shown to reduce externalizing behavior problems in preschool and school-aged children. This course will focus on the theoretical underpinnings and empirical support for PMT, and will provide an overview of the specific skills used in implementation. Participants will learn how to adapt and utilize parent-centered approaches in treatment […]

  • WJCS Fall 2024 Job Fair

    WJCS HQ 845 North Broadway, White Plains, NY

    CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR JOB OPENINGS! For more information, contact Recruiting@wjcs.com; 914.761.0600 x2171. WJCS helps people of all ages and backgrounds meet life’s challenges and achieve personal success. Our non-profit agency, founded in 1943, is the largest provider of licensed, community-based mental health services in Westchester County.

  • WJCS Fall 2024 Job Fair

    WJCS HQ 845 North Broadway, White Plains, NY

    Explore rewarding opportunities at Westchester Jewish Community Services!

  • Jewish Mindfulness Meditation

    Zoom

    Join our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email sdavi@wjcs.com.

  • Jewish Mindfulness Meditation

    Zoom

    Join our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email sdavi@wjcs.com.

  • Jewish Mindfulness Meditation

    Zoom

    Join our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email sdavi@wjcs.com.

  • Motivational Interviewing Level 1

    Zoom

    This workshop introduces participants to the research base, foundational spirit and basic strategies of Motivational Interviewing (MI). Motivational Interviewing is one of the most heavily researched interventions in the fields of addiction, behavioral health, and medicine.

  • Jewish Mindfulness Meditation

    Zoom

    Join our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email sdavi@wjcs.com.

  • Motivational Interviewing Level 2

    This workshop is designed for persons who have completed an introductory training and have begun to utilize the Motivational Interviewing model in their practice. This training will help participants to further develop MI skills and strategies beyond the basics in a supportive and challenging environment.

  • Jewish Mindfulness Meditation

    Zoom

    Join our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email sdavi@wjcs.com.

  • Cocaine and Other Stimulants: What Clinicians Need to Know

    Zoom

    This training will provide an overview of these various substances comprising this category of drugs, their intoxication and withdrawal symptoms, and co-occurring mental health and physical health concerns. Participants will also gain an understanding of the neurobiological mechanisms underlying stimulant use, the clinical presentation of stimulant use disorders, and effective evidence-based treatment approaches to address stimulant use disorders.

  • Jewish Mindfulness Meditation

    Zoom

    Join our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email sdavi@wjcs.com.

  • Jewish Mindfulness Meditation

    Zoom

    Join our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email sdavi@wjcs.com.

  • Jewish Mindfulness Meditation

    Zoom

    Join our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email sdavi@wjcs.com.

  • Jewish Mindfulness Meditation

    Zoom

    Join our virtual meditation with Ruth Rosenblum on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 am. For details, please email sdavi@wjcs.com.

  • Mental Health First Aid Training (WJCS Staff Only)

    WJCS HQ 845 North Broadway, White Plains, NY

    Mental Health First Aid takes the fear and hesitation out of starting conversations about mental health and substance use problems by improving understanding and providing an action plan that teaches people to safely and responsibly identify and address a potential mental illness or substance use disorder. This training for WJCS staff will teach learners how to be a support to colleagues who may be struggling.

  • Protective Factors and Promoting Resilience in Early Childhood

    Zoom

    This training will seek to inform participants about the major findings of the ACES study, the theoretical foundations for the Protective Factors Framework, and each of the five protective factors. This course will further address practical strategies to integrate the Protective Factors Framework approach into existing practices, as well as the use of a screening tool known as the Protective Factors Index, or PFI.

  • Maintaining Appropriate Professional Boundaries: Exploring Ethical Obligations of Mental Health Professionals (FOR WJCS STAFF ONLY)

    Zoom

    This course brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice in maintaining appropriate professional boundaries, including telehealth and social media domains. This course will provide a framework to contemplate ethical dilemmas and make informed decisions that insulate professionals from legal liability while protecting clients from harm.

  • Complicated Relationships: Case Studies in Boundaries (FOR WJCS STAFF ONLY)

    Zoom

    This course brings real-world context to ethical concerns often experienced by professionals in practice in maintaining appropriate professional boundaries, including telehealth and social media domains. This course will provide a framework to contemplate ethical dilemmas and make informed decisions that insulate professionals from legal liability while protecting clients from harm.

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi)

    Zoom

    In this course, participants will be introduced to the rationale for CBTi, learn the tools involved in implementing it, and become familiar with how to manage common comorbidities and challenges in implementation.

  • The Intersection of Trauma & Developmental Disabilities

    Zoom

    In order to enable clinicians to better serve this unique client population, this course will: provide information on how trauma may present differently in the developmental disability population compared to neurotypicals, encourage participants to think critically about how traumatic experiences might be experienced through the lens of a person with developmental disabilities, and identify ways in which current evidence-based interventions for trauma could be adapted for this population of clients.

  • Dr. Samuel Kahn 2025 Memorial Lecture

    Zoom

    The Annual WJCS 2025 Samuel Kahn Memorial Lecture will highlight Raising Resilience, Dr. Klein’s new book about her work in helping children thrive in the face of everyday uncertainty, as well as devastating events. Dr. Klein will discuss how research on trauma and its impact on emotional and intellectual development, including her own findings, can help parents offset and even avoid damage that could derail their children’s future. The stressors and traumas could include peer conflicts, divorce, moving, academic struggles, and larger national events. Parents can learn to instill in their children the emotional intelligence, cognitive flexibility, and social know-how they need to manage life’s challenges, build the resources to bounce back, and create a lasting capacity for happiness.

  • Supporting Neurodivergent Students in a Community College Setting (General & Administrative Issues)

    Zoom

    This course has been designed to address concerns brought up by the staff working with students on the spectrum at Westchester Community College. The course will provide an orientation to the way ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) is defined (via the DSM 5) and how it can manifest in the community college setting. The course will focus on best practice strategies for managing the challenges that come up for many students on the spectrum in their first college experience. These issues include that which is interpersonal such as the risk of social isolation as well as the intrapersonal such as accessing the emotional regulation skills necessary to meet new social and academic challenges.

  • Supporting Neurodivergent Students in a Community College Setting (Clinical Issues)

    Zoom

    This course has been designed to address concerns brought up by the staff working with students on the spectrum at Westchester Community College. The course will provide an orientation to the way ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) is defined (via the DSM 5) and how it can manifest in the community college setting. The course will focus on best practice strategies for managing the challenges that come up for many students on the spectrum in their first college experience. These issues include that which is interpersonal such as the risk of social isolation as well as the intrapersonal such as accessing the emotional regulation skills necessary to meet new social and academic challenges.

  • Westchester Soccer Club & WJCS’s 2025 Jewish Heritage Night

    Memorial Field 431 Garden Ave., Mount Vernon, NY, United States

    Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) is thrilled to co-host Westchester Soccer Club’s first annual Jewish Heritage Night at its home stadium on Wednesday July 16, at 7pm. Please join us for an evening of soccer, community, and family-friendly fun!

  • Introduction to Trauma-Informed Supervision

    Zoom

    This Introduction to Trauma-Informed Supervision is the required first step for supervisors in Westchester to become involved with Trauma-Informed Supervision work groups. This training will provide supervisor participants with a foundation in trauma and resilience as incorporated in their roles as supervisors, with particular attention to collective traumas and vicarious trauma.

  • Intro to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

    WJCS Hartsdale Clinic 141 North Central Avenue, Hartsdale, NY, United States

    Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment originally designed for individuals with suicidal or self-harm behaviors. It has come to be an evidence-based treatment for borderline personality (BPD). However, many other clients and disorders have been shown to benefit from DBT, such as depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, or alcohol and drug use disorders. It can be applied as a behavioral therapy to any target behavior that the client would want to change. DBT is built on balancing acceptance and change. Its use of dialectics like this one, the teaching of mindfulness as a core skill, and its group curriculum of mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that have distinguished DBT as a skills-based therapy.

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTi)

    Zoom

    In this course, participants will be introduced to the rationale for CBTi, learn the tools involved in implementing it, and become familiar with how to manage common comorbidities and challenges in implementation.

  • Common Factors of Evidence-Based Trauma Treatments

    Zoom

    Enrollment Limited to: 20 Contact Hrs: 1.5 CEU’s: 1.5 This course will focus on using Judith Herman, MD’s three stages of trauma treatment. This course will explore the common factors of evidence-based trauma treatments including Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Skills Training for Affective and Interpersonal Regulation-Narrative Story Telling (STAIR-NST) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT). We will also discuss common pre-treatment beliefs and assessment. The course will include lecture and case discussion. Method: Lecture, discussion Learning Objectives: Participants will learn how to identify at least one prerequisite for successful trauma treatment. Participants will learn about Dr. Herman’s stages of treatment ...

  • Initial Assessment and Risk Evaluation/Children

    Zoom

    Contact Hrs: 1.5 CEU’s:  1.5 Enrollment Limited to:  20 Participants will learn to perform a thorough mental health assessment of, and risk evaluation for, child clients. This class will address the goals and methods of initial evaluations, and the information that should be obtained. Risk evaluations will be discussed, including eliciting and identifying risk and protective factors, making appropriate responses, and preparing documentation that protects the client, clinician, and agency. Method:  Lecture; discussion. Learning Objectives: To perform a thorough mental health assessment for child clients. To elicit and identify risk and protective factors, make evidence-based responses, To prepare appropriate documentation. ...

  • Food Pantry at WJCS Mary J. Blige Women’s Center

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    MJB Women's Center 489 South Broadway, Yonkers, NY, United States

    The WJCS Mary J. Blige Center in Yonkers is hosting a food pantry on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

  • Dissociation

    Zoom

    Enrollment Limited to: 20 Contact Hrs:  1.5 CEU’s: 1.5                                                                                                                                                       This course will focus on Frank Putnam MD’s conceptualization of dissociation.  Participants will learn basic skills in how to identify dissociation, assess dissociation and treat people with dissociative disorders. The course will include lecture and case discussion. Method: Lecture, discussion Learning Objectives: Participants will learn how to identify dissociation. Participants will learn two theories about dissociation and how it emerges as a trauma coping skill. Participants will learn basic treatment concepts for work with people with dissociative disorders Instructor: Liane Nelson, Ph.D.  Location:  141 N. Central Ave, Hartsdale ...

  • Military & Veteran Resource Fair

    Yonkers Public Library 1500 Central Avenue, Yonkers, NY, United States

    Join us for a day of valuable resources, wellness services, career and education support, and fun activities for all. This is a family-friendly event with a canine therapy program, Boots & Paws, food, crafts, games, and raffle prizes! We can't wait to see you at this special event bringing together Veterans, military service members, their families, and local service providers for a day of community and connection.

  • Food Pantry at WJCS Mary J. Blige Women’s Center

    Featured
    MJB Women's Center 489 South Broadway, Yonkers, NY, United States

    The WJCS Mary J. Blige Center in Yonkers is hosting a food pantry on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

  • New Rochelle WJCS Parent Child Center 25th Anniversary

    New Rochelle Parent Child Center 79 7th St, New Rochelle, NY, United States

    Join us for a joyful 25th Anniversary Celebration on October 21st from 10am to 12pm at the Boys and Girls Club in New Rochelle. We’ll have fun activities, music, and a pizza party! The WJCS Parent Child Center is a FREE early childhood learning program for children from birth to age 4, who attend along with their parents or caregivers. The program runs from October to May. Click here to register.        

  • Psychiatric Advance Directive (PAD) – WJCS STAFF ONLY

    Zoom

    A Psychiatric Advance Directive (PAD) is an instruction to be followed when a person isn’t able to make decisions regarding her/his physical or mental health treatment. Learn your responsibilities and the rights of people who create a PAD. Learn to use a PAD as an empowering wellness tool.

  • Discussing Difficult Topics with Clients

    Zoom

    Dates & Times: 11/4/25 9-11am & 12/2/25 9-11am Enrollment Limited to: No limit Contact Hrs: 4 CEU’s: 4                                                                                                                                                    Have you ever been uncomfortable discussing something sensitive with a client? In this two-part course, clinicians will learn how to engage in difficult conversations with their clients. The first session will cover general background on client- and therapist-interfering thoughts and behaviors that get in the way of approaching difficult conversations. We will use concepts from DBT and a framework for working with “resistance” and getting “unstuck.” The second session will focus more on practical application in the form ...

  • Food Pantry at WJCS Mary J. Blige Women’s Center

    Featured
    MJB Women's Center 489 South Broadway, Yonkers, NY, United States

    The WJCS Mary J. Blige Center in Yonkers is hosting a food pantry on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

  • Organizational Skills Training

    Zoom

    Participants will learn about the essential components of OST and how to use the published treatment manual to address their clients’ organizational difficulties.

  • Food Pantry at WJCS Mary J. Blige Women’s Center

    Featured
    MJB Women's Center 489 South Broadway, Yonkers, NY, United States

    The WJCS Mary J. Blige Center in Yonkers is hosting a food pantry on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

  • Edythe Kurz Educational Institute Conference 2025

    Zoom

    The Annual 2025 WJCS Kurz Conference will explore how digital environments influence the mental health and emotional development of adolescents and young adults. While technology offers connection and creativity, it can also intensify stress, loneliness, and self-comparison. A focus will be the relationship between screen time, social media use, and mental well-being, with a focus on mental health, self-esteem, and identity development.

  • Food Pantry at WJCS Mary J. Blige Women’s Center

    Featured
    MJB Women's Center 489 South Broadway, Yonkers, NY, United States

    The WJCS Mary J. Blige Center in Yonkers is hosting a food pantry on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

  • Food Pantry at WJCS Mary J. Blige Women’s Center

    Featured
    MJB Women's Center 489 South Broadway, Yonkers, NY, United States

    The WJCS Mary J. Blige Center in Yonkers is hosting a food pantry on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

  • Family Volunteer Event: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

    WJCS HQ 845 North Broadway, White Plains, NY

    On Monday, January 19, 2026, in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., WJCS is hosting a Family Volunteer Event. We are inviting families with children of all ages to participate in collecting nonperishable food items and packing “Winter Hug” care packages with soup, cocoa, hats, and mittens for the Westchester community.  This is a great opportunity for families to bond and teach children the values of volunteerism and helping others. Our Westchester families need our help now more than ever. With the rising cost of EVERYTHING and the reduction in support and benefits, families are struggling to buy food. Our school-based clinicians ...

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