Breath-Body-Mind Workshop
TAKE THIRTY-FIVE--a 35-minute workshop for weary moms, dads and grandparents, movement-needy kids and everyone else who may be interested in taking a half-hour break to re-energize, re-balance and release tensions. Using a series of gentle, easy and fun movements and coherent breathing practices, we will help restore balance and calm to the body and the mind. The workshop is based on the work of world-renown integrative psychiatrists, Dr. Richard P. Brown and Dr. Patricia Gerbarg, www.Breath-Body-Mind.com, who have developed safe and natural approaches to the treatment of stress, anxiety, trauma and other medical and emotional conditions. Their evidenced-based treatment also […]
Profession Workshop: Treating Concurrent Disorders
ZoomClients 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 are: 1) recognizing substance use when it is present,; 2) completing appropriate assessment of a client’s substance use; 3) helping clients recognize the problematic nature of their use for the overall wellbeing; 4)determining what level […]
The Value of Uncertainty and Not Knowing
ZoomWe will be deep-diving each chapter of Estelle Frankel’s book The Wisdom of Not Knowing: Discovering a Life of Wonder by Embracing Uncertainty, exploring themes such as curiosity, silence, creativity, intuition, and courage through Frankel’s insightful reflections on religion, psychoanalytic theory, literature, philosophy, and modern science. The reading and the spiritual exercises offered at the end of each chapter (meditation and/or journaling) will enrich your experience as well as our conversations. 9 Wednesdays, March 3, March 17, 24, April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12, 10:45 AM-12:00 PM. Suggested fee: $225
Lions Tigers and Bears!
Let’s transform the wild beasts of our imagination (anxiety, scarcity, distrust) into things that might serve self or other: Equanimity, Resilience, Compassion, Patience, and Gratitude. Each week will be dedicated to a different middah (soul-trait) with suggested practices to try out in your daily life. In this unprecedented and challenging time, let the spiritual practice of Mussar help ground and nourish you. 5 Wednesdays, February 24 - March 24, 1:30-2:30 PM (FREE thanks to a county-wide collaboration spearheaded by UJA, the WJC, WJCS, the Westchester Board of Rabbis, JCCs and Dorot to address this period of isolation, especially amongst seniors) ...
Breath-Body-Mind Workshop
TAKE THIRTY-FIVE--a 35-minute workshop for weary moms, dads and grandparents, movement-needy kids and everyone else who may be interested in taking a half-hour break to re-energize, re-balance and release tensions. Using a series of gentle, easy and fun movements and coherent breathing practices, we will help restore balance and calm to the body and the mind. The workshop is based on the work of world-renown integrative psychiatrists, Dr. Richard P. Brown and Dr. Patricia Gerbarg, www.Breath-Body-Mind.com, who have developed safe and natural approaches to the treatment of stress, anxiety, trauma and other medical and emotional conditions. Their evidenced-based treatment also […]