Over the course of the last twenty years, I have had the opportunity to get more experience working with intergenerational trauma, starting in Israel in 1986 through Dr. Vivien Marcow Speiser and Lesley University. It was obvious there how the arts were already a powerful part of the healing process. After that, I had the opportunity to bring some of these healing arts to Istanbul, and then to Jordan to work with Syrian refugees. Using local dance forms and music, I was able to co-create opening and closing rituals for the conference and introduce movement into the women’s support group. 

Eight authors with six recent books on trauma combined their perspectives—as psychoanalysts, health psychologists, cognitive behavioral therapists, and researchers—during a December 4, 2020 webinar organized by APA Fellow ILENE SERLIN, PhD, BC-DMT. 

The presentation will speak first to how Covid-19 is experienced in the medium-security prison. Then he will give a brief overview of the treatment approach that results in an 8 percent recidivism rate after three years on parole compared to 25 percent for the wait list. In recognition of this work, California awarded him the Distinguished Service Medal. Sponsored by the Interpersonal Violence Working Group and the Whole Person Working Group.

On Friday, December 4, 2020, at 1:00 – 2:30 pm, an expert panel engaged in a webinar: Innovative Insights for Understanding and Overcoming the Roots of Trauma and Stress. Watch as our expert panel examines trauma, stress, and anxiety from humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, and psychoanalytic viewpoints.