Music Therapy To Sever the Silence of a Childhood Holocaust Survivor By Amy Clements-Cortes Ph.D, MusM, MTA Introducing Manya Manya was a 72-year-old female widow, with one son, Peter, married to Belinda. Manya was a childhood survivor of the Holocaust who was hidden during the war and separated from her mother for several years. … Continue reading Music Therapy →
Music Therapy To Sever the Silence of a Childhood Holocaust Survivor
By
Amy Clements-Cortes Ph.D, MusM, MTA
Introducing Manya
Manya was a 72-year-old female widow, with one son, Peter, married to Belinda. Manya was a childhood survivor of the Holocaust who was hidden during the war and separated from her mother for several years. …
Continue Reading ››
Theory Through the Eyes of Child Survivors of the Holocaust
By
Svetlana Shklarov MD, Ph.D, RSW
Somehow, we children who were meant to die, have lived. We have survived even our survival. And in our various stages of continued hiding many have carved out substantive lives with careers and family. And some … Continue Reading ››
Eight Variations on a Theme
By
Natan PF Kellermann Ph.D
[DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this article are strictly the personal views of the author and do not reflect the policy or position of the Claims Conference. The content of this article has not in any way been approved or … Continue Reading ››
Identity and Resilience After Long Silence
By
Svetlana Shklarov MD, Ph.D, RSW
Russian Jews have learned to overcome their fear, know how to make their silence heard as a means of action; theirs is a courage of defiance. … Desperate, you? Your capacity for hope does not date from today. Feeble, you? … Continue Reading ››
Towards the Integration of Mental Health Services and Social Programs for Holocaust Survivors in New York City
By
Gary J. Kennedy MD
Alessandra Scalmati MD, Ph.D
Debra Greenberg MSW, Ph.D
Introduction
Novel social support programs developed for Holocaust survivors show …
Continue Reading ››
Aging Child Holocaust Survivors of Sexual Abuse
By
Carla Lessing LCSW
Presented at the Selfhelp Conference in New York on March 29, 2011.
The goal of this presentation is that we, the mental health professionals and caretakers of the now elderly victims, will be alert to the possibility that the aging former hidden children, men, …
Continue Reading ››
