Snoezelen is a form of multi-sensory stimulation (MSS) that is used both to calm down Patients with Dementia (PwD) who are agitated, as well as to stimulate those that are disengaged from their surroundings
Topic: mental health
Psychological Dynamics in Aging Survivors of the Holocaust
Author: Dr. Eva Fogelman, Ph.D, Child Development Research
The psychological dynamics of aging survivors of the Holocaust are worthy of inquiry because, indeed, their old age is marred by a massive traumatic historical catastrophe. For some Holocaust survivors, their lives were disrupted not only by barbaric persecution during the German occupation of European countries, but … Continue Reading ››
A Multidimensional Exploration of the Effects of Identity Ruptures in Israeli and North American Holocaust Survivors
Clinical, Policy, and Programmatic Implications
written by: Yael Danieli Group Project for Holocaust Survivors and their Children, NY, USA Fran H. Norris Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USAAuthor Note
This study was supported by grants from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, the Anti-Defamation League and Richard Rockefeller, M.D. The authors wish … Continue Reading ››
Encounters with Chronic Psychiatric Holocaust Survivors: Trauma, Psychosis and Functionality
By Irit Felsen, Ph.D.
Part I
Abstract
This paper describes encounters with Jewish survivors of the Holocaust who were diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent decades in psychiatric institutions in Israel. The interviews with the patients took place in the context of the Testimony Project (Strous et al., 2005). The focus of this paper is … Continue Reading ››
Looking Back, Being Here and Glimpsing at the Future: Eleven Years in the Life of a Group of Women Survivors, Under the Auspices of AMCHA
by Aviva Lion
Introduction
In March 2003, I arrived on the doorstep of Yoram Amit, director of Amcha in Rehovot. In a very unimposing office, here was the person who would introduce me to the fact that I was a Holocaust survivor. The facts about my life and the Holocaust I knew – but … Continue Reading ››
Scars of the Past – Group Work with Holocaust Survivors and Descendants
By Halina Rosenkranz, M.S.
Holocaust Program—Group Facilitator
Westchester Jewish Community Services
141 N. Central Avenue
Hartsdale, New York
"We’re supposed to feel sorry for the children of Nazis; who feels sorry for us? They have the choice of hating their families—our families are dead. We have no choice!”
The above statement was made during a discussion following the … Continue Reading ››
Manifestations of Generational Trauma: What, Why, Where and How We Feel Dissociations from Holocaust Trauma
Presentation Limmud Oz
Sunday 24 November 2013 By Dr. George Halasz www.halasz.com.au With the rapid changes in our understanding of the ‘what’, ‘why’, ‘where’ and ‘how’ of relational trauma arising from the recent advances in neuroscience, (The Brain that Changes Itself, N Doidge, 2007) the psychologist’s, psychotherapist’s and psychiatrist’s capacities to deeply engage … Continue Reading ››
Life Beyond Despair
Exploring Holocaust Survivors’ Successful Coping and Adaption
By Michelle Fishman“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
―Friedrich Nietzsche
On May 8, 1945, Germany faced its unconditional surrender to Allied forces. With that, the near annihilation of European Jewry, which future generations would come to know as the Holocaust, drew to … Continue Reading ››
Memories of the Holocaust: An Essay
By Paul Valent
ABSTRACT
As survivors are dying out memories are becoming history. Yet, histories are influenced by memories, and memories have histories too. While it is possible, it is worth examining the nature of Holocaust memories. This essay hopes to contribute to understanding the nature of Holocaust … Continue Reading ››
Trauma in a Residential Setting
Goodnight, Irene… Welcome Home! Transforming Relational Trauma in a Residential Setting
By George Halasz, Magalí Kaplan, Rod Myer“And so I learnt that the poet is a pulse in the rhythmic flow of generations.” – Octavio Paz, In Search of the Present (1990 Nobel Lecture, p. 22, San Diego Harvest)