By Tatiana Kastner, MSW, RSW
“Art is a powerful tool of communication,” as C.A. Malchiodi says in her Handbook of Art Therapy (2003, p. 3). Its therapeutic benefits for the person's emotional well being have been reported for diverse populations (Canadian Art Therapy Association, 2017). The multi-faceted approach of Expressive Therapies can be very appropriate … Continue Reading ››
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 ››
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
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, USA
Author 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 ››
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 ››
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 ››
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 ››
Sunday 24 November 2013
By Dr. George Halaszwww.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 ››
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 ››
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 ››
