Grief Archives - Westchester Jewish Community Services

Helping our Westchester Neighbors in Tough Times

Miriam Arond2024-06-20T15:26:08-04:00May 31st, 2024|Categories: General|Tags: health and healing support services, family caregivers, pathways to care, Grief, support groups, Bereavement|

Thanks to your support, the WJCS Jewish Programs and Health & Healing Support Services continue to fan out across the county to comfort adults, youth, and seniors as we all try to make sense of what is going on in the world. Kudos to WJCS for offering a Bereavement Support Group to the community. Dealing with grief is a need which is often not addressed. Thank you for taking the lead in supporting individuals during this painful stage in their lives and facilitating the development of their resilience as they face this challenge. ~Participant in a WJCS Bereavement ...

Response to Trauma in the Face of Attacks Against Israel
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Response to Trauma in the Face of Attacks Against Israel

Miriam Arond2025-02-03T17:35:27-05:00October 20th, 2023|Categories: Feature, Featured Homepage, Featured Internal|Tags: trauma response, sadness, hamas, israel, strength, Grief, Community, Trauma, Anxiety|

Trauma has been described as an overwhelming physiological response in which an individual experiences a loss of control, vulnerability, and immobilization. This week, 75 WJCS employees and board members came together online to share and process their sadness, grief, and anxiety about Hamas attacks against Israel, including the kidnapping of over 200 people. In gathering together as a community and in hope, members of our WJCS staff focused on what experts say about responses to trauma and opened up about their own reactions to recent horrific news reports. We are sharing these insights in the hope that they may help ...

Theories & Practices to Support Clinicians Working with Grieving Clients

Miriam Arond2025-01-21T13:31:35-05:00April 10th, 2023|Categories: Courses, Mental Health|Tags: clinicians, ed institute, Grief, Mental Health|

The current course aims to provide clinicians with a grounding in psychoeducation and theory behind grief responses in order to increase clinician confidence in working with clients who are experiencing bereavement. Additionally, this course will provide clinicians with examples of and hands-on practice with activities they can use in session to help support clients on their journey through grief and healing. At the close of each day of the course, space will be provided for clinicians to process their thoughts and feelings related to working with grieving clients in an effort to normalize conversation about death and dying and dispel some of the discomfort or concern about supporting grieving clients.

Living the Legacy: Our Encounter with Parent Loss

Sylvia Davi2022-02-07T09:35:41-05:00February 7th, 2022|Categories: Jewish Spiritual Healing Center, Jewish Programs|Tags: Parent Loss, Living the Legacy, Loss, Grief|

We will create a safe space in which to share the grief of losing parents, the sustaining memories, and the legacies that survive. Co-facilitated by Gillian Rittmaster, LCSW, and Rabbi Pamela Wax 4 Thursdays: April 28, May 5, 19 & 26 10-11:30 AM $200 suggested fee ZOOM ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REGISTRATION to [email protected]. Please contact Rabbi Wax at least 24 hours prior to start of program to insure you receive access information in time.

Living the Legacy: Our Encounter with Parent Loss

Sylvia Davi2022-02-07T09:35:41-05:00February 7th, 2022|Categories: Jewish Spiritual Healing Center, Jewish Programs|Tags: Parent Loss, Living the Legacy, Loss, Grief|

We will create a safe space in which to share the grief of losing parents, the sustaining memories, and the legacies that survive. Co-facilitated by Gillian Rittmaster, LCSW, and Rabbi Pamela Wax 4 Thursdays: April 28, May 5, 19 & 26 10-11:30 AM $200 suggested fee ZOOM ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REGISTRATION to [email protected]. Please contact Rabbi Wax at least 24 hours prior to start of program to insure you receive access information in time.

Living the Legacy: Our Encounter with Parent Loss

Sylvia Davi2022-02-07T09:35:41-05:00February 7th, 2022|Categories: Jewish Spiritual Healing Center, Jewish Programs|Tags: Parent Loss, Living the Legacy, Loss, Grief|

We will create a safe space in which to share the grief of losing parents, the sustaining memories, and the legacies that survive. Co-facilitated by Gillian Rittmaster, LCSW, and Rabbi Pamela Wax 4 Thursdays: April 28, May 5, 19 & 26 10-11:30 AM $200 suggested fee ZOOM ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REGISTRATION to [email protected]. Please contact Rabbi Wax at least 24 hours prior to start of program to insure you receive access information in time.

Living the Legacy: Our Encounter with Parent Loss

Sylvia Davi2022-02-07T09:35:41-05:00February 7th, 2022|Categories: Jewish Spiritual Healing Center, Jewish Programs|Tags: Parent Loss, Living the Legacy, Loss, Grief|

We will create a safe space in which to share the grief of losing parents, the sustaining memories, and the legacies that survive. Co-facilitated by Gillian Rittmaster, LCSW, and Rabbi Pamela Wax 4 Thursdays: April 28, May 5, 19 & 26 10-11:30 AM $200 suggested fee ZOOM ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REGISTRATION to [email protected]. Please contact Rabbi Wax at least 24 hours prior to start of program to insure you receive access information in time.

Faith, Hope and Meaning: Moving Forward After the Death of a Loved One

Sylvia Davi2022-02-03T13:15:35-05:00February 3rd, 2022|Categories: Jewish Spiritual Healing Center, Jewish Programs|Tags: Grief, Moving Forward After the Death of Loved One|

Faith, Hope, and Meaning: Moving Forward after the Death of a Loved One Please join us for this conversation about meaning-making after the death of a loved one, whether you’ve lost a spouse, parent, sibling, or child. Co-facilitated by Jane Slevin, MFT and Rabbi Pamela Wax Wednesday, Feb 16, 4:00-5:30 PM $10 suggested fee ZOOM ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED UPON REGISTRATION to [email protected]. Please contact Rabbi Wax at least 24 hours prior to start of program to insure you receive access information in time.