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​Myths and Misconceptions​
Panelists
Moshe Norman, LCSW
Mr. Norman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Lakewood, NJ specializing in a wide range of mental health challenges.
Moshe is the host of the popular "Mondays With Moshe" show for mental health professionals.
Moshe uses psychodynamic and family systems therapy to treat individuals, couples and families who seek help. His greatest accomplishments are in the area of treating family dynamics which includes his course for married couples, "SoulMates." His compassionate approach and understanding of cultural and religious sensitivities make him a valuable voice in discussing mental health in the frum community.
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Dr. Akiva Perlman
Akiva Perlman, PhD., is a professor, lecturer on topics of abuse, addiction, and trauma, and fellow traveler for those suffering in silence. He has educated more than a thousand frum social workers from our community and is currently serving as professor at Wurzweiler School of Social work. Dr. Perlman is the clinical director of ODA’s Wellness Center, a clinic which serves the chasideshe community in Williamsburg. He maintains a practice on Long Island where he resides with his wife Tamar and children.
Devora Shabtai, LCSW
​Devora Shabtai LCSW, MSc, PhD Candidate currently serves as the Director of Clinical Development at Beachway Therapy Center. Devora previously served as the Vice President of Clinical Development at Onward Living and the founding Jewish track Program Manager of Transformations Treatment center. Devora specializes in the treatment of addiction and spiritual/religious trauma, as well as clinical program design that is tailored to meet the clinical and cultural needs of members of the Orthodox Jewish community within both inpatient and outpatient levels of care. Alongside clinical work, Devora has a background in evidence-based research and has co-authored several peer reviewed articles and book chapters on empirical relationships between Judaism and psychological well-being. Devora's current doctoral research is examining spiritual/religious identity development and its relationship to mental health.
Shevi Slome, LCSW
Shevi Slome, LCSW works part time as a Senior Clinician at Machon Dvir, a behavioral health clinic in Jerusalem, as an individual therapist and clinical supervisor. She also runs a private practice in Jerusalem catered to treating young adults and married/single women. Shevi specializes in treating trauma and attachment injuries, relational difficulties, emotion dysregulation, self harm/SIB, and mood and anxiety disorders. She is extensively trained in DBT and formally trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy level 1, Somatic Intervention, and EMDR level 1 and 2 as well as R-TEP, and EMDR 2.0. Shevi also utilizes aspects of IFS as well as ACT, schema therapy and Mindfulness based interventions within her work.
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