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Spring 2025 Event
Therapy starts working here.
Real answers. Real hope. Real change.
Day 1 – Sunday, May 11
Anxiety, OCD, Depression
How to Know Which Therapist Can Help You
Rabbi Binyamin Babad
Misophonia: When Sounds Prompt Intense Emotions
Dr. Ezra Cowan
Transforming OCD Treatment for Real
Dr. Jonathan Grayson
Shyness or Social Anxiety? When It Becomes a Disorder
Dr. Richard Heimberg
Process-Based Treatment and Freedom from Diagnoses
Dr. Stefan Hofmann
Mental Health Care Gaps in Israel
Dr. Jonathan Huppert
Frumkeit or OCD? How to Spot the Difference
Dr. Elliot Kaminetsky
OCD Demystified: What it is and How to Heal for Life
Dr. Shimon Littman
Understanding Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors
Dr. Charles Mansueto
Stop Managing Anxiety, Start Eliminating It
Dr. Martin Antony
Breaking Free from Anxiety and OCD
Dr. Dean McKay
How to Know If Your Therapy Progress is Normal
Dr. Jacqueline Persons
Overcoming Anxiety: How Coping Can Keep You Stuck
Dr. Debi Rosenberg
Rewiring Your Anxious Mind: How Your Brain Truly Works
Dr. Bethany Teachman
OCD Treatment That Actually Works
Dr. Elna Yadin
Panel
Frum Women with a Platform: Responsibility, Reach and Real Life
What Needs to Change: My Take on Mental Health in the Frum World
Raizy Fried
Torah, Mental Health and Breaking the Silence
Bari Mitzman
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Navigating Perinatal Anxiety and Eliminating Stigma​
Dobby Baum
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The Effect of a Strong Marriage on the Healing
Journey
Leah Richeimer
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When to DIY
and
When to
Seek Help
Mushka Gopin
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Day 2 – Monday, May 12
Personality Disorders & Serious Mental Illness
Psychosis: Recovery, Choice and Early Intervention
Dr. Olivia Altamirano
Getting your Life Back from Serious Mental Illness
Dr. Aaron Brinen
The Trauma Treatment Secret Most Therapists Don’t Know
Dr. Livya Chriki
Why Trendy Therapies Are Not Necessarily Effective
Dr. Christopher Conley
Sleep: The Foundation of Mental Health
Dr. Brian Curtis
Mindfulness and Emotion Regulation the DBT Way
Dr. Christine Dunkley
Staying Connected:
The Family Balancing Act
Dr. Alan Fruzzetti
Building a Life Worth Living with DBT
Dr. Amy Gaglia-Essletzbichler
Evidence-Based Mental Health Care for Frum Clients
Dr. Sarah Green
How DBT Saves Lives When Other Therapy Fails
Dr. Charlie Swenson
What To Look For in a DBT Therapist
Dr. Tali Wigod
Panel
Supporting the Klal: What Our Organizations Are Seeing - and Doing​
How To Be An Educated Therapy Client
Mindy Karmel
Yad Rachel
How to Know When You're Getting Better
Zahava List
Chazkeinu
Challenging Frum Therapy Norms
Eli Portal, LMSW
Ohel
Common Questions About Psychiatric Medication
Dr. Tal Weinberger
Chemed
Busting Mental Health Myths in the Frum World
Rivky Sklar
JANPPA
Confronting Mental Health Skepticism in Torah Communities
Rabbi Avi Landa, LCPC
Amudim
Day 3 – Tuesday, May 13
Eating Disorders & Substance Use
Understanding Eating Disorders Through Exposure
Dr. Rachel Butler
How Parents Can Help Struggling Adult Kids
Amy Kalasunas, LPCC-S
The Frum Community's Blind Spot: Eating Disorders
Devorah Levinson
Mental Health in the Yiddish-Speaking Community
Rabbi Menachem Lowy
The Empathy Effect and Addictions
Dr. Bill Miller
Evidence-Based Addiction Treatment That Works
Dr. Rachel Proujansky
Parents are Key to Eating Disorder Recovery
Dr. Heather Rosen
Demystifying Psychodynamic Therapy
Dr. Chaya Rubin
Understanding Eating Disorders and Treatments
Dr. Malka Sears
Becoming Your Own Best Therapist
Dr. Moe Seplowitz
Understanding Substance Use in the Frum Community
Dr. Matis Shulman
Evidence-Based Models for Eating Disorders
Dr. Lucene Wisniewski
Panel
Mechanchim and Rabbanim Reflect: What Today's Generation Need Most
The Therapy Quality Crisis in Our Communities
Rabbi Meir Kahane
Navigating Halacha and Psychological Care
Rabbi Yitzchok Jaeger
Supporting Mental Health as a Rav: the Do's and Dont's
Rabbi Yisroel Grossberg
Seminary Mental Health: Navigating Anxiety and Building Trust in Therapy
Mrs. Dina Schoonmaker
Day 4 – Wednesday, May 14
Trauma
What PTSD is
and How CPT Heals It
Dr. Kate Chard
Understanding Prolonged Exposure
Dr. Edna Foa
Why Process-Based Therapy Changes Everything
Dr. Steven Hayes
“G-d Don’t Create No Junk.” No Place for Shame
Rabbi YY Jacobson
Degree Doesn't Guarantee Effective Treatment
Rabbi Shlomo Katz
Recovering from Trauma: What the Evidence Shows
Dr. Debra Kaysen
Why Facing Trauma Memories Actually Works
Dr. Candice Monson
Psychodynamic Therapy: Finding Your Approach
Dr. Yosef Reich
What Really Works in Trauma Treatment
Dr. Rachel Reich
Understanding CPT: An Evidence-Based Approach
Dr. Patricia Resick
When to Medicate: Psychiatry in the Frum Community
Dr. Chaim Szachtel
Dispelling Myths About PTSD Treatment
Dr. Liza Zwiebach
Panel
What the Frum Therapists You Trust Want You to Know
​Understanding the ADHD Brain as a Different Operating System, Not a Deficit
Dr. Nachi Felt
Repairing Relationships
Moshe
Norman, LCSW
​Healing Relationships with Authenticity and Vulnerability
Dr. David Lieberman
​Common Misconceptions That Hold You Back From Healing
Elisheva Liss, LCSW
Addressing the Body, Mind, and Soul in the Healing Process
Aliza Tropper, LMHC
Day 5 – Thursday, May 15
Child Therapy & Family Topics
Hidden Struggles of Brilliant Minds: ADHD and High-IQ
Dr. Thomas Brown
Effective Treatment for Childhood Issues
Dr. Michael Friedman
Adapting DBT for Frum Schools
Ariella Hershkovich-Elgavi
Therapeutic Schools for Frum Children
Dr. Miri Korbman
When Parents Become the Experts
Dr. Nira Nafisi
The Truth About
Social Work Education
Suri Nowosiolski, LCSW
Helping Your Child Regulate Their Emotions
Dr. Francheska Perepletchikova
A Former Eim Bayit's Take on Mental Health in Seminary
Nechama Quinn, LMSW
Childhood Anxiety: Why Reassurance Fails
Dr. Devora Scher
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More than Baby Blues:
Perinatal Challenges
Dr. Yonina (Nini) Slochowsky
Combining Approaches:
Integrative Therapy
Dr. Paul Wachtel
Real Solutions: Emotionally Dysregulated Kids
Talia Kaplan, PsyD
Panel
Voices from the Field: Real-World Parenting Mental Health Perspectives
Addressing Children's Mental Health Before Problems Grow
Rabbi Dov Brezak
DBT Principles for Parenting
Matis Miller, LCSW
InReach
The Hidden Power of Parental Connection
Avi Fishoff
Your Kids Don't Need Perfect - They Need You Regulated and Real
Blimie Heller
Parenting Complex Kids
Dr. Ilyssa Bass