Fresh Start Webinar - Dr. Richard Schwartz
Moderated by Rabbi YY Jacobson

To learn more about Fresh Start please visit https://jewishfreshstart.com

In light of the current ongoing challenges in Eretz Yisrael and around the world, Fresh Start invites you to a transformative four-part webinar series to provide practical tips and expert guidance for self-regulation during times of crisis. 
לעילוי נשמת דניאל בן אסתר
לעילוי נשמת רפאל בן לאה
לעילוי נשמת מאיר יהודה בן יוסף הכהן
In honor of Tzadok Eliyahu and Eli Seligson, two true pillars of the Detroit community

Richard C. Schwartz is an American systemic family therapist, academic, author, and creator of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) branch of therapy. He developed his foundational work with IFS in the 1980s after noticing that his clients were made up of many different pieces of "parts" of their "Self." He teaches that, "Our inner parts contain valuable qualities and our core Self knows how to heal, allowing us to become integrated and whole. In IFS all parts are welcome.

Fresh Start Webinar - Dr. Stuart Ablon
Moderated by Rabbi YY Jacobson

To learn more about Fresh Start please visit https://jewishfreshstart.com

In light of the current ongoing challenges in Eretz Yisrael and around the world, Fresh Start invites you to a transformative four-part webinar series to provide practical tips and expert guidance for self-regulation during times of crisis. 
לעילוי נשמת דניאל בן אסתר
לעילוי נשמת רפאל בן לאה
לעילוי נשמת מאיר יהודה בן יוסף הכהן
In honor of Tzadok Eliyahu and Eli Seligson, two true pillars of the Detroit community

Dr. Stuart Ablon, Ph.D., is the Director of Think:Kids in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ablon co-founded the Center for Collaborative Problem Solving where he also served as Co-Director from its inception until 2008. Dr. Ablon is co-author of Treating Explosive Kids: The Collaborative Problem Solving Approach and author of numerous articles, chapters and scientific papers on the process and outcome of psychosocial interventions. A dynamic and engaging speaker, Dr. Ablon was recently ranked #5 on the list of the world’s top rated keynote speakers in the academic arena.

Dr. Ablon’s research has been funded by, amongst others, the National Institute of Health, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychoanalytic Association, the International Psychoanalytic Association, the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Institute, and the Endowment for the Advancement of Psychotherapy. Dr. Ablon received his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and completed his predoctoral and postdoctoral training at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ablon trains parents, educators, and clinicians and consults to schools and treatment programs throughout the world in the Collaborative Problem Solving approach.

Fresh Start Webinar - Dr. Stephen Porges, moderated by Rabbi Shimon Russell, LCSW

To learn more about Fresh Start please visit https://jewishfreshstart.com

In light of the current ongoing challenges in Eretz Yisrael and around the world, Fresh Start invites you to a transformative four-part webinar series to provide practical tips and expert guidance for self-regulation during times of crisis. 
לעילוי נשמת דניאל בן אסתר
לעילוי נשמת רפאל בן לאה
לעילוי נשמת מאיר יהודה בן יוסף הכהן
In honor of Tzadok Eliyahu and Eli Seligson, two true pillars of the Detroit community

Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D. is Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. He is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at both the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland.

He served as president of the Society for Psychophysiological Research and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences and is a former recipient of a National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award. He has published more than 400 peer-reviewed papers across several disciplines including anesthesiology, biomedical engineering, critical care medicine, ergonomics, exercise physiology, gerontology, neurology, neuroscience, obstetrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, psychometrics, space medicine, and substance abuse. In 1994 he proposed the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that links the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system to social behavior and emphasizes the importance of physiological state in the expression of behavioral problems and psychiatric disorders. The theory is leading to innovative treatments based on insights into the mechanisms mediating symptoms observed in several behavioral, psychiatric, and physical disorders.

He is the author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton, 2011), The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe, (Norton, 2017), co-editor of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton, 2018) and author of Polyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation (Norton 2021). Dr. Porges is the creator of a music-based intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol ™ (SSP), which is used by therapists to improve social engagement, language processing, and state regulation, as well as to reduce hearing sensitivities.