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philly.com: Holocaust survivor families yield new insight into trauma across generations
Council for Relationships’ Transcending Trauma Project (TTP) has interviewed three generations of Holocaust survivor families to study how trauma is transmitted across generations. Now, practical applications for other traumatized groups, such…
Read MoreHow to Talk to Your Children about Public Catastrophes
This post was written by Kenneth Covelman, Ph.D., Director of Masters in Family Therapy Program, Council for Relationships and Thomas Jefferson University. It was originally published on the TJU blog…
Read MoreA Clinical Perspective on Treatment of Vietnam Veterans
The Vietnam War, a documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick details the “epic story of one of the most controversial events in American history.” In a Washington Post…
Read MoreHow to Deal with Halloween Anxiety
Halloween is a time of frights, horror, and of course, candy. Although goblins and ghouls can entice some, for many it can be a time of terror – not the…
Read MoreI Have A Message for You: Holocaust Survivors Recount Messages from their Parents
In the video, “I Have A Message for You,” Klara, who survived the Holocaust as a young French woman hidden in Belgium, narrates a powerful story about her father and…
Read MoreCoping with the Las Vegas Shooting: How to Talk to Your Kids
What About the Children? Ben King and Laurel Roe, staff therapists at CFR, share their insights below on how to talk to your kids about the shooting in Las Vegas…
Read MoreCoping with the Las Vegas Shooting: How to Respond When We Feel Powerless
It was the first thing we heard yesterday when we woke up here in Eastern Standard Time. There had been another mass shooting, this time in Las Vegas at an outdoor…
Read MorePracticing Everyday Self-Care in the Wake of Tragedy
Once again, we are in shock at the capacity of a human being to damage and kill other people—and there is nothing comprehensible about such carnage. The many feelings you…
Read MoreCoping with the News of a Mass Shooting: Fighting Fear with Love
Waking up in the aftermath of a tragedy is jarring. This morning, I reached for my phone alarm, but before I could press snooze, I was startled by the number…
Read MoreWhat an Eclipse and Therapy Have in Common
A commentator said of Monday’s eclipse, “Everyone was just a person with something in common at that moment.” At Council for Relationships, we know that the need for therapy is…
Read MoreVideo: The Greater Philadelphia Conference on Veteran’s Mental Health
The Greater Philadelphia Conference on Veteran’s Mental Health will take place May 5, 2017. This full-day event features some of the nation’s leading experts in military and Veteran behavioral health….
Read MoreWe must be vigilant about our humanity
I went to Poland this past summer, but my mother would not have approved. My mother passed away in 2003. She came to this country in 1949 as a refugee…
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Positive Child-Parent Bonds Lead to More Positive Caregiving for Aging Survivors
Last week we observed Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year marks the 70th Anniversary of the liberation by the Allied Armies of the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps. To mark this…
Read MoreTips for Talking to Kids About Tragedy
Ferguson. Newtown. Earthquakes. Robin Williams. It’s hard to know what to say, how to say it and when to say it, especially when trying to explain difficult topics to little…
Read MoreThe Art of Grief
Lately we have heard of the tragic deaths of hundreds of people from all over the world. Many of their bodies will never be found or returned to their loved…
Read MoreTraumatic Brain Injuries and Homelessness
A recent study from St. Michael’s Hospital in Canada found that almost half of all homeless men had suffered at least one traumatic brain injury during their life, with over…
Read MoreBibliotherapy: Books Clients Have Found Helpful
There are so many books out there on the self-help shelves, that it’s often confusing for people to figure out which ones to read and which information to trust. Thanks…
Read MoreGetting Unstuck with EMDR
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, has helped millions of people find relief from distress and misery over the last 20+ years, but I’m still amazed that it is often…
Read MoreKids and Abuse
Given recent reports of events on college campuses, sexually inappropriate behavior is at the forefront of many minds. As a psychologist who specializes in problematic and abusive sexual behavior, I…
Read MoreIncorporating EMDR into my therapy practice
A Personal History of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing at Council for Relationships by Senior Staff Therapist Michael D’Antonio. From ancient times, Europeans searched for a specific missing ingredient for…
Read MoreEmotion Coaching: An Adoptive Family Finds Their Way From Loss to Attachment
Priscilla Singleton, MSW, LMFT, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and a marriage and family therapist. Ms. Singleton’s areas of expertise are separating and divorcing families, adoption, promotion of child…
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