Working Towards Cultural Competency for Jewish Communities
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Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Identify at least two Jewish identities and their expression in everyday life.
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Describe two strategies that can be used when working with individuals from the Jewish community.
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Summarize cultural-specific issues that may arise when working with Jewish clients.
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Identify Jewish myths and stereotypes.
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Describe factual data and statistics related to the Jewish population.
Educational Goal
The educational goal of this webinar is to advance practitioners’ knowledge of and sensitivity to the greater Jewish community and Judaism, an ethno-religion.
Description
The goal of this webinar is to advance practitioners’ knowledge of and sensitivity to the greater Jewish community and Judaism, an ethno-religion. This presentation will highlight the diverse range of Jewish identity and expression. Judaism’s values, beliefs, traditions, rituals, and worldviews will be discussed and how they manifest in everyday life. Cultural-specific issues that may arise in clinical services will be discussed and useful interventions will be identified. Myths and stereotypes will be reviewed and debunked, and relevant data and statistics will be used to augment the key ideas and focus of this presentation.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Moshe Moeller, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in cross-cultural fatherhood, parenting, couples, family and group therapy, and paternal mental health. He is an Attending Psychologist at Montefiore Medical Center and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Moeller is currently the Associate Program Director of Montefiore’s Supporting Healthy Relationships and HERO Dads programs. He is also one of the cofounders of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Psychologists (AOJP) and serves on their leadership team. Over the past decade he has been conducting and presenting fatherhood and relationship education research and has been providing clinical services for fathers and families from diverse backgrounds. Dr. Moeller received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Queens College and his master’s and doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology from Adelphi University, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology. He also received his First Talmudic Degree from Sh’or Yoshuv Institute. He has specialized training in psychodynamic therapy, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) and Gottman Method Couple Therapy and is a Certified PREP 8.0, Nurturing Fathers, and 24/7 Dad Facilitator.