Posted 6 days ago
By Michel Rousseau • JFCS Counselor Social distancing does not imply emotional distancing: Staying connected and engaged with your family/friend/communities is important, now more than ever, and can be done in a number of ways (phone, text, email, video chat, written letter, etc.). Be m[...]Posted 4 months ago
Judy Marcus retires as JFCS’ Healing Program Coordinator after 22 years Though Judaism is thousands of years old, the modern-day concept of Jewish Healing Centers doesn’t go back that far. The National Center for Jewish Healing (NCJH) was established in 1994 in response&n[...]Posted 7 months ago
In addition to keynote, conference will feature workshops with 22 topics to pick from The 19th annual Mental Health Education Conference sponsored by the Twin Cities Jewish community, “Creating Healing and All that Jazz,” will be held 10 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at Temple Is[...]Posted 7 months ago
September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month By Mark Kaufman • JFCS Counselor September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), someone dies by suicide every 40 seconds. That is a scary statistic, but for[...]Posted 8 months ago
"Nourishing the Therapeutic Relationship": What do ancient Jewish texts and contemporary theory tell us about this? As it turns out, a lot! JFCS will host a free CEU training on this topic on Friday, Sept. 20, at its office in Golden Valley (5905 Golden Valley Rd). Rabbi a[...]Posted 8 months ago
The heartbreaking events in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH left at least 31 people dead and many others injured. These horrific events left a hole in the hearts of so many people across the country and the world. What can we do and how can we make any sense of these evil acts of violence? Further, how s[...]Posted 9 months ago
Cera is celebrating 30 years with JFCS in September Carole Cera, a counselor and program manager with Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis (JFCS), is celebrating 30 years with the agency this year and now she has another accomplishment to celebrate – she has been honore[...]Posted 11 months ago
JFCS provides Counseling, Mental Health Support Services, the Mental Health Education Conference and more By Ruth Paley • Clinical Services Director May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Why do we “celebrate” or acknowledge mental health awareness this way? [...]Posted 12 months ago
By Mark Kaufman, MSW, LICSW • JFCS Therapist When our Counseling department decided to write a blog post in April for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, I apologetically and reluctantly volunteered. “I’m willing to write it, but who wants to hear from a man? I mean, we[...]Posted 1 year ago
By Becky Lyle Sulkin, MSW, LGSW • Jewish Community Addiction Services Coordinator JFCS is excited to announce the launch of Jewish Community Addiction Services. In developing these initiatives, we have been guided by a community survey and the Jewish Community Addiction Services Advis[...]