SUSAN MICKEL LMFT SANTA MONICA FULL

In this moment of urgency and also possibility for change, we call on leaders of North American Jewry - foundation leaders, scholars, rabbis, educators - to Meanwhile, American Jewish billionaire funders help support the Israeli far right. As Israel has grown more right-wing and come under the spell of the current government’s messianic, homophobic, and misogynistic agenda, young American Jews have grown more and more alienated from it. Īmerican Jews have long been at the forefront of social justice causes, from racial equality to abortion rights, but have paid insufficient attention to the elephant in the room: Israel’s long-standing occupation that, we repeat, has yielded a regime of apartheid. The problems did not start with the current radical government: Jewish supremacism has been growing for years and was enshrined in law by the 2018 Nation State Law. Indeed, the ultimate purpose of the judicial overhaul is to tighten restrictions on Gaza, deprive Palestinians of equal rights both beyond the Green Line and within it, annex more land, and ethnically cleanse all territories under Israeli rule of their Palestinian population. There cannot be democracy for Jews in Israel as long as Palestinians live under a regime of apartheid, as Israeli legal experts have described it. Without equal rights for all, whether in one state, two states, or in some other political framework, there is always a danger of dictatorship. Settler vigilantes burn, loot, and kill with impunity.

They face constant violence: this year alone, Israeli forces have killed over 190 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza and demolished over 590 structures. Palestinian people lack almost all basic rights, including the right to vote and protest. She holds firm in the belief that we each have the ability to develop life-changing tools that allow us to create a greater sense of agency, sustainable balance, and a more expansive capacity to experience a rewarding life of our own design.We, academics, clergy, and other public figures from Israel/Palestine and abroad, call attention to the direct link between Israel’s recent attack on the judiciary and its illegal occupation of millions of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

Her integrative clinical practice brings in elements of both her cognitive and somatic practices. Her interest in the impact of trauma led her to study with both Bessel Van Der Kolk and Peter Levine, and ultimately to the decision to become a Marriage and Family Therapist so that she could support her clients in a more comprehensive way. Mischa has been a trauma-informed yoga therapist and Somatic-Experiencing® -trained movement therapist since 2012.

SUSAN MICKEL LMFT SANTA MONICA FULL

Working with couples and individuals, her practice addresses a full scope of needs, and her specializations include trauma, aging, dementia/Alzheimer’s Disease caregiving, and military servicepersons and families. Mischa Hines is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist with a master’s degree in clinical psychology with a focus in Psychological Trauma. Lea is a long-term Supervisor at the Southern California Counseling Center in Los Angeles and has volunteered as a supervisor for over 12 years. She co-leads a Mindfulness Based Meditation Group for clients struggling with all types of eating disorders. Lea and Pam Siegel, LMFT, have co-led the group for over 9 years. Lea completed the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program under the guidance of Jerome Front, Adjunct Faculty Member at Pepperdine’s Graduate School of Clinical Psychology. Walter Brackelmann at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is trained to work with all types of challenges facing couples. She is a member of the American Association of Couples and Sex Therapists (AACAST) and has completed one-year of training with Dr. Lea has extensive experience working with all types of eating disorders and has worked as a therapist/supervisor in several clinical settings and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP). Lea is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Clinical Director and Certified Supervisor. Lea is trained in Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and the Trauma Resiliency Model (TRM) to work with all types of stress and trauma. She is also a Certified Yoga Instructor and has completed more than 200 hours of training to incorporate yoga to treat anxiety and trauma.

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