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Reader for the Orthodox Jewish Psychotherapist

Author : Seymour Hoffman
Publisher : Mondial
ISBN 13 : 1595692797
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (956 download)

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Download or read book Reader for the Orthodox Jewish Psychotherapist written by Seymour Hoffman and published by Mondial. This book was released on 2014 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a selection of interesting and informative articles authored by orthodox rabbis and psychotherapists that are highly relevant and pertinent to religious psychotherapists, veterans and novices alike. The highly significant topics and issues discussed include the relationship between clergy and clinician, special considerations in treating the haredi patient, attitude towards and treatment of homosexuals, and responsa by prominent contemporary rabbis regarding the issue of halachic constraints and treatment options, among others. The latter contains anecdotal examples of conflicts and dilemmas that religious therapists encountered in their work that were presented by the editor to various rabbis for their halachic (religious law) rulings. Among the questions raised are: Is the therapist obligated to rebuke a patient when the latter is transgressing serious religious commandments?; Is the therapist permitted to encourage a patient to express his negative feelings towards his/her parents?; Can a therapist continue doing marital therapy after learning that the husband is a Cohen and his wife is a divorcee?; Is cross-gender therapy permissible?, amongst others. --- Religious therapists, rabbis and laymen will find the book stimulating, informative and a worth-while read.

Mental Health, Psychotherapy and Judaism

Author : Seymour Hoffman
Publisher : Mondial
ISBN 13 : 1595692215
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (956 download)

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Download or read book Mental Health, Psychotherapy and Judaism written by Seymour Hoffman and published by Mondial. This book was released on 2011 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The articles in this slim volume deal with the interface of psychotherapy and Judaism and encourages collaboration between mental health practitioners and rabbis. The articles contribute to a deeper understanding of a variety of halachic questions involved in mental health issues and the practice of psychotherapy and in defining the specific roles and functions of rabbis and psychotherapists in helping people with emotional and psychological problems. Mental health practitioners, rabbis and religious and secular readers will find the book an interesting and worthwhile read.

Diversity in Couple and Family Therapy

Author : Shalonda Kelly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Diversity in Couple and Family Therapy written by Shalonda Kelly and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unprecedented volume provides a primer on diverse couples and families—one of the most numerous and fastest-growing populations in the United States—illustrating the unique challenges they face to thrive in various cultural and social surroundings. In Diversity in Couple and Family Therapy: Ethnicities, Sexualities, and Socioeconomics, a clinical psychologist and couples and family therapist with nearly two decades' experience leads a team of experts in addressing contemporary elements of diversity as they relate to the American family and covering key topics that all Americans face when establishing their identities, including racial and ethnic identity, gender and sexual orientation identity, religious and spiritual identity, and identity intersections and alternatives. Moreover, it includes chapters on cross-cultural assessment of health and pathology and tailoring treatment to diversity. Every chapter includes vignettes that serve to illustrate the nuances of and solutions to the concerns and issues, as well as the strengths and resilience often inherent in diverse couples or families. Effective methods of coping with stereotypes, intergenerational trauma, discrimination, and social and structural disparities are presented, as are ways to assess and empower couples and families. This text includes experiences and traditions of subgroups that typically receive little attention from being seen as too common, such as white and Christian families, or from being seen as too uncommon, such as couples and families from specific Native American tribes and multiracial couples and families. Thus, it addresses the curricular changes needed to master the diversity found in contemporary American couples and families. The text offers a holistic perspective on diverse couples and families that is consistent with the increasing prominence of models that transcend individual diagnoses and biology to include social factors and context. Theory, policy, prevention, assessment, treatment, and research considerations are included in each chapter. Topics include African American, Asian American, Latino, Native American, white, biracial/multiracial, intercultural, LGBT, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim couples and families as well as diverse family structures. The depth of every chapter includes attention to subgroups within each category, such as African American and Caribbean couples and families, as well as those who represent the intersection between varying oppressed identities, such as an intercultural gay family, or a poor, homeless interracial couple. Additionally, each chapter provides a review section with condensed and easy-to-understand summaries of the key take-away lessons.

Jewish Guide to Practical Medical Decision-Making

Author : Jason Weiner
Publisher : Urim Publications
ISBN 13 : 9655243524
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (552 download)

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Download or read book Jewish Guide to Practical Medical Decision-Making written by Jason Weiner and published by Urim Publications. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the rapid advances in the medical field, existing books on Jewish medical ethics are quickly becoming outdated and irrelevant. Jewish Guide to Practical Medical Decision-Making seeks to remedy that by presenting the most contemporary medical information and rabbinic rulings in an accessible, user-friendly manner. Rabbi Weiner addresses a broad range of medical circumstances such as surrogacy and egg donation, assisted suicide, and end of life decision making. Based on his extensive training and practical familiarity inside a major hospital, Rabbi Weiner provides clear and concise guidance to facilitate complex decision-making for the most common medical dilemmas that arise in contemporary society.

Between Rationality and Irrationality

Author : Mordechai Rotenberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351314033
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Between Rationality and Irrationality written by Mordechai Rotenberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewish Scriptural interpretation entails a potential therapeutic bridge between the rational-material and the irrational-mystic in the world of psychotherapy. PaRDeS, as this system is known, is derived from the following concepts. "P" denotes peshat, the plain interpretation of the text, which translates into a rational interpretation of life. "R" symbolizes remez, hinting at a related religious concept, which becomes a symbolic view of life. "D" stands for derash, the homiletic way of interpreting a text, or a narrative reading of life. And "S" represents sod, or the mystery behind an idea, which in psychological terms becomes a mystic understanding of life. Mordechai Rotenberg believes that it is by engaging readings in a "dialogue" with each other, as in the Jewish hermeneutic tradition, the psychology underlying one's existence may be more readily understood. While Rotenberg acknowledges that it is legitimate to focus on one cognitive-rational or one narrative-storytelling therapeutic method in the course of therapy, he argues that a comprehensive theory of psychotherapy should include treatment possibilities for both rational and irrational manifestations of behavior, thereby engulfing all aspects of human behavior. For Rotenberg, a person's life becomes the "text," subject to being read and interpreted. If that person wishes to change his or her behavior via psychotherapy, then a hermeneutic system must be employed to understand that person's life. However, many systems interpret a person's life according to the particular theory espoused by the therapist. Rotenberg, in contrast, introduces a balanced theory bridging the rational and the irrational. Between Rationality and Irrationality emphasizes that it is more important for a therapist to learn his client's own "language" than to impose his own doctrinaire interpretation. This edition includes a new introduction by the author, as well as an appendix explicating an original psychological interpretation of PaRDeS

Thinking Out of the Box: Unconventional Psychotherapy

Author : Seymour Hoffman
Publisher : Mondial
ISBN 13 : 1595692924
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (956 download)

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Download or read book Thinking Out of the Box: Unconventional Psychotherapy written by Seymour Hoffman and published by Mondial. This book was released on 2015-02-13 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a clinical psychologist who has worked in a variety of mental health facilities in the U.S. and Israel for over half a century, has shared with us in this book case studies of unconventional psychological treatment interventions such as the use of "phantom" consultants, clergymen, humor and a projective test, in dealing with challenging cases. Several articles present innovative approaches to supervision and the creative use of a mobile chair in therapy. The interventions and rationale of the treatment of the patients, that include both adults and children with a variety of pathologies and symptoms in different formats, are clearly presented. Some unconventional ideas and suggestions presented in the book, such as the dialectical cotherapy treatment approach and the use of a mobile chair in the treatment room, may possibly startle and shock the conventional therapist. Several of the articles were previously published in professional journals in the U. S., UK and Israel and slightly revised. It is hoped that this volume will encourage greater open-mindedness, flexibility and creativity on the part of clinical psychology students, trainees, beginning and seasoned psychotherapists, and expand their armamentarium of psychological tools, techniques and interventions in their clinical work.

Psychotherapy and the Ultra-Orthodox Community

Author : Seymour Hoffman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781595693051
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Psychotherapy and the Ultra-Orthodox Community written by Seymour Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a potpourri of articles written by haredi and religious mental health practitioners who were employed in a haredi sponsored mental health clinic that treated religious patients. The book is divided into two parts, part one addresses mental health issues and part two applies those issues in treatment cases. In part one, I found the article by a haredi psychoanalyst who described in an open and forthcoming manner the internal conflicts she faced in treating patients from the haredi community fascinating. Other interesting topics discussed in this section include rabbinic attitudes towards psychological treatment, clergy-clinician cooperation in treatment, and responsa by prominent haredi and orthodox rabbis to halachic questions raised by therapists in the treatment process. In the second part, highly creative and successful treatment interventions are described. I believe that mental health professionals, religious and secular, can gain practical insights and ideas for treatment from this book, particularly when working with a haredi and religious population. (Lynn Rothstein, Psy. D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist in the USA and licensed Rehabilitation Psychologist in Israel. Psychologist at the Young Women's Breast Cancer Clinic-Tel Hashomer Hospital, Ramat Gan and at Linda Joy Pollin Cardiovascular WellnessCenter for Women-Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem. Neuropsychologist-conducts neuropsychological and psycho-didactic evaluations, Efrat) --- I was glad to see that an English version of the previously published Hebrew book, "Psychological Treatment and the Haredi Community: Issues and Case Studies," is available for the English speaking public. I believe that mental health practitioners, rabbis and those interested in the interface between psychotherapy and Judaism will enjoy and benefit from this interesting and informative book. (Rabbi Naphtali Bar-Ilan, Community rabbi, Rehovot, Israel. Authored "Be Sanctified with Charity"; "Government and State in Israel According to the Torah," and numerous articles on psychotherapy and Jewish law.) --- Seymour Hoffman, Ph. D. is Supervising psychologist at the "Chiba" Community Health Clinic, Ma'ayenei Hayeshua Medical Center. Authored "Mental Health, Psychotherapy and Judaism," "Thinking out of the Box" Unconventional Psychotherapy and edited "Reader for Orthodox Jewish Psychotherapists: Issues, Case Studies and Contemporary Responsa" and "Rabbis and Psychologists: Partners or Adversaries." --- Hannah Bar-Joseph, Ph. D. is Head of psychological services, Ma'ayenei Hayeshua Medical Center, Bene Brak Israel. Previously was chief psychologist at the Rehovot Community Mental Health Clinic. Taught at Bar-Ilan University and the Religious Teachers' College of Jewish Studies, Moreshet Yaakov. Specializes in youth suicide prevention (therapy, lecturer, researcher)."

Psychotherapy with the Orthodox Jew

Author : Herbert S. Strean
Publisher : Jason Aronson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Psychotherapy with the Orthodox Jew written by Herbert S. Strean and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 1994 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strean shows clearly how religion serves unconscious, neurotic, and defensive functions as well as adaptive purposes. Written in a personal, self-reflective style, Dr. Strean's case study material illustrates beautifully the relevance and application of psychoanalytic concepts to understanding the life and struggles of the Orthodox Jewish patient. These theoretical and technical constructs include transference and countertransference, the relationship between overt behaviors and their genetic antecedents, and the effects of interpretation on facilitating childhood reconstructions. Dr.

Interface Between Psychotherapy and Judaism

Author : Seymour Hoffman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781595693358
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Interface Between Psychotherapy and Judaism written by Seymour Hoffman and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Reader focuses on the interface between psychotherapy and Judaism. The twenty-one articles (with one exception) that were authored by orthodox and haredi rabbis and mental health practitioners are varied and relate to theoretical as well as practical issues. The book is divided into three parts: Issues, Case Studies and Halachic Deliberations. In the first part, issues such as attitudes of ultra-orthodox rabbis to psychological treatment, unique challenges in treating haredi patients, and relationship between rabbis and psychologists are analyzed and discussed among other topics. Part two presents case histories of the treatment of haredi and religious patients which include the participation of rabbis in specific situations and charming anecdotes demonstrating the psychological wisdom, sensitivity and insights of ancient and contemporary Jewish sages. Part three contains responsa of respected contemporary arbiters to questions raised by religious psychotherapists and articles discussing the relevant and sensitive issues of cross-gender therapy and honoring abusive parents, by mental health practitioners. -- The appendix contains three articles in Hebrew - responsa regarding Jewish Law and psychological treatment and two articles by prominent rabbis on the relationship between rabbis and psychologists and ethics of the religious psychotherapist.

A Psychology-Judaism Reader

Author : Reuven P. Bulka
Publisher : Charles C. Thomas Publisher
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book A Psychology-Judaism Reader written by Reuven P. Bulka and published by Charles C. Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 1982 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Jewish Holiday Reader; Lessons on Healing from a Psychotherapist's Perspective

Author : Aliza Scharf-Bendov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781720434764
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book A Jewish Holiday Reader; Lessons on Healing from a Psychotherapist's Perspective written by Aliza Scharf-Bendov and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-30 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book utilizes themes derived from Jewish holidays that illustrate principles of healing and growth. This book is meant as both a conceptual and applied guide to healing and living from a deepest place of truth and authenticity. It is the author's hope that this book will take you on a very personal journey towards greater insight into one's self and reality as a whole.

Ethnicity and Family Therapy, Third Edition

Author : Monica McGoldrick
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 1606237942
Total Pages : 796 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity and Family Therapy, Third Edition written by Monica McGoldrick and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2005-08-18 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This widely used clinical reference and text provides a wealth of knowledge on culturally sensitive practice with families and individuals from over 40 different ethnic groups. Each chapter demonstrates how ethnocultural factors may influence the assumptions of both clients and therapists, the issues people bring to the clinical context, and their resources for coping and problem solving.

Rewriting the Self

Author : Mordechai Rotenberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351307266
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Rewriting the Self written by Mordechai Rotenberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the term midrash--from the Hebrew darash, searched or interpreted--can refer to both legal and extralegal scriptural exegesis, it most commonly refers to symbolic legends, stories, and parables used to make moral or ethical concepts accessible to the layman. As such, midrash encompasses an open-ended method of exposition that often allows for the coexistence of seemingly contradictory interpretations of holy writ in a kind of dialogue with each other. In Rewriting the Self, Mordechai Rotenberg illustrates how "midrashic" dialogue between a person's past and present may assist in the reorganization of ostensibly contrasting conditions or positions, so that by reinterpreting a failing past according to future aspirations, cognitive discord may be reduced and one may begin to rehabilitate and enhance one's life. Rotenberg argues that the foundations of what he calls a "dialogic" psychology of progress, as well as a pluralistic, free choice approach to psychotherapy, may be identified in Judaism's midrashic "metacode." From a practical, therapeutic perspective, a teacher or therapist would no longer be an elite interpreter of a student or client's past, authorized to give the only authentic analysis of that person's problems. Rather, he would be able to offer a variety of options, both rational and emotional. In Rewriting the Self, Rotenberg demonstrates his theory with several case studies of "rewriting" oneself from both the Midrash and Talmud. He contrasts this method with other psychotherapies. This volume is the third in a trilogy (the previous two, Damnation and Deviance and Hasidic Psychology, are also published by Transaction) that seeks to present a "dialogistic" psychology as an alternative framework to the perspective that predominates in Western social sciences. It is an original work that will be welcomed by psychotherapists, social scientists, and students of theology.

Issues in Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Judaism

Author : Seymour Hoffman
Publisher : Rlpg/Galleys
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Issues in Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Judaism written by Seymour Hoffman and published by Rlpg/Galleys. This book was released on 2007 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the recent past, there has been a general resurgence of investigative interest in the myriad relationships between psychology and Judaism, and more specifically between the latter and psychotherapy that has greatly enhanced our understanding of the interface between them. This book contributes to that worthwhile goal. Between its covers, one can find a collection of articles by orthodox rabbis, educators, and mental health professionals, which discuss and explore a wide spectrum of relevant and topics of concern to professionals and laymen. Controversial issues, such as the attitude of rabbis towards psychotherapy, clerical-clinician cooperation, and Judaism's view and attitude toward homosexuality are discussed in an open and forthright manner. It is expected that some readers may take exception to the views presented, which will, hopefully, enhance further deliberation on these topics. Throughout the book, rich clinical material is presented to guide the practitioner in treating the ultra-orthodox community; in depicting successful collaboration between rabbis and clinicians; and in enlightening the reader regarding the psychological wisdom and insights of the Jewish sages and religious leaders. Mental health professionals, religious leaders, and the general lay public who are interested in the interface between psychology, psychotherapy, and Judaism, will find this work informative, interesting, and stimulating.

The Art of Jewish Pastoral Counseling

Author : Michelle Friedman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315535327
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Jewish Pastoral Counseling written by Michelle Friedman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Jewish Pastoral Counseling provides a clear, practical guide to working with congregants in a range of settings and illustrates the skills and core principles needed for effective pastoral counseling. The material is drawn from Jewish life and rabbinic pastoral counseling, but the fundamental principles in these pages apply to all faith traditions and to a wide variety of counselling relationships. Drawing on relational psychodynamic ideas but writing in a very accessible style, Friedman and Yehuda cover when, how and why counseling may be sought, how to set up sessions, conduct the work in those sessions and deal with difficult situations, maintain confidentiality, conduct groupwork and approach traumatic and emotive subjects. They guide the reader through the foundational principles and topics of pastoral counseling and illustrate the journey with accessible and lively vignettes. By using real life examples accompanied by guided questions, the authors help readers to learn practical techniques as well as gain greater self-awareness of their own strengths and vulnerabilities. With a host of examples from pastoral and clinical experience, this book will be invaluable to anyone offering counselling to both the Jewish community and those of other faiths. The Art of Jewish Pastoral Counseling will appeal to psychoanalysts, particularly those working with Jewish clients, counselors, psychotherapists, psychoanalysts and rabbis offering pastoral counseling, as well as clergy of other faiths such as ministers, priests, imams and lay chaplains.

Feminist Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Author : Charlotte Krause Prozan
Publisher : Jason Aronson
ISBN 13 : 9780876684566
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (845 download)

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Download or read book Feminist Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy written by Charlotte Krause Prozan and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 1992 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work reviews the history of the feminist and psychoanalytic theory of female development and personality. The book aims to offer therapists more effective perspectives on psychotherapy in relation to women by providing an integration of the two subject areas.

Homosexuality, Transsexuality, Psychoanalysis and Traditional Judaism

Author : Alan Slomowitz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351718487
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Homosexuality, Transsexuality, Psychoanalysis and Traditional Judaism written by Alan Slomowitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homosexuality, Transsexuality, Psychoanalysis and Traditional Judaism explores the often incommensurable and irreconcilable beliefs and understandings of sexuality and gender in the Orthodox Jewish community from psychoanalytic, rabbinic, feminist, and queer perspectives. The book explores how seemingly irreconcilable differences might be resolved. The book is divided into two separate but related sections. The first highlights the divide between the psychoanalytic, academic, and traditional Orthodox Jewish perspectives on sexual identity and orientation, and the acute psychic and social challenges faced by gay and lesbian members of the Orthodox Jewish world. The contributors ask us to engage with them in a dialogue that allows for authentic conversation. The second section focuses on gender identity, especially as experienced by the Orthodox transgender members of the community. It also highlights the divide between theories that see gender as fluid and traditional Judaism that sees gender as strictly binary. The contributors write about their views and experiences from both sides of the divide. They ask us to engage in true authentic dialogue about these complex and crucial emotional and religious challenges. Homosexuality, Transsexuality, Psychoanalysis and Traditional Judaism will be of great interest to psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists as well as members and leaders of Jewish communities working with LGBTQ issues.