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SUMMARY:Burnt Toast: Losing & Finding One's Identity
DESCRIPTION:Presentation and Book Signing with Dr. Nancy Gerber\nSunday\, March 24 1:00 – 2:30pm\, 1.5 CEs \nOn Zoom or onsite in Livingston\, NJ \nSeminar is no charge – $20 donation suggested. \n$17 administrative fee for each CE certificate. \n\nWhat happens to a young girl who loses her name when she comes to America? How does this penniless\, unlettered girl survive? These and other questions are explored by Nancy Gerber about her relationship with her grandmother\, who fled the pogroms of the Russian Pale at the age of fifteen. Burnt Toast is a collage of memories pieced together by the author\, not only to portrait her grandmother but also to voice the complexities of the immigrant experience: disruption\, questions unanswered\, and traumas. A beautiful journey where Gerber had to accept that many things still remained a mystery. \nCourse Objectives – Participants will be able to: \n\nDescribe some unrecognized challenges refugees face in adapting to an adoptive country.\nIdentify symptoms of traumatic stress responses triggered by forced disruption of home and identity.\nUnderstand the value of decoding symbolic communication in the therapeutic setting.\nDesign at least two interventions for promoting resilient growth when working with individuals struggling with trauma-related identity issues.\n\n  \n\nNancy Gerber holds a PhD in English from Rutgers University and completed psychoanalytic training at the Academy of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis (ACAP) in Livingston\, New Jersey\, where she is a member of the faculty. She is the author of six books of fiction\, memoir\, and poetry\, as well as a scholarly monograph. Her book Fire and Ice was a finalist for a Gradiva Award. \nFor questions or information email Cassio Campello at events@acapnj.org \nor call 973 629-1002 \n For CE Information- visit our website\, https://acapnj.org/ce-information/ \nThere is a $17.00 Fee for CE Certification processing. \nCounselors\, Art Therapists\, Marriage/Family Counselors\, LPC’s \nNJ Social Workers \nNJ Psychoanalysts \nNYS Creative Art Therapists \nPsychologists \nNY Social Workers \nNY Psychoanalysts \nNurses
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