The Adult Education Committee of Rinat Yisrael proudly presents: Dr. Caroline Peyser, Clinical Psychologist and noted lecturer in Israel. She will be speaking this Shabbat afternoon, July 31, 2010 at 6:40 pm. Topic: The Gap Year in Israel - A Guide for the Perplexed".
The post high school year in Israel has been credited with creating a mini-revolution in our community. What are the challenges faced by our young people during this year and how can we help them successfully navigate? This lecture will investigate a number of dimensions of the gap year, including: Challenges arising from separation from home and what parents can do to help this process; Family visits and how to optimize successful interactions; Psychological issues common to gap year students; Why students come to therapy during the year and what to do if your child is having difficulties; Current trends -who is coming to israel today versus 20 years ago and why are they coming.
This shiur has been generously sponsored in memory of my beloved Mother, Sarah bat Shmuel Menachem, a”h, by Rella Levenstein Feldman, and by Maya Katz in beloved memory of Dina bat Isak, a monument to the endurance of love.
Dr. Caroline Peyser is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Israel with a sub-specialty in eating disorders and issues facing gap-year students. After making Aliya in 1994, she taught Talmud at Midreshet Lindenbaum while continuing to work as a therapist.
Dr. Peyser has been an academic coordinator and lecturer in psychology at Neve Yerushalayim's Center for Foreign Studies. She has been a project coordinator at the Academy for Torah Initiatives and Directions (ATID) , where she published several monographs on the treatment of eating disorders within Jewish educational settings and on approaches to the teaching of Halakhic complexity at Israeli Midrashot.
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