Understanding Depression and Exploring Treatment Options

One in five people will experience a Major Depressive episode in their lifetime. In this hour, Dr. Kevin Ferentz, a national expert in the treatment of depression, discusses the debilitating...

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Acts of Kindness

by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA This month’s message is inspired by an experience my husband, Kevin, had the other day.  He was in the 7-11 convenience store getting his usual...

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The Power of Adoption

Along with special guest Maris H. Blechner, M.Ed, LCSW, we explore the current state of adoption, including misconceptions about the process, who is adopting, who is placing their children up...

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From Survivor to Thriver – Overcoming the Impact of Traumatic Experiences

Lisa explains the dynamics that can make life events traumatizing, and the ways in which we are hard-wired to respond to trauma. In this podcast, Lisa: Explores the issue of...

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Inspiration at Sedona

by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA I have spent the past few days in beautiful, warm, and sunny Arizona.  One of the highlights was a trip to the town of Sedona....

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Small in Stature, Big in Heart

Matthew Jeffers was born with a rare form of dwarfism, called Skeletal Dysplasia, but that has never dampened his extraordinary life philosophy that “the only real adversity is a bad...

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Lessons From Hawaii

by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C, DAPA I just returned from a beautiful trip to Hawaii where we spent time on the gorgeous, emerald green island of Kauai, and the island of...

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The Paradigm and Benefits of Psychodrama

by Lisa Ferentz, LCSW-C DAPA, with Yehuda Bergman, PhD RDT We are excited to have Yehuda Bergman teach our upcoming training “Expressive Therapy Intensive: Using Psychodrama and Other Creative Modalities...

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Overcoming Adversity

There have been many times in my life when I’ve been asked, “How can you do the work you do, listening to such upsetting stories about the terrible things that...

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The Reassurance of Not Being Alone

Over the holidays, I did something that has become a wonderful twice a year ritual in my life.  I flew out to California to visit my extraordinary 98 year old...

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