Collective
escape
Your brain
on matzah
USING RITUAL
to HEAL
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MONDAY, april 6
at 7:00 p.m. (pacific)
In these traumatic times, we invite you to join us for an exploration of the healing power of the Passover seder. Our guest at the table will be rabbi and somatic therapist Arielle Hanien, PsyD, SEP, who will help us understand the ancient ritual as a resource for healing and tap into its power to integrate our senses, emotion, memory, and imagination in ways that support connection and well-being.
Arielle Hanien
Rabbi Arielle Hanien is a writer, educator, and organizational leader. Recognized for her scholarship in both ancient and contemporary Jewish thought, she consults on local, national, and international projects in Jewish life, learning, and institutional development.
A certified somatic experiencing practitioner and supervisor in integrated somatic psychotherapy, Hanien earned her doctorate in clinical psychology and integrates therapeutic expertise, as well as rabbinic scholarship, in her work with clients. Since 2011, she has worked with the International Trauma-Healing Institute, expanding their efforts in Los Angeles and Israel. She brings these tools to her work with both individual and organizational clients, from non-profit boards to community-wide collaborations.
The founding director of the Source: Gathering Waters, which brings Jewish wisdom, ritual, and spiritual practice to support integrative healing, Hanien is also a fellow of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership in their Sinai and Synapses and Rabbis Without Borders fellowships, and is a research scholar at the Pardes Center for Judaism and Conflict Resolution, in Jerusalem. Her doctoral research at Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary explores resources within Jewish tradition for individual and collective healing, resilience, and conflict resolution. Her doctoral research in clinical psychology focuses on successfully integrative somatic approaches to anxiety, dissociation, effects of developmental and inherited trauma, and post-traumatic stress.
Hanien was ordained at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies with honors in Talmud in 2006, and holds degrees with honors in philosophy, sociology, and physical science from Brandeis University.