JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OFFERS HELP
WHERE HELP IS NEEDED.
Jewish Family Service has a tradi-
tion of offering quality group therapy
and workshops. There are currently a
large variety of support groups that
have openings for new participants. If
you are interested in any of the groups
that are now being offered for Spring/
Summer, please contact the group
leader for additional information.
KIDDUSHIN IS FOR KEEPS
A new workshop for pre-marital
couples, deals with important topics
such as: the meaning of love and
commitment through marriage, the art
of communication, sexuality and
marriage, and money management.
The next four week session will
begin in early summer, one weekday
evening, 7-9 pm.
Location: Jewish Family Service,
West Bloomfield Branch Office
Group Leader: Lorraine Lerner,
M.S.W., 559-1500
Fee: $40.00 per couple for the
workshop
SUPPORT GROUP FOR
FAMILIES OF MILITARY
PERSONNEL
The on-going support group for
families of Jewish military personnel
will enable participants to discuss their
issues and share information.
Weekly Sessions
Time: Mondays,3:30 - 5:00 pm
Location: J.F.S., Southfield Office
Group Leaders: Margaret Weiner,
M.S.W. and Ann Mintzer,
M.S.W., 559-1500
There is no fee.
SIBLINGS OF CHILDREN
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
The group will offer siblings an
opportunity to express some feelings,
concerns and problems they may
encounter in having a brother or sister
who may be physically or mentally
impaired or have a chronic medical
illness.
The group will be focused on
helping siblings recognize how to get
their own needs met and to learn
positive coping skills.
The next six week session will
begin in early summer.
One hour sessions will be scheduled
once enrollment is made.
Location: J.F.S., Southfield Office
Group Leaders: Judith S. Steven-
son, M.S.W. and Carol Plotkin,
M.S.W., 559-1500
Fee: $60.00 for the six week
session
MARITAL THERAPY GROUP
Ongoing Marital Therapy Group
focuses on discussing relationships,
communication and intimacy problems,
parental roles, job pressures, money
management and a variety of other
topics.
Ongoing Weekly Sessions
Time: Mondays, 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Location: J.F.S., West Bloomfield
Branch
Group Leader: Yvonne Bernstein,
M.S.W., 737-5055
There is a fee.
WE ARE OPEN TO YOUR SUGGESTIONS.
We are always interested in knowing the needs of the community. Please let
us know if there is a group in which you would be interested in participating in
that does not appear on this list. Please fill in the survey below to help us to
understand your interests.
TYPE OF GROUP (Please Check)
2 MONTHS (OR LESS)
SUPPORT GROUP
3 - 6 MONTHS
NO TIME
educational/sharing ideas
PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUP
working on problems through group relationship and interactions
ISSUES
IF YOU WANT TO BE CONTACTED:
THANK YOU!
Jewish Family Service
would like to thank the
Nyman Family for their
donation to support the
J. F. S. Insider. We
appreciate their support
for this important J.F.S.
outreach activity that
informs the community
about the Agency's
services and programs. ■
The short term support group is
geared toward children and adolescents
of divorced parents. The sessions
focus on how to cope with divorce in
the family.
There will be eight week sessions
scheduled throughout the year.
Time: Based on participants' sched-
ules.
Location: J.F.S., West Bloomfield
Office
Group Leaders: Fay Rosen,
M.S.W. and Karen Rouff, M.S.W.,
737-5055
There is a fee.
ADOLESCENT BOYS
GROUP
PHONE
JFS INSIDER
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
24123 Greenfield Road
Southfield, MI 48075
Phone: 313-559-1500
Branch Office:
6960 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 202
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Phone: 313-737-5055
Alan Goodman
Executive Director
Margaret Weiner
Associate Executive Director
Louise M. Hacker
Public Relations/Development Officer
Funded by the Jewish Welfare Federation and
The United Way
Member: Association of Jewish Family and
Children's Services, Child's Welfare League
of America
SHORT-TERM WOMEN'S
GROUP
The group's focus is on making
choices and the issues that block you
from doing so, the concerns you
have in risk taking, and balancing
responsibility.
Ten Week Sessions
Time: Wednesdays, 3:15-5:15 pm
Location: J.F.S., West Bloomfield
Office
Group Leaders: Margaret Weiner,
M.S.W. and Sandra Hyman,
M.S.W, 559-1500
There is a fee.
SENIOR ADULT GROUP
FOR MEN AND WOMEN
The short term therapy group for
boys, 9 - 11, will work with peer pres-
sures, how to face challenges and
stresses, and family relationships.
The new group will begin in early
summer.
Time: To be scheduled based on
participant's availability.
Location: J.F.S. , West Bloomfield
Office
Group Leader: Gretchen Rouster,
M.S.W.
There is a fee.
The ongoing psychotherapy group
for Seniors deals with a variety of
topics such as issues involving grow-
ing older, dealing with spouses and
children, grieving a recent loss and a
variety of other topics relevant to
getting older.
Ongoing Weekly Sessions
Time: Tuesdays, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Location: J.F.S. , Southfield Office
Group Leaders: Judith Stevenson,
M.S.W. and Esther Krystal,
M.S.W., 559-1500
There is a fee.
INCEST SURVIVORS
GROUP
MIXED ADULT LONG-TERM
TREATMENT GROUPS
The women's group focuses on
working through the trauma of child-
hood incest and sexual abuse by
relieving isolation, reacquiring feelings
that have been buried in order to
function more appropriately and to get
more pleasure from life.
On-going Weekly Sessions
Time: Mondays, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Location: J.F.S., Southfield Office
Group Leaders: Sandra Jaffa,
M.S.W. and Ellen Bean, M.S.W.,
559-1500
There is a fee.
MALE SURVIVORS OF
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
TOPIC
NAME
CHILDREN OF DIVORCE
The group focuses on the impact
that child sexual abuse has on adult
male survivors. Issues about relation-
ships, gender role socialization, sense
of isolation and responsibilities will be
discussed.
The first session will begin in early
June.
Long-term treatment group
Time: Based on participant's availa-
bility.
Location: J.F.S., Southfield office.
Group Leader: Perry Ohren,
M.S.W.
There is a fee.
JEWISH
FAMILY
SERVICE
The long-term groups focus on a
variety of issues involving relation-
ships, defining ones'needs and goals,
and exploring the issues that create
stumbling blocks to feeling good.
For more information, please
contact Helen Samberg at
559-1500.
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RESETTLEMENT
SERVICE HOSTS
BOOK SIGNING
Resettlement Service published its
first cookbook of authentic Russian
recipes, With A Russian Flavor,
written by a group of elderly Soviet
women residing in Teitel Federation
Apartments.
A book signing featuring the
authors of this unique cookbook will
be held on Thursday, May 23, at 7
to 9 pm, at Book Beat, 26010
Greenfield Road in Oak Park.
Samples of the recipes (just like
your Bubbie made) from the cook-
book will be served.
The cost of the cookbook is a $7
minimum donation. All proceeds
will benefit Operation Exodus.
To order a cookbook, please
call Bronya Spektor at 559-4566 or
send your check for $8.25 (includ-
ing postage and handling) to Re-
settlement Service, 24123 Green-
field Road, Southfield, MI, 48075
and your copy will be mailed to
you. ■