This weekend, during the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret, a day synonymous with spiritual healing and reflection, Hamas terrorists launched a heinous attack on Israeli civilians, murdering hundreds, injuring thousands, and kidnapping an untold number of innocent men, women and children. As a Jewish social service agency, our mission is to support the mental health …
How do service providers such as JFS create a welcoming environment for LGBTQ2S+ clients? It’s an important question as the LGBTQ2S+ community has and continues to experience condemnation, discrimination, and hate crimes. For many decades, counselling services have played a part in addressing the social injustices that members of the LGBTQ2S+ community have experienced. Language, …
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JFS counsellors are trained to use a social justice lens to reduce barriers affecting marginalized people in our community. Often, our therapists find that therapy is not enough to treat their client’s concerns. Many times the client and counsellor together look at factors that may be worsening the symptoms. For example, a client whose health …
