Course Description
Peer work is a collaborative endeavor. We will explore the 4 tasks of intentional peer support: 1, building connections 2. helping each other understand what we have come to know, 3. redefining help as a co-learning and growth process and finally 4. moving toward what we want rather than away from what we don’t want.
Earn .5 credits towards smicha
Learning Verification Method
Produce a story as a final project reflecting the knowledge learned in the class and from readings.
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What Students Will Learn
To define a peer as someone who has been successful in the recovery process and helps other in similar situations. We will explore peer methodology as it applies to mental health and wellness from a Jewish perspective.
Materials Needed
None. We will work from articles.
Typical Meeting Times, Availability & Course Price
Beginning March 4: Monday mornings between 10 and 1 or between 3:30 and 5.30pm, Wednesday mornings between 10 and 1 or between 3.30 and 5.30 pm, Friday mornings between 10 and 12noon. Evenings and weekends by Appointment.
Course Price (USD)
$100.00 per 45 minute session / 8 sessions ($800)
Payment Methods Accepted
PayPal
Getting Started
Reach out to the educator via email at: webberfab@gmail.com.
About Your Instructor
Cantor Karen Webber, a liturgical/teaching artist was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, DFFSM in 1990.
She has been a full time, part time, holy day and cantor in residence in all 4 corners of the U.S. and Canada ever since.
Cantor Webber has 2 units of Clinical Pastoral Education and served as a chaplain on the Jewish support team of Gilchrist Hospice. She is a Peer Recovery Specialist in the State of Maryland who designs creative wellness programs for the Mental Health Association of MD, facilitates anti-stigma conversations for On Our Own of Maryland, serves as a mentor in a study through Johns Hopkins for older adults with depression and serves as a panelist and presenter in the area of Mental Health and the Arts,
She is a storyteller and Poet in Residence for ‘Teach the Shoah’ and has had her work published in places like Lilith Magazine, Poetica Journal, Prophetic Voices: a New Haftorah Commentary and Am Yisrael Chai: poems and prayers of Israel.
