CONCEALED A memoir of intergenerational trauma, resistance & resilience

CONCEALED A memoir of intergenerational trauma, resistance & resilience

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CONCEALEDA memoir of intergenerational trauma, resistance & resilience Esther Amini, LCSW Sunday, February 25, 2024, 1:00-3:30pm (EST), on Zoom       3 CE credit hours for Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors and Licensed Psychoanalysts holding Licenses in New York StateProgram Description:Esther Amini, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, will discuss her highly acclaimed memoir, “CONCEALED.” The life of a Jewish-Iranian-American daughter, caught between two opposing parents and two opposing cultures, will be examined through a psychoanalytic lens. Born into a legacy of silence, illiteracy, and an ancestry of child brides, Esther Amini shares her external and internal journey. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn something of the important, but less known Jewish community residing in the holy Shiite city of Mashhad, Iran; the experience of being a minority within a minority; to consider questions on how individual and couple psychodynamics interact with historical and cultural forces; the important, but often overlooked role of siblings in individual development, and the function of memoir writing as a therapeutic tool.

Speaker:Esther Amini, LCSW, is a writer, painter, and psychoanalytic psychotherapist in private practice. Her debut memoir is entitled: “CONCEALED”—Memoir of a Jewish-Iranian Daughter Caught Between the Chador and America. KIRKUS REVIEWS anointed “CONCEALED” one of the BEST BOOKS of “2020.” Katie Couric and Zibby Owens selected “CONCEALED” as one of their favorite books, and showcased this memoir on Nov. 30, 2021 at The Streicker Center in Manhattan. Esther Amini’s short stories have appeared in Elle, Lilith, Tablet, The Jewish Week, Barnard Magazine, TK University’s Inscape Literary, Proximity, Paper Brigade, and Medium.com.  Her essays can also be found in Zibby Owens’ Anthology: “Moms Don’t Have Time To,” as well as in Zibby’s most recently published anthology: “Moms Don’t Have Time To Have Kids.” She was named one of Aspen Words’ best emerging memoirists and awarded its Emerging Writer Fellowship in 2016 based on her memoir: “CONCEALED.” Seven of her pieces have been performed by Jewish Women’s Theatre, (a.k.a. The Braid), in Los Angeles and in Manhattan, and she was chosen by Jewish Women’s Theatre as their Artist-in-Residence in 2019.  Esther Amini is now working on her next book which will be a collection of short stories. She can be reached through her website: EstherAmini.com Learning Objectives:  -Participants will gain greater insight into many of the intrapsychic conflicts stemming from being raised by two opposing cultures: Iran and America; and gain a better understanding of the social and familial values of clients who come from Iran  -Participants will gain increased awareness of the ways in which individual and couples psychodynamics shape and are shaped by the historical and cultural forces to which they are subject. -Participants will broaden their scope of listening for the importance of siblings in clients’ developmental stories. -Participants will learn how the difficult experience of being marginalized by family and/or society can result in inner growth and an increased capacity for resilience.  A zoom link will be sent to registrants 1-2 days prior to the eventFor further information or questions please send an email to:Russell Merritt, LCSW: [email protected]  This program is approved for 3 CE Credit Hours.MPG Consulting is an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Social Workers (#0119) and for Licensed Psychoanalysts (3P-0034). MPG Consulting, LCSW, PLLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Click Here to download Registration Form