Dr. Miri Bar Halpern

Jewish Trauma INVALIDATED - Israeli Clinical Psychologist Dr. Miri Bar Halpern Breaks It Down

Traumatic Invalidation: Jewish Trauma, Antisemitism, and Mental Health Post-October 7th. Dr. Miri Bar Halpern, a Harvard-affiliated clinical psychologist and trauma expert, joins Jonah Platt to discuss her groundbreaking research on Traumatic Invalidation in the Jewish community after the October 7th attacks. This is a crucial conversation about Jewish pain, antisemitism, and the mental health crisis caused by denying or ignoring the emotional experience of a traumatic event.

Dr. Bar Halpern, an Israeli American and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, shares her personal journey from growing up during the Second Intifada to becoming a leading voice in trauma and radicalization prevention. She explains how the normalization of anti-Israel chants, like "Globalize the Intifada," triggers intergenerational trauma and the "fight, flight, freeze" response in the Jewish nervous system.

Learn the nine criteria for Traumatic Invalidation and why Dr. Bar Halpern's academic paper on the subject became one of the top 1% most-viewed articles across all disciplines, providing a much-needed language for Jews to express their pain. She also discusses her vital work with Parents for Peace, combating hate and radicalization, and the urgent need for the mental health field to step up and validate Jewish trauma as any other.

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