Speaking
"We have been so deeply impacted by Dr. Stone's teaching that we brought her to work with our congregation as well. Her session at Slichot 2024, on uprootedness and finding ways to plant and live again, perfectly captured the emotional moment and helped us face the new year with strength, resolve, and support."
Rabbi Sarah Berman
Director of Jewish Culture and Programming
Central Synagogue, NYC​
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Betsy Stone, Ph.D., tackles some of the most difficult issues facing families and organizations today: developing character, dealing with stress and anxiety, facing trauma and its aftermath. Her optimism, critical thinking and hopeful approach help people find ways to change and grow. She invites discussion and ideas, and is skilled at creating opportunities for your organization to tackle complex ideas.
Dr. Stone is practical and informative. Her interactive presentations are designed to both teach and present opportunities for change. As an experienced psychologist, she understands how people change and what impedes growth. Whether in workshops, webinars, lectures or Scholar-in-Residence experiences, Dr. Stone helps people figure out what they are ready to learn, and then teaches it.
Topics include:
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Generational Differences and their Impact
Teams and Leadership
Mental Health; Not the Absence of Mental Illness
Grief and Mourning
Clergy and Lay Leadership in Teams
Trauma and Resilience
Interfaith Relationships
Crisis Management
Gen-Xers as Parents
Teens and Youth Professionals
Teen Brains
Clergy Trauma
Post-Traumatic Growth
Jewish Grandparenting
Is it Stress or is it Anxiety?
Understanding Mentoring
Adjusting to Retirement
Character Strengths
Intimacy
Addiction and Technology
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Recent Audiences
Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR)
Jewish Education Project (JEP)
National Association of Temple Administrators (NATA)
Leo Baeck Temple, LA
Hebrew Union College (HUC)
Central Synagogue, NYC
Jewish Teen Funders Network
Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC)
Jewish Community Center Association (JCCA)
Detroit JCC
Temple Emanu-El, Dallas
Union for Reform Judaism (URJ)
Association of Reform Jewish Educators (ARJE)
BBYO
Jewish Grandparents Network
Blue Dove Foundation
Pardes
B'nai Jeshurun, NYC
Temple Emanu-El, NYC
Prizmah
Park Avenue Synagogue, NYC
Rodeph Shalom, NYC
Chicago Sinai
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