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Nurturing Your Psychological Well-Being by Nurturing Your Community

Sunday, 28 December 2025 at 20:00

Online Event

ESRA Members NIS 35/Non-Members NIS 25

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ESRA National

A Zoom Session with Psychotherapist Sarah Hiller-Bersson

What gives life meaning after the children are grown or the daily work routine begins to fade? For many of us entering our fifties and sixties, the answer lies in rediscovering purpose through contributing to our communities

Join experienced psychotherapist Ms.Hiller-Bersson, who brings over 20 years of expertise in geriatric and community mental health, for an engaging and interactive session exploring how volunteering and community involvement can strengthen emotional resilience and enhance Psychological well-being.

Drawing on her extensive psychoeducational work with older adults and her own experience of making Aliyah later in life, Sarah will share clinical and practical insights on how giving to others can profoundly nourish our sense of meaning, belonging, and vitality.

Whether you’re an empty nester, a young retiree, or simply someone seeking a deeper connection with your community, this session offers valuable tools for living with purpose, balance, and joy in the next stage of life.

Sarah Hiller-Bersson is a licensed clinical social worker, a psychotherapist  and  has been working in the field of geriatrics and with mature adults for over twenty years.  Ms Hiller is the founder and primary clinician at the Center for Purposeful Aging,  a private psychotherapy  practice that facilitates  individuals to achieve fulfillment and a high quality of life through purposeful living and aging. She practices tele-therapy and  is licensed in New York, New Jersey, Arizona and Israel. Ms. Hiller - Bersson specializes in themes of aging, retirement, transitions,  loss of functioning and purpose,  grief, family issues and caregiver stress.  Sarah is a frequent contributor and group facilitator for numerous local organizations such as  Northern New Jersey YWCA, Senior Source, Olli-Arizona State University  and Institute for New Dimensions. Her lectures vary from topics related to Healthy Mindset as One Ages to Psychological Wisdoms from Jewish Sages. 

For more details please view her website at

www.centerforpurposefulaging.com

 

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