Me and You – What I Wish I Knew, is a groundbreaking, interactive marriage education workbook designed specifically for the frum community. Authored by Lisa Twerski, LCSW, with a foreword by Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, MD z”l, this book offers couples a comprehensive and accessible guide to cultivating a healthy and fulfilling marriage, one that can weather life’s challenges without impacting your connection. The book covers six key topics: Building Affection, Creating Closeness, Understanding and Managing Distress, Enhancing Communication, Navigating Conflict, Deepening the Marital Bond
These essential components are taught through: Presentation of Information: Clear and concise explanations of key concepts. Demonstration of Skills: Real-life case examples that illustrate practical applications. Exercises: Hands-on activities that help couples practice and integrate these skills into their marriage.
The book can be purchased on amazon.com or at local bookstores. For wholesale distribution contact sales.whatiwishiknew@gmail.com.
For those who don’t have the time to read but still want a great marriage there is Marriage Skills in Minutes a video series with 30-minute lessons based on each section of the book. You can both learn that way or one can read and one can watch or listen. Watch an introduction here.
These two sections give the community direct access to high level information and self-help by mental health professionals. In the Education section there is content on various mental health topics meant to serve as a resource for community leadership.
The Workshop page provides training or self-help for the general public. These are more involved, multi-part series, whose goal is to provide community members the opportunity to hear from mental health professionals on a variety of mental health subjects. These courses may be all that someone needs or might just be a starting point for when someone wants to know more but isn’t yet ready to make an appointment directly with a mental health professional.
Have a request for a training? Make a request on this page.
These two sections give the community direct access to high level information and self-help by mental health professionals. In the Education section there is content on various mental health topics meant to serve as a resource for community leadership.
The Workshop page provides training or self-help for the general public. These are more involved, multi-part series, whose goal is to provide community members the opportunity to hear from mental health professionals on a variety of mental health subjects. These courses may be all that someone needs or might just be a starting point for when someone wants to know more but isn’t yet ready to make an appointment directly with a mental health professional.
Have a request for a training? Make a request on this page.
The Creating Kesher Podcast is a series hosted by Lisa Twerski, LCSW, engaging professionals in the field to discuss various aspects of marriage. Through her conversations with colleagues who have diverse perspectives; vast experience; and tremendous knowledge in the field of marriage education and counseling, new and interesting insights are explored during each episode. Listening to how the experts explore these issues, and how couples can better address them, is the perfect extra supplement that couples can take individually or together to continue improving their marriage.
Read the blogs and hear answers to questions posed by viewers.
Read the blogs and hear answers to questions posed by viewers.
The Creating Kesher Podcast is a series hosted by Lisa Twerski, LCSW, engaging professionals in the field to discuss various aspects of marriage. Through her conversations with colleagues who have diverse perspectives; vast experience; and tremendous knowledge in the field of marriage education and counseling, new and interesting insights are explored during each episode. Listening to how the experts explore these issues, and how couples can better address them, is the perfect extra supplement that couples can take individually or together to continue improving their marriage.
The Binyan Project is an initiative started for the Orthodox Jewish Community by Lisa Twerski, LCSW. With over 30 years of experience as a therapist working with individuals and couples, Mrs. Twerski wanted to provide the community with a resource to help couples set themselves up, from the outset, to be able to have a happy and healthy marriage, and community leaders with resources to better intervene with community in their role. Combining her training in pre-marital and marriage education, experience as a therapist, and years of experience providing lectures and workshops, she came up with the idea of The Binyan Project, a resource for the community to access help building marriage family and community.