I hope this training is offered more widely, it was one of the most useful and well-presented trainings I’ve attended in years. I was shocked to learn about some of the things that are going on, I couldn’t believe how much I didn’t know. It was extremely engaging, with many examples and reflections. The environment was balanced, nuanced, and positive despite the sensitive topics discussed. I enjoyed how grounded it was in research and citations to counteract the misinformation. This feels like a mandatory training given the state of the world.

This was a long training, but I didn’t want it to end. I was texting my colleagues to recommend it to them before it even ended. As a Jewish therapist, it was so validating to hear Dr. Levanda name so much of what Jews have been going through. I was impressed with how she was able to present so much of what I’ve been thinking about in a concise, well-researched manner. She presents everything people need to understand their unconscious antisemitic biases and work with Jewish patients without doing harm.

I recently had the privilege of attending Dr. Liya Levanda’s training on antisemitism and its impact on mental health, and it was an eye-opening experience unlike any other training I’ve encountered. Dr. Levanda created an incredibly safe and supportive space for discussing this sensitive and often overlooked topic. Her ability to balance various perspectives while maintaining a neutral stance was particularly impressive, fostering a respectful and inclusive environment for all participants. This training addresses a critical aspect of cultural competency that is typically neglected in clinical psychology programs. I gained a profound awareness of the extent and severity of antisemitism and its profound effects on mental health, making this training an invaluable addition to any mental health professional’s education.

“Dr. Levanda’s training was phenomenal. Everyone around me was talking about how much they were learning, and saying that this should be required training for all therapists. With so few cultural competence trainings in our field about “the world’s oldest hatred” along with a steep rise in antisemitic incidents, Dr. Levanda’s training taught us about the many insidious and injurious ways antisemitism manifests and harms our patients, whether they are Jewish or not– because antisemitism is toxic to all of us. The training is important in seeing how implicit negative bias about Jews limits our capacity to treat our patients with proficiency. Dr. Levanda’s expertise in teaching this complex content was grounded in inarguable history, data, and facts. She modeled therapeutic skill in discussing these topics from a non-biased and non-political stance, which reminds us that our ethical responsibility is to center our patients’ well-being, and decolonize our therapy approaches from our oppressive antisemitic biases. This training is for everyone, and resistance to seeing the importance of her training may be exactly the reason you should take this training. Any therapist who values diversity, equity, and inclusion needs this. “