There are plenty of centers in Manhattan that are seeing people and helping
them get through this. It is the outer boroughs where the shortage is
needed.
Right now Lehman College in the Bronx is the only one in the Borough of the
Bronx I will be there next week after my refresher course.
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: Audrey Vollans <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: condolences to all my British friends
> Dear Danielle,
>
> So glad you are ok - and I was very touched by your obvious love and care
> for your mother: A therapist may be better for you as well as her but as I
> am in the UK I cant help - I do hope you find one.
>
> Take care
>
> All the best
> Audrey
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Danielle Fraenkel" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 7:14 PM
> Subject: condolences to all my British friends
>
>
> > Dear Paul,
> > This is Danielle. Thanks for asking about me. Before I say anything
> > else, I want to send my condolences to all my British friends. Many of
> > the victims were from England.
> >
> > We had a number of scary hours when we could not find our daughter, but
> > she was smart enough to walk home from her place of work downtown to my
> > 92 year old mother's apartment, approximately 4-6 km from the WTC. My
> > daughter has been expressing her distress, but my mother is not sleeping
> > and suffering quietly. She was displaced as a child during WWI and
> > survived the Holocaust as an adult. Now this.
> >
> > Mommy says she loves talking to me. I try my best, yet I wonder once
> > again if it would be better to find a therapist she can talk to on a
> > regular basis. So far she has been unwilling to speak to someone who has
> > not experienced life (her words), but after this attack she may feel
> > different. Is there anyone on the list who knows of therapists on the
> > upper west side of Manahattan who can work with articulate Jewish elders
> > who appear strong even though their hearts are breaking? The best of
> > all possible worlds would be finding someone who would come to the
> > house.
> >
> > Strangely enough this event has helped me realize why I have not written
> > to the list serve in months. We had such a profoundly meaningful
> > LivingDance experience in Corfu -one that I have wanted to share, but
> > one for which I could not find the words. I feared that words would
> > tarnish the depth of the experience and the power of LivingDance.
> >
> > Oddly, I had the same experience with the attack. I could not find the
> > words to describe the terror of not knowing, the grim horror of feeling
> > powerless. Now I struggle with the fear that we will go to war. The
> > hawkish talk appalls me.
> >
> > Thanks again for asking about me. It feels good to be remembered.
> >
> > Shalom/Peace,
> > Danielle
> > ____________________________________________
> > Danielle L. Fraenkel, Ph.D., ADTR, NCC, LPC
> > Director, Kinections http://www.kinections.com
> > 4 Elton Street
> > Rochester, NY 14607-1216
> > USA
> > 716.473.5050
> > 716.442.8499
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul Carney wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hopefully Danielle is OK. Has anyone heard from Pat as well?
> > >
> > > =====
> > > Best wishes
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > ____________________________________________________________
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