Rashi Shapiro
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DR. RASHI SHAPIRO IS A PROMINENT LEADER IN THE ORTHODOX JEWISH WORLD OF PSYCHOLOGY. HE WAS BORN IN 1953 IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HIS FATHER AHARON SHAPIRO WAS A PROMINENT RABBI IN LINDEN, NJ AND QUEENS, NY. AND A PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS. HIS MOTHER, MARTA BERL SHAPIRO, WAS A PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND AT AGE 50 BECAME A LAWYER.
AT AGE 17 RASHI FOUNDED THE FIRST JEWISH FOLK-ROCK MUSIC GROUP NAMED "RASHI AND THE RISHONIM". HE GAVE CONCERTS IN THE U.S. AND IN ISRAEL. gyyklguujfhfthkjihi
HE WAS ORDAINED RABBI AT AGE 23 AND TAUGHT IN THE MESIVTA OF GREATER MIAMI. IN 1978 HE TOOK HIS FIRST PULPIT AT CONGREGATION OHR HACHAIM OF MIAMI BEACH. HE WAS ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF THE HOREB SEMINARY FOR WOMEN, A DIVISION OF THE TALMUDIC UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA.
THE RABBINATE REQUIRED COUNSELING INTERVENTION WITH FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY, AND RABBI SHAPIRO TRAINED IN SOCIAL WORK AT BARRY UNIVERISTY, MIAMI. HE FOUNDED AND DIRECTED “HYPNOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING CENTERS OF MIAMI”. DURING THIS TIME HE PERFECTED HYPNOSIS FOR SMOKING CESSATION WHILE RESEARCHING "PAST LIFE REGRESSION".
UPON COMING TO NEW YORK HE BECAME THE DIRECTOR OF THE TIKVAH CLINIC, THE ORTHODOX JEWISH MENTAL HEALTH CENTER OF THE NEW HOPE GUILD. DURING THIS TIME HE COMPLETED HIS DOCTORATE IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY WHILE ALSO CONSULTING AT THE MAIMONIDES MENTAL HEALTH CENTER AND SOUTH BEACH PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL. AT NEW HOPE, DR. SHAPIRO FOUNDED THE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES TO NURSING HOMES WHERE HE TRAINED AND SUPERVISED 50 PSYCHOLOGISTS WHO TREATED THE ELDERLY.
IN 1988 DR. SHAPIRO CREATED THE DAY HOSPITAL AT PESACH TIKVAH - HOPE DEVELOPMENT IN THE WILLIAMSBURG SECTION OF BROOKLYN. HE EVENTUALLY BECAME THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AGENCY. hi!
SINCE 1991 DR. SHAPIRO HAS BEEN DEVOTED TO HIS PRIVATE PRACTICE AND IS ALSO ONE OF THE FOUNDING DIRECTORS OF THE INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN BROOKLYN.
DR. SHAPIRO IS CURRENTLY TRAINING THERAPISTS IN UNIQUE TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX AND CHASSIDIC COMMUNITY. Bold text
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