Dr. Michelle Friedman received an MD from the NYU School of Medicine and has completed advanced training at the Columbia University Psychoanalytic Center for Training and Research. In addition to her private practice and her role at YCT Rabbinical School where she holds the Steven and Sharon Lieberman Chair in Pastoral Counselling, Dr. Friedman is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. For several decades her focus has been Jewish communal issues, the rabbinate and pastoral counselling. Together with Dr. Rachel Yehuda, Michelle co-authored The Art of Jewish Pastoral Counseling: A Guide for All Faiths published by Routledge in 2016. Her latest book, Divine Corners, a memoir about growing up as a daughter of Holocaust survivors on a chicken farm in the Catskills is currently being shopped by publishers.
Speaker's Resources
2023 Jewish Medical Ethics Conference
Debbie Akerman, Dr. Michelle Friedman, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt, Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg, Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Brody
Program
Dec 15, 2022
Love is Having to Say that You are Sorry: The Psychology of Forgiveness and Memory for Self and Others
Dr. Michelle Friedman
Audio
Sep 29, 2022
Love is Having to Say that You are Sorry: The Psychology of Forgiveness and Memory for Self and Others
Dr. Michelle Friedman
Program
Aug 21, 2022
e-TiM: 5782 Elul: Single Registration for All Classes
Dr. Beni Gesundheit, Dr. Marc Shapiro, Dr. Michelle Friedman, Rabba Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, Rabbanit Gilla Rosen, Rabbi Adam Mintz, Rabbi Alex Israel, Rabbi Dr. Avraham Walfish, Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin, Rabbi Gedalyah Berger, Rabbi Jay Kelman, Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
Program
Aug 18, 2022
Grief & Joy in Isolation: Pastoral Care During a Pandemic
Dr. Michelle Friedman, Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner
Audio
May 24, 2020
e-TiM: Virtual Jewish Medical Ethics 2020 12th International Conference
Dr. David Pelcovitz, Dr. Michelle Friedman, Rabbi Daniel Korobkin, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt, Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg, Rabbi Dr. Edward Reichman, Rabbi Dr. Eli Rybak, Rabbi Dr. Jason Weiner, Rachel Dratch, Yoni Goldstein
Program
May 6, 2020
Mental Illness: Can We Break the Stigma in Our Community?
Dr. Elliott Malamet, Dr. Michelle Friedman, Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
Audio
Nov 26, 2015
Rabbis at Risk: A Panel Discussion
Dr. Michelle Friedman, Rabbi Daniel Korobkin, Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Rabbi Reuven Tradburks
Audio
Nov 25, 2015
Renewing Our Spirit 2015
Bethany Mandel, Dr. Michelle Friedman, Dr. Yonatan Feintuch, Rabbi Daniel Korobkin, Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Rabbi Reuven Tradburks
Program
Sep 7, 2015
Borders and Boundaries for Physicians and other Health Professionals
Dr. Michelle Friedman
Audio
Sep 17, 2011
Eating Disorders, Depression and Suicide: Impact on Autonomy
Dr. Michelle Friedman
Audio
Sep 17, 2011