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An Intermission and a Celebration
Wonderful to feel the deep and abiding commitment to Ukraine of Secretary Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative last week.…
At Save Ukraine’s Center for Hope and Healing
At Save Ukraine Rescue Network’s “Trauma Oriented Mental Health Center,” now renamed the Center for Hope and Healing, in honor of CMBM’s work and my…
Partnering with Save Ukraine
This time in Kyiv, Save Ukraine and its Director, Mykola Kuleba, and Project Manager Dmytro Filipenko are hosting me. At night, a bomb falls near…
Small Doses of Care and Hope
My third trip, longer than the first two, will take me to Odesa, as well as Lviv and Kyiv, as I do workshops for the…
Partners in Healing
Before I tell you about my third trip to Ukraine, in October 2022, I want to note how important it is to have people vouching…
The Persistence of Trauma and Terror
In Lviv, Ukraine, children's drawings portray the the devastation, loss, and overwhelming trauma of war.
A Little Girl Opens Our Eyes
Eight-year-old Sofia, whose picture I shared with you yesterday, sits beside me in July, in a park in Irpin, next door to Bucha, in a…
Spending Time with Children on my 2nd Visit to Ukraine
On World Mental Health Day (October 10, 2022), WHO noted that almost 10 million people (3.3 million children) at the present time are potentially at…
3 stress-busting summer activities to try with the kids in your life
If you’re a parent, guardian, or carer looking for meaningful activities to do with the kids in your life this July 4th and beyond, we’ve…
SOK Foundation shares mind-body skills with educators, caregivers
Find out how Iga Pietrusińska and the SOK Foundation, a Warsaw-based nonprofit, are equipping educators with mind-body skills they can use in their lives, in…
Helsinki Commission Briefing: Saving Ukraine’s Children
In December 2022, James S. Gordon, MD, Founder and CEO of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, gave testimony about the impact of the trauma of…
“Lessons for Americans from Ukraine’s Front Lines.”
James S. Gordon, MD, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, writes about the importance of trauma-healing skills for the Ukrainian…
Back to School: Student Ambassadors Lead the Way
In honor of back-to-school season, we're celebrating the role of students in building resilient communities—from Broward County, FL to Gaza!
“Zelenskyy says world must ‘choose sides’ as he beams in to revived Clinton event”
Our Clinton Global Initiative 2022 commitment was featured in a Politico article covering President Zelenskyy’s discussion with President Clinton...
“Ukrainian Children Return to School Amid Trauma of War.”
"Kids living in the midst of war have suffered mental anguish - and will continue to, says psychiatrist @drjamesgordon @MindBodyMed, who's worked with kids and…
“She is 8 years old. I ask her what the war in Ukraine is like. ‘Terrible,’ she says.”
James S. Gordon, MD, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, writes about how the trauma of war is impacting Ukraine's…
“As Russian Atrocities Continue, Victims Will Need the Tools to Deal With Their Trauma”
"The most affected victims of war are always the vulnerable: women, children and civilians. The end of a conflict does not mean the end of…
“Children’s bleak drawings show extent of trauma on Ukrainian civilians”
CNN's Suzanne Malveaux speaks with American psychiatrist Dr. Jim Gordon about the techniques he is using to help Ukrainian families cope with the overwhelming trauma…
Teach Youth the Skills they Need to Make a Better World
Help CMBM equip schools to teach children the skills they need to overcome adversity, build resiliency, and thrive.
Breathing in, Breathing out: Haiti’s Children
The first of a series of short videos by award-winning documentary filmmaker Tod Lending on our Global Trauma Relief work in Haiti.
A Letter to the Editor
...antidepressant drugs, which are burdened with such depressing side effects as weight gain and sexual dysfunction are, at best, only marginally more effective for mild…
CMBM’s Work in Gaza Featured on CBS 60 Minutes
On April 26, 2015, 60 Minutes aired a report on recovery from summer of 2014 war in Gaza that includes The Center for Mind-Body Medicine.
One World Day 2014
In Riverdale, Dr. James S. Gordon '58 at One World Day 2014 part of the Class of 1957 Alumni Speaker Series.
Bye Bye Butterflies
Publicity for the book describes it as teaching “self-regulation, stress management and mind-body techniques”, and it certainly does; but it’s really just the cutest, most…
Creating a Safe Place for Teenage Tibetan Refugees
I had the opportunity to do a workshop for 200 teenage refugees who had just fled Tibet. I taught soft belly breathing, talked about fight…
Happily Hungry: Kids with Cancer Cook!
The treatment stopped the disease, but in its wake began the healing process—physical and psychological.
