Chassidus, through the eyes of a psychotherapist

By Devori Nussbaum

Religion & Spirituality Judaism

What's Chassidus, through the eyes of a psychotherapist about?

“To open hearts, to see and know what one sees, this is the point of Chassidus…”

Devori Nussbaum is a psychotherapist and lover of the teachings of Chassidus.

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Chassidus, through the eyes of a psychotherapist episodes:

04.07.2024
New Tanya class episode 12
Processing grief and the Imago Dialogue
04.05.2024
Q&A: Attachment styles, Redirecting energy back to self and becoming a Conscious human being
Attachment styles, Redirecting energy back to self and becoming a Conscious human being
03.22.2024
New Tanya class episode 11
What is in my circle of choice and what is not?
03.20.2024
Q&A: Working with our parts, Directing our own energy and Letting go of control.
Working with our parts, Directing our own energy and Letting go of control.
03.13.2024
New Tanya class episode 10
Growing up in our consciousness and parts work.
03.13.2024
New Tanya class episode 8
A recap of what we have done so far and 3 powerful Self awareness exercises.
03.08.2024
A conversation about boundaries and leaky energy
Without boundaries, there is only oneness, there is no me, no you and no love in-between. How do we know where the physical, energetical and mental boundaries lie?
03.04.2024
Q&A: The subconscious, Refining our point of trust and Grieving what we wish we had.
The subconscious, Refining our point of trust and Grieving what we wish we had.
02.26.2024
Q&A: The superiority complex, Toxic positivity and The boundaries that keep society from self destructing.
The superiority complex, Toxic positivity and The boundaries that keep society from self destructing.
02.12.2024
Q&A: How do we integrate? What do I do if I regulate and my pain doesn't go? Is the Divine soul the Parasympathetic nervous system?
How do we integrate? What do I do if I regulate and my pain doesn't go? Is the Divine soul the Parasympathetic nervous system?
01.26.2024
New Tanya class episode 7
Bringing ourselves back into regulation through breathing, body awareness and getting curious about our subconscious belief systems.
01.18.2024
New Tanya class episode 6
The hijacking of the animal soul, expanding consciousness and choice.
01.14.2024
New Tanya class episode 5
Developing body awareness, coming out of a dorsal state and expanding our capacity to feel our feelings without fear.
12.04.2023
New Tanya class episode 4
The importance of learning how to process pain and working with the nervous system. What's the energy that's driving my behaviour?
12.04.2023
New Tanya class episode 3
What is a soul? what is it made of? and why developing self awareness is so important.
11.09.2023
New Tanya class episode 2
The importance of developing self awareness, and the obstacles that can get in the way.
11.07.2023
New Tanya class episode 1
In this class we begin by explaining the different nervous system states. When learning anything new it is important to have awareness of which nervous system we are listening from. are we open and curious or defensive?
10.21.2023
The War in Israel and Chapter 32 Tanya
Be the love, Be the light
09.18.2023
Becoming comfortable in the uncomfortable
The process of Teshuva is one of pealing away the layers of defence so that we can engage in an emotionally intimate relationship with G-d. Emotional intimacy requires putting our defences down and embracing vulnerability and trust. We expand our...
08.20.2023
Developing our capacity for choice
Developing our capacity for choice, through understanding the nervous system
01.29.2023
Tznius, The feminine role and who we are really
Q & A session for teen girls
01.08.2023
How can we believe in G-d if we don't see Him?
Questions for today: How can we believe in g-d if we don't see him and how is it that we can just believe that he created us and everything in the world? I mean we don't see huge miracles that...
01.05.2023
Farbrengen for women at the soul house, crown heights
Emotional health and emotional safety in relationship
12.16.2022
Where does divine providence end and free will begin?
Todays Question: How do we reconcile the concept of free choice with Divine Providence? We have free will, yet Hashem decides all outcomes and designs what is best for each of us. If there is such a fine line between the two, how do...
12.06.2022
Spiritual questions that people ask in therapy: If I don't get along with my father, how am I to relate to 'my father in heaven'?
Today's question: We speak in the Torah and in the prayers about G-d being our father in heaven. I don’t have a very good relationship with my father he was aloof and uncaring sometimes and at other times he was...
12.05.2022
NEW SERIES: Spiritual questions that people ask in therapy: Am I selfish if I say no?
Today's questions: My mother has a very giving nature, she never kept anything for herself, if she just brought herself a new outfit and someone said to her that they liked it she would say, "here have it!" The flip side...
10.04.2022
Grief, forgiveness and opening the heart
A pre Yom Kippur class
07.12.2022
How do I know if my heart is thinking or my mind is thinking?
How do we know where a thought is coming from? How do we know if it should be taken seriously, believed and acted on? How do I know if its a logical thought or a fear based response of my...
07.11.2022
Tanya class 22 - The flow state - aligning with infinite energy
Aligning with infinite energy only happens in a place where we completely let go of judgement and we stay with the question. An open state of curiosity and wonder beyond stories and judgements. If you find the judgements pulling you...
06.24.2022
Tanya class 21 - When we feel dead inside, opening our heart is the first stage in building our relationship with G-d
A true relationship involves feeling the other, love and respect of an active kind. If we feel indifferent towards G-d we must know that connection is not possible when the heart is closed and defended. If we feel closed and...
06.03.2022
Tanya class 20 - Making space for other
https://astillsmallvoice.org/the-two-trees-at-edens-center/ - this is a link the the article I talk about in this class
05.29.2022
Tanya class 19 - We all serve something
To go out of our comfort zone for someone or something we love, we first must feel comfort in our zone, and then choose to come out for the other. To sacrifice our will for someone of something that we...
05.19.2022
Tanya class 18 - The Benoni defined part 2
What are the spiritual possibilities available to us?
05.19.2022
Tanya class 17 - The Benoni defined part 1
What are the spiritual possibilities available to us?
05.08.2022
Tanya class 16 - Rising above judgment, into open curiosity
The role of the Benoni, what they are capable of, and how they are able to consistently choose, right action.
04.08.2022
Tanya class 15 - The inner redemption process and 5 ways we can show up in the world
What is our inner Chometz? Inner Moshe? Inner Egypt? What is the definition of the 5 categories of people that we began discussing in chapter 1 of Tanya? How does each category show up within each of us?
04.04.2022
Part 3- Healing my relationship with food
Taking a look at food, health, and body-related fear.
03.28.2022
Part 2- Healing my relationship with food
Understanding the energetics of food and how it helped me to heal.
03.28.2022
Tanya class 14 - The way that our souls show up in our bodies and psyche
Where are my souls within my body? How do they express themselves?
03.27.2022
Tanya class 13 - Redefining Teshuva and the process of letting go of false identities
Redefining Teshuva: What is a Baal Teshuva? A master of returning Returning what? Returning the hey to the rest of the name of G-d (first 9 sefiros) Hey represents malchus (the 10th sefira): Dignity, open, softness, flexibility and receiving deep nurture and connection, letting go of...
03.21.2022
Part 1- Healing my relationship with food
In this episode, I share my experience of healing from an eating disorder and what I learned along the way.
03.07.2022
Tanya class 12 - Rooted in reality with a head and a heart that's free
This gets confusing because on the one hand we live in a world which is clearly defined by right and wrong actions. We are told don’t steal, don’t murder if someone does those things, they are absolutely wrong. On the other...
03.02.2022
Tanya class 11 - Unity with G-d can only be achieved through the body
The body has a quality that surpasses the soul itself. This quality is that it has the tools to interact with G-d Himself.
02.20.2022
Tanya class 10 - Talking to the animal soul so it will listen and listening so it will talk
When the raw energy of the middos in ones body is strong – giants compared to the small voice of reason in the brain, the emotions in a state of chaos (tohu)pay no attention to logic. So how does one...
02.14.2022
Tanya class 9 - Defining the seven emotions
Chesed -desire, love, kindness, expansion, water, coolness, growth, upwards movement, abundance, unlimited, boundless, giving, “yes”, supernatural. (Avraham was the person that personified this sefirah in the world.) Gevura-boundaries, strength, judgment, constraint, “no”, containing, fire, downward moving, limitations, heat, fear, strictness, assessment,...
02.09.2022
Tanya class 8 - The structure of a soul and our inner parents
Chochma –Curiosity - a state of mind where one is open and empty, ready to receive without preconceived notions, just curious, wondering. The Hebrew word “Chochma”is made up of two smaller words, “co’ach”--“ma” which literally means, “the power of what”....
02.01.2022
Tanya class 7 - You contain the DNA of the world - the two souls explained
What is a soul? What does it mean to live with two souls? What is the difference between both of my souls and how do they each express themselves in the world? How do I begin to integrate them?
01.23.2022
Tanya class 6 - Confronting the trauma of existence, integrating fears
Taking a look at Tzimtzum, what it's like for a soul to become embodied. Confronting fear without fear, staying curious, open, and compassionate. Exploring all thought processes that keep one in a dysregulated state. Replacing these fragmented fear-based thought processes...
01.17.2022
Tanya class 5 - How to regulate the nervous system
In this class, we talk in more detail about how to regulate the nervous system.
01.14.2022
A conversation with Chris Maskens on creating inner harmony - embodiment as a springboard for spiritual development
Chris Maskens, an expert in the field of trauma, talks about integrating the fragmented parts of our being and creating inner leadership. What the process looks like and how the more embodied one becomes the more choice one has. In his...

What's Chassidus, through the eyes of a psychotherapist about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Chassidus, through the eyes of a psychotherapist episodes:

New Tanya class episode 12

Q&A: Attachment styles, Redirecting energy back to self and becoming a Conscious human being

New Tanya class episode 11

Q&A: Working with our parts, Directing our own energy and Letting go of control.

New Tanya class episode 10

New Tanya class episode 8

A conversation about boundaries and leaky energy

Q&A: The subconscious, Refining our point of trust and Grieving what we wish we had.

Q&A: The superiority complex, Toxic positivity and The boundaries that keep society from self destructing.

Q&A: How do we integrate? What do I do if I regulate and my pain doesn't go? Is the Divine soul the Parasympathetic nervous system?

New Tanya class episode 7

New Tanya class episode 6

New Tanya class episode 5

New Tanya class episode 4

New Tanya class episode 3

New Tanya class episode 2

New Tanya class episode 1

The War in Israel and Chapter 32 Tanya

Becoming comfortable in the uncomfortable

Developing our capacity for choice

Tznius, The feminine role and who we are really

How can we believe in G-d if we don't see Him?

Farbrengen for women at the soul house, crown heights

Where does divine providence end and free will begin?

Spiritual questions that people ask in therapy: If I don't get along with my father, how am I to relate to 'my father in heaven'?

NEW SERIES: Spiritual questions that people ask in therapy: Am I selfish if I say no?

Grief, forgiveness and opening the heart

How do I know if my heart is thinking or my mind is thinking?

Tanya class 22 - The flow state - aligning with infinite energy

Tanya class 21 - When we feel dead inside, opening our heart is the first stage in building our relationship with G-d

Tanya class 20 - Making space for other

Tanya class 19 - We all serve something

Tanya class 18 - The Benoni defined part 2

Tanya class 17 - The Benoni defined part 1

Tanya class 16 - Rising above judgment, into open curiosity

Tanya class 15 - The inner redemption process and 5 ways we can show up in the world

Part 3- Healing my relationship with food

Part 2- Healing my relationship with food

Tanya class 14 - The way that our souls show up in our bodies and psyche

Tanya class 13 - Redefining Teshuva and the process of letting go of false identities

Part 1- Healing my relationship with food

Tanya class 12 - Rooted in reality with a head and a heart that's free

Tanya class 11 - Unity with G-d can only be achieved through the body

Tanya class 10 - Talking to the animal soul so it will listen and listening so it will talk

Tanya class 9 - Defining the seven emotions

Tanya class 8 - The structure of a soul and our inner parents

Tanya class 7 - You contain the DNA of the world - the two souls explained

Tanya class 6 - Confronting the trauma of existence, integrating fears

Tanya class 5 - How to regulate the nervous system

A conversation with Chris Maskens on creating inner harmony - embodiment as a springboard for spiritual development

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