Contact: Ed Galemba
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Cynthia Heller Joins JFS as Rafael Spiritual Healing Center Coordinator303-597-5000 x305
egalemba@jewishfamilyservice.org
DENVER — February 27, 2007 — Jewish Family Service of Colorado is pleased to announce that Cynthia Heller recently joined the staff as coordinator of the Rafael Spiritual Healing Center (RSHC). RSHC is a welcoming place that offers programs, spiritual bereavement support groups, counseling, resources, and referrals. It provides both spiritual and psychological support for those facing issues associated with death, grief, chronic illness and caregiver support.
“This job combines all of my work experience, educational background, and interests in pastoral care, theology, and the psychological-spiritual approach to healing,” says Heller. She brings a unique set of skills to RSHC. Heller has worked as a Jewish and interreligious educator and as a spiritual facilitator with diverse groups of people to create rituals, programs, and workshops that address a variety of complex emotional, social, and spiritual issues.
As coordinator, Heller is responsible for representing the RSHC in the community and developing alliances and collaborations with other healing, medical, Jewish, and educational organizations. She is also responsible for developing programs which offer spiritual healing education and training to professionals and the general public, organizing and promoting marketing efforts, overseeing all RSHC programming, and co-facilitating support groups.
Heller co-facilitates the current RSHC bereavement support group with Rabbi Eliot Baskin, JFS community chaplain, and Dr. Laura Hockman, JFS psychologist. She is also engaged in outreach with other agencies and programs to build reciprocal referral networks. Additionally, Heller is working to maintain and expand the RSHC library and online resources.
The Rafael Spiritual Healing Center is made possible by Rose Community Foundation.
About Jewish Family Service of Colorado
Jewish Family Service of Colorado is a community agency serving metro Denver that provides professional services, resources and referrals in the areas of mental health counseling, food assistance, adult care management and in-home support services for the frail, elderly, emotionally vulnerable, people with disabilities, refugees and immigrants, and the hungry regardless of faith or economic status. JFS, a nonprofit and nonsectarian human service agency, is one of the oldest organizations in Colorado and impacts more than 21,000 people each year. For more information, please call 303-597-5000 or visit www.jewishfamilyservice.org.
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