BrainStorm with Sony Perlman

Send a textJoin me as I sit down with my brother Shim Perlman for a candid conversation,  enjoy!Shim Perlman, LMSW, is a licensed social worker who joined the Boys Our Place clinical team during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, focusing on providing one-on-one counseling during this difficult time.In addition to his work at Our Place, Shim maintains a private practice, specializing in working with the elderly population. A native of Far Rockaway, NY, Shim received his degree from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work in 2010. He is the youngest of eight siblings, in a family full of social workers and licensed therapists!Shim’s primary therapeutic technique is derived from Primal Therapy, as he seeks to assist each client with identifying the core issue that is holding them back from realizing their own potential and greatness. Shim is particularly passionate about his work at Our Place, as he helps young people begin to unlock their potential and build brighter futures.

Send a textToday we have Rabbi Scott Friedman, Head of School at Yeshivas Ohr Yisroel of Tenafly.Rabbi Friedman has a masters degree in psychology from Columbia University and has been working as a educator and therapist with adolescents and young adults for 17 years. To find more information about Rabbi Friedman unique education philosophy and about Ohr Yisroel visit https://www.ohryot.org

Send a textJoin as we go live to discuss some current events and hot topics, we hope to do more of these lives in the future so stay tuned!

Send a textRecovery peer advocate at Achieve Behavioral Health and The Living Room. Recovering addict for over 7 years. Avid lover of love.

Send a textJoin me as I sit down with my brother Dr. Akiva Perlman as we brainstorm.Akiva Perlman, PhD., is an international speaker on topics of abuse, addiction, and trauma. He has educated several hundred frum social workers from our community and is currently serving as a professor at Wurzweiler School of Social work. Dr. Perlman is clinical director of ODA’s Wellness Institute, a clinic which serves the chasideshe community in Williamsburg. He maintains a small practice in Fresh Meadows where he resides with his Wife Tamar and children.

Send a textJoin us on another episode of BrainStorm where we I sit down with Dr. Isaac Schechter the Chief Clinical Officer of Achieve Behavioral Health. We have a fascinating conversation about mental health and more in our community.Dr. Schechter is a pioneering leader in behavioral health care, Dr. Schechter has devoted two decades of service at the helm of Achieve. Thanks to his dedication and commitment, Achieve has grown from a mere concept to an acclaimed Behavioral Health system. Much more than a clinical psychologist, Dr. Schechter has played a pivotal role in revolutionizing, increasing and popularizing behavioral health services within the Orthodox Jewish community, both locally and nationally. In addition to his groundbreaking clinical leadership, Dr. Schechter trains and supervises hundreds of psychologists and social workers from within the community and is a sought-after international lecturer on a broad range of topics.Dr. Schechter is also the Founder of the Institute for Applied Research and Community Collaboration (ARCC) which studies the health, behavioral health and social issues in the Orthodox Jewish community.

Send a textSony sits down with Pinny Schachter who is an accomplished musician and someone who works in the field of addiction.  They brainstorm together on the topics of addiction, trauma, codependency, leadership, music and its impacts on the artists that create it.   

Send a textThis is the third and final episode in this series together with Eli Erenthal. In this episode we discuss practical applications of the philosophy that we discussed in the previous episodes.

Send a textin this episode, Sony continues the conversation with Eli Erenthal. They delve deeper into the topic of addiction and mental health struggles. Sony starts to discuss his philosophy on the causes and ways we can start to heal from these life challenging issues. 

Send a textSony sits down with Eli Erenthal a colleague and friend who has been in the trenches helping young adults struggling with addiction and other mental health issues. Eli is one of the founders of the Minyan Shelanu Drop-in Center in Lakewood NJ and is currently the Director of Operations at Our Village Sober Living home in Pomona NY.  They discuss how they got involved in this field. They get real on the challenges and successes that people in the helping world live with on a daily basis. Sony Perlman LMSW, has been working in the field of addiction for over two decades. For the past sixteen years he has been the Clinical Director of Boys Our Place, a full-service drop-in center for young men struggling with addiction, mental health issues and many other difficult life situations.Sony has a wide range of professional experience across the mental health and addiction spectrum; he has worked in the fields of teen mentoring, foster care, and inpatient drug rehabilitation. Recently, Sony served as the Clinical Director of Arena Sober Living, a high-end sober living facility in Rockland County that boasted a long-term success rate that was second to none. In 2019, Sony opened Our Place’s first sober living home, Our Village Sober Living, a 12-bed facility, where he continues to serve as the Clinical Director. It is Sony’s dream to expand the Our Village concept to include additional homes for those underserved in our community.Sony was educated in The New School of Social Research and has his graduate degree from Wurzweiler School of Social Work. In having worked with thousands of young people, Sony has not met a single individual that was not capable of healing themselves.