BrainStorm with Sony Perlman

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I sit down with Sholom Gutleizer LMSW, CASAC-T , CCTP.  Sholom was born in Crown Heights Brooklyn, NY. After going to yeshiva he attended Kingsborough Community College for his associates degree and then went on to graduate New York University with his Bachelor's and Masters in social work degrees. Sholom and his family live in Pomona, NY. He currently works as the...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I sit down with Rabbi A.Y. Weinberg. Rabbi A.Y. Weinberg's (A.Y.) work with Jewish youth spans over three decades. Prior to founding Project Extreme in 2001, A.Y. served as the Regional Director for the Greater Midwestern Region of National Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY) for over 19 years. During his tenure, A.Y. and his staff created and implemented hundreds...

Send us Fan Mail Rabbi Shaya Kohn is the founder and director of Ahavas Chaim in Baltimore. Rabbi Kohn epitomizes the essence of the organization wiith his innate, genuine love for people that transcends reality. This exceptional character trait permeates every one of his actions and endeavors. Long before Ahavas Chaim’s formal incorporation in 2019, Rabbi Kohn provided a myriad of services and su...

Send us Fan Mail Rabbi Charlop has been teaching for the last 40 years. For the last 25 of those years Rabbi Charlop has been a Rebbi at Neveh in Telz Stone a yeshiva for young men that are struggling with different issues. Rabbi Charlop is a noted author, mechanech and marriage counselor.  Most recently Rabbi Charlop has founded Genesis, a treatment center in Israel that deals with mental health...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I sit down with my good friend Rabbi Shmuel Skaist. Rabbi Shmuel Skaist studied at Yeshiva Sh’or Yoshuv, enjoying a close relationship with Rabbi Shlomo Friefeld z”tl. For the last 35 years, he has taught Torah and been involved in Kiruv across the US and Israel. Rabbi Skaist is also a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter and has performed regularly in Greenwich Villa...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I sit down with my mentor Dr. Trish Attia.  Patricia R. Attia, Phd., LCSW is the co-President of the board for Our Place. Her private practice is located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. She is a Somatic IFS practitioner and trainer. Prior to her work with the Orthodox community, she lectured and set up trauma and addiction programs across the country. Her two favor...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I sit down with my good friend Shmulie Brown. Shmulie  is a licensed therapist who resides in Passaic, NJ. He is the assistant coordinator of a clinical case management program servicing individuals in the forensic population who have major psychiatric disorders. He also sees youth and adolescents privately for therapy. Shmulie graduated from Touro College with a Bachel...

Send us Fan Mail The tale of two soles colliding. Meet Shmuel a musician and clothing designer living in Jerusalem . I hope you enjoy!  For more episodes check us out on.... Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2aPCiuzsIoNKYt5jjv7RFT Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brainstorm-with-sony-perlman/id1596925257 YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe0UpNhJMB7ORkqSYHqXYKg Insta...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I sit down with my good friend Meir Kay.  Meir Kay is a filmmaker, public speaker and a social good activist best known for his social media content which has amassed over a billion views and impacting millions of people around the world. He is the author of a new children’s book called- A kids book about Optimism and is the host of The Great Day podcast - a podcasted d...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I sit down with my good friend  Meshulam Tauber for a very special episode to commemorate the first Yartzeit of Meshulam's nephew  Ari Fried zt"l.   This episode is Lzecher Nishmas Ahron Ben Moshe Nesanel ZT'L For more episodes check us out on.... Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2aPCiuzsIoNKYt5jjv7RFT Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/pod...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I sit down with two good friends who work with me at Our Place. Isaac Cohen  who has been a helper and a healer for many years and has great insights into the topic of growth and healing.  Micah Landau who is a social worker, talks about his experience with therapy and helping people heal thru that modality. Micah is an LMSW and IFS Somatic practitioner.

Send us Fan Mail Tzvi entered the field of recovery as a drug and alcohol counselor. The understood importance of treatment and feeling of purpose inspired his career change. With immense gratitude, he transitioned as the Director at Serenity Services. Tzvi then became the current CEO of Ascendant NY. Incorporating his professional and personal experiences, is a guiding force to provide treatment...

Send us Fan Mail Baruch Perlowitz is a Rebbi, game show host and a movie producer. Hid first feature fil, was the action packed drama, The Edge, based on the same titled bestseller written by Rabbi Nachman Seltzer. After tremendous success in his debut  Boruch went back in history for his next film, creating the super thriller, The Skull of A Genius, based on a story told about the Maharal from Pr...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I sit down this week with Moshe Frankel, CASAC.  With 20 years of experience working with at risk teens, Moshe develops and runs year round programming and support services for at risk teens including the Gavz Boyz traveling summer camp, which has been run under Amudim’s auspices for the past five years. In addition to his day to day activities as a case manager, Moshe...

Send us Fan Mail Join me this week as I discuss some of the common struggles people face when considering using the 12 Steps as a method of recovery from addiction. Having personal experience with both the frustrating and beneficial sides of the 12 Step Program themselves, Sony and Elli discuss some unique ways to personalize the Steps as a universal self-development tool even when the conventiona...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Season 2! On this first episode I sat down with Nate Nagelblatt. Nesanel “Nate” Nagelblatt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He is the Clinical Outreach Director for Recovery at the Crossroads and maintains a private practice in Lakewood NJ. Nesanel primarily works with individuals struggling with addiction with a specific focus on working with the extended fam...

Send us Fan Mail Join 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...

Send us Fan Mail Today 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 us Fan Mail Join 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 us Fan Mail Recovery peer advocate at Achieve Behavioral Health and The Living Room.  Recovering addict for over 7 years. Avid lover of love.

Send us Fan Mail Join 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 clini...

Send us Fan Mail Join 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 dedicat...

Send us Fan Mail Sony 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 us Fan Mail This 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 us Fan Mail in 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.