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Dr. Ruth H. Bersin

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Executive Director

Phone: (781) ***-****  HQ Phone
Local Address: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Refugee Immigration Ministry
142 Pleasant Street
Malden, Massachusetts 02148
United States

Company Description: RIM is an interfaith, community-based organization that was founded in 1986. RIM's programs reflect the mission: "Building Community with Uprooted People to Serve...   more
Background

Employment History

Board Memberships and Affiliations

Education

  • M.Div.
17 Total References
Web References
Association for Refugee Service Professionals
www.refugeeprofessionals.org, 22 Feb 2013 [cached]
Ruth Bersin The Rev. Ruth H. Bersin, M.A.R., M.Div., D. Min, Ph.D. is an Episcopal Priest with experience as a teacher and in the business world. She has extensive experience in immigration issues. She has worked in the nonprofit sector since 1975 and is a Certified Fund Raising Executive with extensive experience in marketing and fund raising. She is currently the Executive Director of Refugee Immigration Ministry in Boston. She was Executive Director for English Life Line from 1989-1992 and served as a Civilian clergy person on the Yokosuka Navy Base at that time. Dr. Bersin is a clinical member of American Association of Pastoral Counselors and a Certified Fund Raising Executive. She has training as a chaplain in a reform school, in a medical center and she received a trauma certificate from the Trauma Center in Brookline. In addition, she received specialized training for police chaplaincy in 1996 following her work as Team Leader for the National Organization of Victim Assistance in response to the Oklahoma City bombing. She has provided training for volunteer chaplains for detention centers across the country. In collaboration with the Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants she organized a conference for Refugee Service Providers. She is serving on the National Association for Refugee Service Professionals and on the National Advisory Committee for Episcopal Migration Ministries. Dr. Bersin has written on Spirituality in the Recovery Process after Traumatic Experience and has given papers on the subject to numerous conferences including the Episcopal East Coast Military Chaplains Conference, Association of Trauma Stress Specialists, and American Association of Pastoral Counselors. She has published an article: "Healing Traumatic Memories: A Spiritual Journey. in Theological Literacy for the 21st Century , Eerdmans, 2002 and "Life Beyond the Gates. in The Antoich Agenda, Andover Newton Theological School and The Boston Theological Institute, New Delhi, 2007. Her dissertation topic: "Community-based Resettlement: Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Asylees Rebuild Their Lives with the Help of Congregations and Community."
The Boston Theological Institute | Staff and Program Coordinators
www.bostontheological.org, 15 Dec 2007 [cached]
Ruth Bersin, Director, Refugee Immigration Ministry
Meet Our Staff | New England Pastoral Institute
www.nepastoral.org, 12 Jan 2013 [cached]
Ruth Bersin
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Ruth Bersin
Ruth Bersin, M.Div., D.Min., PhD, is an Episcopal Priest, a member of American Association of Pastoral Counselors, the Association of Trauma Stress Specialists and a Pastoral Psychotherapist at the New England Pastoral Institute. She is the Executive Director of Refugee Immigration Ministry in Boston. She has had chaplaincy training in a reform school, a medical center and specialized training for police chaplaincy. She has trained lay-chaplains for detention in numerous communities across the country. Dr. Bersin has done work on Spirituality in the Recovery Process after Traumatic Experience and has given papers on the subject to numerous conferences including the Episcopal East Coast Military Chaplains Conference, Association of Trauma Stress Specialists, and American Association of Pastoral Counselors.
Dr. Bersin has published an article: "Healing Traumatic Memories: A Spiritual Journey. in Theological Literacy for the 21st Century, Eerdmans, 2002, and in 2006 an article in The Antioch Agenda, "Life Beyond the Gates: Seeing Ourselves in the Other."
Peace at Home: Dedicated to stopping domestic violence | Staff & Board
www.peaceathome.org, 11 Aug 2004 [cached]
Allison Morse - Board President | Joanne Brewer - Board Vice President | Eleanor Benko - Board Clerk | Jessica Feldman - Board Treasurer | Ruth H. Bersin | Valerie Kaplo | Amy Drachman | Chris Kelly
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Ruth H. BersinBoard Member, Ruth is an Episcopal priest who has spent many years working with traumatized individuals as a director of refugee programs, and a s a pastoral psychotherapist with battered women.She is currently the Executive Director of Refugee Immigration Ministry and works as a pastoral psychotherapist at the Greater Lowell Pastoral Counseling Center, where she has offered trainings for clergy on the issue of domestic violence.The Reverend heads up a national program for Church World Service: Interfaith Spiritual Care Givers for Detention.She is married, has two grown children and two grandchildren.In 2002, Ruth published a chapter, Healing Traumatic Memories: A Spiritual Journey, in Theological Literacy for the 21st Century by Rodney, L. Petersen.She holds a certificate in Trauma Studies from the Trauma Center and is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) by the Association of Fund Raising Professionals.
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Ruth H. Bersin
Meet Our Staff - Licensed Pastoral Psychotherapists
www.nepastoral.org, 28 June 2009 [cached]
Ruth Bersin, M.Div., D.Min.
Ruth Bersin , M.Div., D.Min is an Episcopal Priest, a member of American Association of Pastoral Counselors, the Association of Trauma Stress Specialists and a Pastoral Psychotherapist at the New England Pastoral Institute. She is the Executive Director of Refugee Immigration Ministry in Boston. She has had chaplaincy training in a reform school, a medical center and specialized training for police chaplaincy. She has trained lay-chaplains for detention in numerous communities across the country. Dr. Bersin has done work on Spirituality in the Recovery Process after Traumatic Experience and has given papers on the subject to numerous conferences including the Episcopal East Coast Military Chaplains Conference, Association of Trauma Stress Specialists, and American Association of Pastoral Counselors. She has published an article: "Healing Traumatic Memories: A Spiritual Journey. in Theological Literacy for the 21 st Century, Eerdmans, 2002 and in 2006 and article in The Antioch Agenda, "Life Beyond the Gates: Seeing Ourselves in the Other."
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