Yehudit Silverman, MA, RDT, DTR, is the former Chair, Department of Creative Arts Therapies, Concordia University, Montreal. She is the author of several articles, Op-eds, and recent book, The Story Within- myth and fairy tale in therapy, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, An award winning documentary filmmaker, her film, The Hidden Face of Suicide, screenedin cinemas, television, and conferences internationally. She received several federal and provincial grants to work on issues around suicide, and interfaith arts dialogue. She directed the Seeds of Hope project in collaboration with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts working with diverse communities affected by suicide. Since her retirement from the University, she has focussed on writing poetry and an emerging fiction book. Her poetry has been published in Migrations and Home: The Elements of Place, Dark Matter, Tikkun Magazine and the upcoming The Black River: Death Poems. She was also featured and read her poetry on Writers Radio. www.yehuditsilverman.com