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Ariella Cook-Shonkoff

Ariella Cook-Shonkoff is a licensed mental health therapist and registered art therapist based in Berkeley, California.

Members of the Jewish diaspora of Edmonton gather during a candlelight vigil and community-wide Havdalah ceremony to mark the one-week anniversary of the Hamas terror attack in Israel, on October 9, 2023, in Westridge Field, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Grieving together, and also apart: A Jewish American wrestles with identity, belonging and trauma

Ariella Cook-Shonkoff
Jennifer Lawrence as Kate Dibiasky and Leonardo DiCaprio as Dr. Randall Mindy in "Don't Look Up" (Niko Tavernise/Netflix)

The existential panic in “Don’t Look Up” is real. I see it in my clients

Ariella Cook-Shonkoff