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Lorraine
Silvetz
formerly
Lorraine
Cancro
didn’t use
Match.com or
another
Internet
dating site
to find the
love of her
life.
Instead, she
found her
husband and
soul mate
when she was
on a quest
for
something
entirely
different,
the quest to
help the
relieve
suffering of
those
experiencing
Post
Traumatic
Stress
Disorder (PTSD).
Lorraine is
the
Executive
Director of
the Global
Stress
Initiative (GSI),
an
organization
that seeks
to diagnose,
treat and
prevent PTSD,
as well as
raise
awareness
not only for
those
suffering
from the
condition,
but their
families as
well. The
problem is a
significant
one, and as
GSI’s
Medical
Director,
Robert
Cancro
points out,
“Twenty
million
American
adults live
with an
anxiety
disorder
that is
chronic,
painful and
can become
progressively
worse.”
Lorraine
and her GSI
colleagues
had as one
of their
goals,
finding help
for
individuals
with PTSD
that doesn’t
include
prescribing
additional
medications.
The GSI team
knows all
too often
people with
PTSD became
dependent on
the drugs
involved in
their
therapy. The
individuals
taking PTSD
medications
may also
find
themselves
experiencing
a host of
unwelcome
side
effects,
such as
inability to
sleep or
suicidal
urges.
Through the
years,
Lorraine and
her
colleagues
found many
interventions
to help
alleviate
the symptoms
of PTSD but
not until
2013 did she
find the
ultimate
intervention.
When her
colleague
and friend,
Eilhys
England
Hackworth
co-Founder
with the
late Colonel
David
Hackworth of
Stand for
the Troops
told her
about the
Brain
Treatment
Center (BTC)
and its
tremendous
success
using
non-drug
interventions,
Cancro
decided to
visit BTC at
its
headquarters
in
Newport
Beach ,
California.
For
Lorraine,
the visit
was
life-changing,
not only
professionally,
but
personally.
While there,
she met the
Chief
Scientific
Officer,
Robert D.
Silvetz, MD,
and the two
shared the
happy
experience
of not only
caring about
PTSD, they
also
discovered
how much
they cared
about each
other.
It was a
swift
courtship.
Within 24
hours of
their
December 7th
date, they
found
themselves
discussing
marriage.
In fact,
when Bob
Silvetz
spoke with
Eilhys the
following
day, she
knew from
the
excitement
in his voice
that he had
found the
one.
Certain of
what she
felt she was
hearing, she
asked him
when they
were getting
married and
even
suggested
getting
married at
her home
where he was
staying
while
visiting the
East Coast.
Bob swiftly
responded
that he
wanted to
get married
at the
Church of
Santa
Susanna in
Rome where
his parents
were married
and he had
his
communion
and
confirmation.
Eilhys let
Lorraine
know this
immediately
over the
phone.
Lorraine ran
to her
mother, who
is of
Italian
descent, and
asked if she
knew the
Church of
Santa
Susanna,
only to
learn that
not only did
her mother
know it, -
she had a
painting of
it on the
wall above
her bed in
the master
bedroom!!
Santa
Susanna is
one of over
1000
churches in
Rome so the
chances of
Lorraine's
mother
having a
painting of
the exact
church Bob
mentioned
were truly
remote.
It was a powerful sign. The couple were discussing marrying at Santa
Susanna for
close to a
month and
finally Bob
popped the
question
when
Lorraine
finally
said, "You
keep telling
me where you
want to get
married.
Don't you
think you
should ask
me first?"
He answered,
"Now?". She
said, "Sure,
why not?" He
then asked
and she
swiftly
answered
yes. He told
her later
that he was
a little
afraid to
ask so just
assumed the
sale!!ll
This was
within a
month of
Pearl Harbor
Day. They
both said
there was no
need to
waste time -
when you
know you
know.
They did not end up getting married at Santa Susanna but St Pius Church in
Huntington
since it
would have
taken two
years and
too much
paperwork to
get married
in Italy.
Instead, the
couple
decided to
invite their
colleagues,
family and
friends to
the Oheka
Castle to
celebrate
the launch
of their
life
together.
The wedding
took place
on August
14th, and
people came
from as far
as Taiwan
for the
celebration.
Dr. Yi Jin,
Founder of
the Brain
Treatment
Center along
with members
of his team
were present
for the
couple's
special day.
Research
scientists
in the field
of mental
health were
present
including
Robert
Cancro, MD,
Chairman
Emeritus of
NYU's
Department
of
Psychiatry,
Robert M.
Silvetz, MD,
Robert
Isenhart,
PhD, Ralph
DePalo, PhD,
Leslie
Prichep,
PhD, and
Judy
Kuriansky,
PhD.
Business
people and
entrepreneurs
from around
the world
attended
including JJ
Han,
International
Business
Director of
BTC, Kevin
McGovern,
Chairman of
the Water
Initiative,
John Silvetz
of Blue
Crest
Capital
Management,
LLP, Jeffrey
Loewy,
President of
Tirschwell
and Loewy,
Inc., Larry
Cancro,
Senior VP of
Fenway
Affairs for
the Boston
Red Sox,
Barry
Klarberg,
Founder and
CEO of
Monarch
Business and
Wealth
Management,
Managing
Partners of
Dragon
Deeds,
Eilhys
England
Hackworth
and Keith
Buckler,
among
others. TV
Personalities
and
Entertainers
including 3
Time Emmy
Award
Winning
Anchor and
Best Selling
Author, Rita
Cosby,
Singer/Producer,
Tomaczek
Bednarek,
Newcomer/Singer,
Cheyenne
Elliott, and
Musician/Teacher,
Susan Cancro
Brown.
Writers
including
Synesthesia
Expert and
Author,
Maureen
Seaberg,
Award
Winning
March of
Dimes
blogger,
Barbara Carr
and
Therapist/Author,
Nan O'Brien.
Philanthropists,
Sara Herbert
Galloway,
Barbara and
David
Bender, Jim
Luce, Errol
Rappaport,
Roberta
Lowenstein,
NancyJane
Loewy, and
many more.
The
reception at
Oheka Castle
dazzled the
guests which
many called
the best
wedding
ever! Oheka
Castle was
part of the
inspiration
for F. Scott
Fitzgerald’s
the Great
Gatsby and
it is the
second
largest
private home
in the
United
States, with
127 rooms
and over
109,000
square feet.
Guests
danced that
evening to
the 8-piece
band, Billy
and the
Showmen, and
were
entertained
by soon to
be launched
singer,
Cheyenne
Elliott,
granddaughter
of Dionne
Warwick and
cousin of
Whitney
Houston,
beautiful
rendition of
"At Last".
In addition,
Tomaczek
Bednarek
created and
performed a
haunting
guitar solo
in honor of
the
new couple.
The
Silvetzes
left the
next day for
their
honeymoon
cruise to
New England
and Canada.
On their
return to
California,
they will
continue
their joint
work in
helping
alleviate
the
suffering of
those
experiencing
PTSD, using
techniques
that don’t
require
pharmacological
intervention.
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