Therapy

Anchored in the Earth: The theraputic farm helping Israel's combat veterans

Now in its second year, the initiative serves approximately 60 veterans across four cohorts, providing a structured path toward healing and reintegration through farm-based therapeutic work.

IDF VETERANS work the fields as part of Kaima’s Anchored in the Earth therapeutic farming program.
TAL NIR (L) and Ilana O’Malley.

Healing across borders: The story of the Planetherapy NGO

Radiation accelerator at Davidoff Center - Rabin Medical Center.

Israeli hospital's 'groundbreaking' studies could lessen treatments, reduce prostate cancer risks

New Shlomi initiative uses sensory cues and soft architecture to support recovery from trauma.

Shlomi initiative uses sensory design, soft architecture to support trauma recovery in children


Top tips for choosing a reliable therapist for your children

Expert offers top tips for choosing the right therapist for children.

A young teenager undergoing psychological treatment

EMDR: The trauma therapy treatment that changes lives - opinion

EMDR can help remind us that trauma doesn’t define or consume us, that it has no right to steal any aspect of our lives.

 EMDR: IT BRINGS to light a different kind of global ‘warming.’

Mental health teachings in Jewish tradition - opinion

Even in the midst of the greatest darkness, we are given the capacity and the Divine providence to find hope in our situation for a better future.

 People take cover inside a public bomb shelter after a siren is sounded, in October, in Kiryat Shmona, a city now nearly totallly evacuated due to attacks from Hezbollah in Lebanon. After October 7, and amid the ongoing military action, we know how much our mental health as been impacted.

Israel-Hamas War: The psychological benefits of keeping a routine

Almost everyone’s routine has been disrupted since the onset of the war. Mental health experts underscore how important routine is for one’s emotional health.

 POUR YOURSELF a cup of coffee (or tea) and get the week going.

Amid Israel-Hamas war, youth turn to art for therapeutic help

Art in a war zone is not a panacea, but it can be a means of nurturing emotional well-being and assist in the healing process.

 Children paint as a means to express their feelings during wartime

Even mental health professionals are impacted by Oct. 7 trauma

The attack of October 7, and the intentional dissemination of graphic content by Hamas, brought into sharp relief the extended reach of such trauma.

 A SEASONED psychiatrist from Connecticut, Dr. Ilan Fogel, found his visit to Israel unexpectedly extended as he felt compelled to help those traumatized by the war.

How the Gaza war is affecting Israeli children - opinion

Trauma can have serious effects on us all, particularly on youth. Emunah is determined to ensure that Israel’s children and their families have the tools they need to heal.

Israeli children wearing face masks make their way to school in Tzfat on their first day back to classes on November 1, 2020

Educational psychologists said to be needed more than ever

Major reform is needed as a result of the war, after 20 years of neglect, underfunding, and inadequate manpower.

 People gather and light candles to remember the victims who were murdered by Hamas militants at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, October 17, 2023.

Amid Israel-Hamas war, Jerusalem food truck becomes a therapeutic oasis

Much more than an upscale food truck, Brunch has become a sort of therapeutic oasis. “Everyone living in Israel now needs a moment to decompress in order to keep going forward.”

 IN BRUNCH.

Health fund psychologists, private therapists to get government grants

The huge numbers of traumatized Israelis who were wounded, lost loved ones, homes, and businesses on October 7 need emotional support and therapy.

 People gather and light candles to remember the victims who were murdered by Hamas militants at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, October 17, 2023.