Therapy

The shoreline that holds: October 7 post-trauma therapists embark on a healing retreat

For years, many of these therapists have sat with survivors, bereaved parents, evacuated families, children who lost their sense of safety, and communities trying to return to life.

TRAUMA THERAPISTS from the Sha’ar HaNegev Resilience Center gather for the first time since Oct.7 on the serene, open lawns of the Nahsholim Hotel, an environment purposefully selected as the ideal natural healing space for communal processing and emotional recovery.
Netanyahu in Soroka after the Iranian missile impact.

One year after the missile hit in Beersheba: Soroka Hospital presents intensive reconstruction

THE MAIN SHANTI HOUSE center in Tel Aviv continues to help down-and-out youngsters rediscover their purpose in life.

For kids’ sake: Shanti House battles the odds to save Israel's abandoned youth

MENTEE & MENTOR: Israeli logotherapists Batya Yaniger (L) and Teria Shantall.

Silence before speaking: Logotherapy helps process trauma, evil after October 7


Nova survivors using psychedelics 'on their own terms' to aid healing, study finds

The study follows 45 Nova survivors who were under the influence of a psychoactive substance during the massacre as they rebuild their lives, using festival culture to help them heal.

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Diaspora Jews Beware: Psychotherapy can be hazardous to your health - opinion

When such biases infiltrate the helping professions, the harm multiplies: it silences those who need help most.

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Placing the focus on the therapist

Teva’s Support the Soul program puts therapists front and center post-October 7

The Resilience Acceleration program in Teva’s offices

How Liv Hospital is redefining personalized stem cell therapy in Türkiye

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Technology and child development: The potential of personalized, convenient therapy - opinion

Technology enables children and families to access personalized and convenient therapy, from anywhere and at any time.

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Healing the mind: Israel's next frontline is the battle for recovery - opinion

Mahut Isreal exemplifies what national recovery must look like.

MAHUT FACILITATORS and partners visit Kibbutz Be’eri to advance collaboration and community resilience.

The invisible injury: Overcoming the cognitive impact of post-trauma - opinion

Post-trauma often goes unnoticed, but its cognitive impact can be profoundly disruptive. Cognitive rehabilitation offers a path to recovery, restoring function, identity, and hope.

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Mental health pandemic: Israel needs more psychologists for the public - opinion

The state must now prepare a multi-year plan that will ensure the number of psychologists required to treat the public.

A depressed woman

Adaptation and Time: How we will adapt in the future

The following is the fourth and final part of a four-part series, Adaptation and Time: Two factors for sustaining mental health, surviving October 7, its duration, and aftermath.

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Daat-Lev therapy restores emotional bonds through internal dialogue - interview

The heart of dialogue is our striving for something that we may or may not be able to completely fulfill. But the very effort itself, the very intention, is the foundation of becoming better humans.

Ilaniya Kor is an Israeli-born Buberian therapist and teacher.