Therapy

Creating healing through art

How Ono International School's English-language master's program in visual art therapy is preparing a new generation of therapists.

Keren Seelenfreund, a student in Ono Academic College’s M.A. program in Art Therapies – Visual Art Therapy
The Fifth Element

Sheba opens trauma treatment space in the heart of nature

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.

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

Netanyahu in Soroka after the Iranian missile impact.

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


Solio Alpha Cure Plus review: Instant relief or just a gimmick?

Exploring the effectiveness of Solio Alpha Cure Plus in managing chronic pain and its practicality in everyday use.


Checking on couples in Israel after the war in Gaza - opinion

I have been a couples therapist for more than a decade, and in the past two weeks, I've seen more and more couples sitting on my couch, trying to make sense of what they have gone through this year.

 Couple holding hands (illustrative)

CMBM: The US-based NGO helping treat Israelis with PTSD

CMBM is planning a professional training program (PTP), to be followed by an advanced training program (ATP) in which it will train and certify hundreds of professionals.

 Small group session led by Dr. Ronit Eilon and Dr. Naomi Baum (center) at Mishkenot.

PTSD patients find relief through hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment

The sharp drop in oxygen levels sparks stem cells in the brain to proliferate, and then repair the damage that had been done to the brain.

 Patients receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy treatment in Israel.

Alexithymia: Why many people struggle with expressing emotions - explainer

Alexithymics have difficulty naming their feelings, expressing them, or valuing them. Emotions are remote abstractions, pesky bothers to be brushed aside, denied, and ignored

 A drawing by an artist with alexithymia depicting confusion about one’s own emotions.

Six ways to remain emotionally grounded in wartime

The six techniques detailed below help us to connect with ourselves and with others.

 THERAPEUTIC ANCIENT art: Doing yoga on stand-up paddle boards during International Day of Yoga celebrations, in Lake Kinneret last June.

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.