Therapy

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

A groundbreaking study at Rabin Medical Center suggests prostate cancer patients may need only two radiation doses, potentially revolutionizing treatment.

Radiation accelerator at Davidoff Center - Rabin Medical Center.
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

The writer with Roberto Casarotto during the interview.

Dancing for health in museums with dance activist Roberto Casarotto - interview

CENTRAL TO Israel’s push is its effort to influence the rapidly expanding ecosystem of AI-powered chatbots.

New remote program helps cancer patients overcome memory, focus hurdles


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.

 Tired pensive military man feeling worry and despair overhead view. Psychological trauma and PTSD treatment at therapy session. Tired pensive military man feeling worry and despair overhead view

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.

An illustrative image indicating change.

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.

Guardians of Colorado: How land and river teach us to heal

Farming here doesn’t pay the bills; it feeds something older. It’s about self-sustenance and standing guard so the land might heal.

TOWERING RED ROCK formations in the Garden of the Gods stand majestically against the backdrop of Colorado Springs’ peaks.

How NATAL helps Israelis heal invisible wounds, rebuild after war and trauma

As trauma overwhelms Israel, emotional support center’s leaders explain how therapy, resilience, and career coaching offer paths to hope

After October 7, NATAL developed short-term treatment programs using a variety of trauma-specific interventions

Confronting the national trauma pandemic - opinion

In Israel, we are all too familiar with the scars of war, smoke on the horizon, sirens in the night, the sound of explosions all too nearby, and funerals of heroes whose names we must never forget.

Shamir Medical Center.

Gene therapy at birth may protect against HIV for years, preclinical study shows promising results

Ardeshir states, "This new hypothesis could help protect newborns in high-risk areas during the most vulnerable period of their lives."

Single gene therapy injection at birth offers multi-year protection against HIV in preclinical study.

Emunah: Caring for a nation - opinion

Emunah works to provide tools, resources, and support to help Israelis find strength, both in times of war and peace.

LEFT TO RIGHT: The writer is joined by Tami Beck, director of the Emunah Sarah Ronson Counseling Center in Sderot and Tema Klausner, president of World Emunah.

'Decolonizing Therapy' and the erasure of Jewish identity in mental health

"If Zionism is being treated as a mental disorder, how can Jews expect fair treatment?" wrote Kenneth Marcus, founder of the Louis D. Brandeis Center, in an op-ed in USA Today last week.

A post made by decolonizing therapy on 'the colonized mind.'