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Healing Trauma in Israel – History

In October of 2002, after the HWW program began in Israel in response to a request for help from a prominent psychologist in Israel, Dr. James Gordon and The Center for Mind-Body Medicine hired their first staff member in Israel, Rhonda Adessky to work as the In–Country Program Coordinator. During the next two years, we selected leaders from a variety of health disciplines and partnered with major medical, academic, and governmental institutions to assist in the development of a comprehensive, effective, and culturally-adaptive training program to implement in Israel

Our program was greeted with great enthusiasm from major governmental agencies, such as the Ministry of Education. School psychologists within the Ministry expressed interest in the training because they were looking for more effective ways to help the large number of school-aged children in Israel who are suffering from PTSD.

In July 2004, The Center for Mind-Body Medicine was proud to hold its first training program in Israel. The six-days training brought together 65 participants representing the following Israeli government agencies & local non-governmental organizations from all over the country:

1. Center for Traumatic Stress and Anxiety Disorders, Hadassah Hospital
2. Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma
3. Natal
4. Ministry of Education
5. Center for Integrated Medicine
6. Hadassah Pain Clinic
7. Israel Trauma Care
8. Meuchedet
9. Kiriyat Yovel Outpatient Clinic
10. University of Haifa Clinical Center
11. The Women’s Counseling Center

As respected leaders of the community, CMBM graduates continue to incorporate their CMBM training in their work with: Israelis displaced from Gaza settlements; IDF soldiers and military police who were involved in the disengagement from the Gaza settlements; victims of terror bombings and their families; educational psychologists within the Israeli Ministry of Education; patients and clients in their clinical practices, and colleagues and employees in their workplaces.

Helpful Documents:

Update on Healing the Wounds of War in the Middle East (PDF 117 KB)

Dr. James Gordon's Israel Diary (PDF 74 KB)

Dr. James Gordon's, "Both Sides Now" (PDF 59 KB)

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This week-long workshop provided healing to us and will help us to heal the many children who need our help. I am committed to this program.

- Naomi Baum, Ph.D., Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma