Professional Training in Israel

Current Status:

  • 200+ Israeli leaders trained in mind-body medicine
  • 120+ school psychologists trained, in collaboration with Israeli Ministry of Education
  • Israeli amuta (non-governmental organization) established and on its way to sustainability

From 2002 to the present, The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM) has trained over 200 Israeli leaders in health, mental health and education, and provided advanced training to a leadership team of 35 and a faculty of 20.

Our model is being used in the Israeli army and air force; with police and Zaka (who recover body parts after terrorist attacks); in many dozens of hospitals and clinics that are focused on serving Israel’s low-income and disaffected populations, including Arab-Israelis, Bedouin, recent immigrants from Russia and Ethiopia, and settlers displaced from Gaza and anticipating displacement from the West Bank. It is also beginning to be taught and integrated into the curriculum of four of Israel’s major universities.

Our program is also becoming a significant source of enhanced understanding and reconciliation between Israeli Jews and Arabs who are working with traumatized children. At our most recent training, 40% of participants were Israeli Arabs.

Next Steps:

Children’s Training: During the next 6 months, leaders in Israel will be trained in mind-body techniques specific to working with traumatized children and adolescents. We look forward to bringing our expert faculty together to benefit the children who have suffered profoundly during this conflict.

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 54 KB)

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My use of the CMBM techniques was almost instant, having come back from the training to the reality of war, and having had to sit for days in bomb shelters, working with people who have experienced shock, panic and a sense of helplessness. I was surprised to realize how effective these techniques are…”

- Bina Medsini, Social Worker Regional Supervisor, Ministry of Defense, District of Haifa and the North