Healing the Wounds of War: Israel

Current Status:

  • 300+ Jewish & Arab-Israeli health, mental health & education professionals trained in mind-body medicine since 2005
  • The Training Center for Mind-Body Skills established and offering ongoing training & Certification to Israeli clinicians
  • 100 school psychologists & counselors trained & ongoing collaboration with Israeli Ministry of Education
  • Mind-Body Skills for Children & Teens Joint Training offered June 2008 to Jewish & Arab-Israeli & Palestinian graduates of our mind-body professional trainings

 
Since 2005, the Center has trained over 300 Jewish and Arab- Israeli health, mental health, and education professionals and has established an independent non-profit organization that continues to develop our work.

With generous financial support from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Center’s support and clinical guidance, Naftali Halberstadt, PhD, and the Training Center for Mind-Body Skills has:

  • begun offering ongoing training programs in mind-body medicine and Certification to Israeli clinicians, with the guidance of Center Clinical Director Amy Shinal, LCSW and Dr. Gordon
  • expanded the Israeli program, focusing on the population most affected by the shelling from Gaza in the South and Hezbollah in the North
  • continued the collaboration with the Ministry of Education, where the Center has trained over 100 school psychologists & counselors
  • reached out to the Israeli-Arab population and is developing an intensive training program for Arab clinicians in the North & in East Jerusalem.
 

 
For further information, contact: gtr@cmbm.org

 


 

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