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Israelis sit at a restaurant in Tel Aviv, April 4, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 19, 2026, 6:12 pm
New ‘PTSD-friendly’ scheme aims to adapt Israel’s public spaces
Popular apps such as Ontopo for restaurant reservations and Easy business directory will add PTSD filters, with participating venues self-certifying
By Sue Surkes
Left: 'Sitting on a Suitcase: Psychoanalytic Stories,' co-edited by Olya Khaleelee and Halina Brunning (Courtesy); Right: People evacuating a building next to an apartment block hit by an Iranian missile, where several people were killed, in Beersheba, June 24, 2025. (AP/Bernat Armangue)
August 30, 2025, 12:10 pm
18 Jewish therapists co-wrote a book on the trauma of displacement. Then came Oct. 7
In ‘Sitting on a Suitcase: Psychoanalytic Stories,’ diverse clinicians discuss treating patients while juggling their own generational issues and the horror of ongoing war
By Rich Tenorio
Bessel van der Kolk in a screenshot from a YouTube video, June 2025. (YouTube/ Big Think/ Unlikely Collaborators)
August 20, 2025, 2:14 pm
Renowned trauma expert banned from NY healing center over ‘antisemitic comments’
Bessel van der Kolk issues apology for likening Israelis to Nazis, as incident at Omega Institute highlights how once-apolitical institutions are being dragged into Gaza war debate
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Interacting with puppies at Beit Daniella, west of Jerusalem. (Courtesy, Beit Daniella)
November 13, 2023, 2:29 pm
Troubled teens cut off from nature rehab over lack of bomb shelter
Youngsters attending Beit Daniella, near Jerusalem, are forced to meet in a school, far from the horses, dogs, and green hills that are helping them heal
By Sue Surkes
Survivors from the Supernova trance festival bond with horses at the Dror family's horse farm at Moshav Ofer, northern Israel, October 31, 2023. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
November 6, 2023, 2:52 pm
For killing field party survivors, meditation with horses offers new therapeutic hope
Psychologist Shira Bruckner believes Israel will forge a new path in research and treatment for people who undergo trauma while under the influence of psychedelic drugs
By Sue Surkes
Family and friends attend the funeral of five members of the Kutz family, Livnat and Aviv and their three children Rotem, Yonatan and Yiftach, on October 17, 2023. The Kutz family was killed by Hamas terrorists, in their home in Kfar Aza, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023. (Flash90)
November 5, 2023, 2:51 pm
Israel’s mental health professionals get special training to help heal the traumatized
With hundreds of thousands of Israelis in acute psychological distress since Oct. 7, PTSD specialists are teaching fellow psychologists who want to help but don’t know how
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Psychotherapist Yariv Cohen from Even Yehuda, who sexually abused patients, arrives for a hearing at Lod District Court, December 8, 2022. (Flash90)
December 8, 2022, 6:56 pm
Psychotherapist accused of sexually abusing patients charged with rape, sodomy
Yariv Cohen hit with 8 sexual offense counts over allegations he had emotionally fragile female patients undress and touched them inappropriately without consent
By ToI Staff
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