Israel Trauma Coalition’s CEO Talia Levanon says the organization’s goal post October 7, is to help the thousands of people across Israel in need of trauma counselling, and to prioritize strength over victimhood.
As Israel faces an unprecedented epidemic in the number of people suffering trauma during the Israel-Gaza war, organizations are having to forge entirely new responses.
When Hamas attacked her kibbutz on October 7, resilience counsellor Esther Marcus hid in a safe room for 27 hours fielding calls from other terror victims. Now she’s helping Israelis across the country find composure.
Hundreds of readers have written to us asking how they can help Israel during this difficult war. Here’s a partial list of organizations to support.
“I’ve never seen anything like this,” says Taly Levanon, CEO of the Israel Trauma Coalition, as resilience centers struggle under the weight of severely traumatized residents.
The new resilience center joins four others throughout Ukraine, helping locals deal with mental effects of war.
Olena Zelenska and Israel’s First Lady Michal Herzog visit leaders in trauma care and rehab; Zelenska plans to adapt Israeli models to Ukraine.
As Israel’s Gaza-area towns are under bombardment, President Rivlin opens his official residence to citizens under fire. The Tourism Ministry and many cities and towns offer free activities to those from hard-hit areas.
Resiliency isn’t just about bouncing back after a trauma, it’s about the ability to bounce forward, adopting newly acquired insights and behaviors.
Israelis are experts in resiliency. We talked to some prominent local mental-health practitioners about how to build your resiliency and thrive in the new normal.
As hurricane season begins again, IsraAID and Israel Trauma Coalition are healing and preparing Atlantic region residents for the next storm.
Israeli trauma experts arrive in Florida to offer coping strategies a day before the children go back to lessons at Stoneman Douglas High School.
Mental-health professionals from the Israel Trauma Coalition kick off a series of train-the-trainer sessions for about 65 professionals.
Israeli experts have been training French first responders since the kosher supermarket attack earlier this year. Now the program is being broadened as France faces a terror wave.
In the face of the current wave of terror, Jewish and Muslim parents are invited to learn how to process trauma, manage fears and talk to their kids.
