Specializations
Therapy is provided for psycho-social and relational abuse such as harsh parenting, sexual abuse, violence, bullying, depression, loss, trauma, toxic intimate relations, etc.
Individual therapy
No person is an isolated island. S/He is born into a family surrounded by a small community and influenced by a larger community and all public events that take place in the environment.
The individual acquires his/her upbringing, education, and habits from the first circle that includes him/her, the nuclear family, then school, friends, neighborhood, small and large society, means of communication, social platforms, cultural and social media, media, and the state. All of these affect the individual as s/he reacts, acts, interacts, and benefits all of these circles or harms them in some ways and they harm the individual in some ways.
Hence, when an individual needs individual therapy, the family and environmental background that affected the problem is understood to dismantle it and provide new coping tools while following up on the individual’s relationships with all of his/her ecosystem until psychological and emotional safety is achieved.
The therapy approach used is systematic, holistic, and culturally sensitive. Therapeutic tools are used according to the needs of each case, including:
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Narrative therapy;
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Solution-focused therapy;
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Guided imagination based on the principles of hypnosis;
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Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT);
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Neuro-linguistic programming NLP;
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Mind-body therapy;
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Eye Movement Integration (EMI)
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Use of therapeutic cards;
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use of therapeutic writing;
Couple Therapy
Sometimes one spouse initiates therapy, and sometimes both spouses arrive at therapy together. Although the person seeking treatment is an individual, treatment does not fall under the category of individual therapy; but, rather under the category of couple therapy, as it aims to improve the marital climate or resolve marital problems and conflicts. When one spouse initiates therapy the other partner will be invited to the sessions.
A personal therapy plan is developed for each couple that addresses the nature of their problem and aims to reach an appropriate therapy. There is no single therapy plan that is suitable for all clients.
Sessions often include couples and individual meetings. Clients are asked to complete various homework exercises, based on the belief that real change during the therapy period is trained and implemented in the client’s normal life outside the clinic.
Couples in the dating stage can reach therapy to early correct some of the stumbling blocks in the emerging relationship. There is also therapy for those who have been married for more than twenty or thirty years. The therapeutic rule is that there are possibilities for solutions and agreement for every problem or disappointment and dissatisfaction in the couple's relationship.
Therapy provides tools and teaches important approaches to human relationships and emotional intelligence. As the individual matures during therapy, so the couple's relationship matures and improves.
All theories effective in the field of marital therapy are used, so that the tools of the theories are selected and adapted to serve the therapists and the clients.
Family therapy
Some families live under one roof, immersed in tensions, disagreements, conflicts, disputes, and sometimes feelings of resentment and total or partial estrangement for short periods and sometimes for years. There are several reasons for this climate, including a wrong upbringing and dealing style and value system on the part of one or both parents, or due to a conflict over resources, interests, or viewpoints. These atmospheres harm the feeling of psychological well-being of each individual and of the entire family as a whole, and affect the feeling of reassurance, contentment, and happiness.
Family therapy contributes to providing a safe platform for improving dialogue skills, resolving conflicts, and acquiring tools for self-expression, without violence or aggression. It also provides training in effective listening to understand the other and move from a climate of aggression to a climate of understanding to build a supportive shared life.
All the theories effective in the field of family therapy are used, so that the tools of the theories are selected and adapted to serve the family being worked with.
Parental guidance
Many of the tools that parents inherited from their grandparents are no longer suitable for use in dealing with children. At the same time, great and intense changes are taking place in society that affect all generations.
Parenting sessions provide tools for parents to deal with their children of all ages. They also provide guidance on common sibling issues such as:
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jealousy,
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violence,
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preparing school assignments,
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contributing to household chores,
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building, establishing, and maintaining family rituals and customs,
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understanding adolescence as a transitional period,
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sex education,
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parental guidance in case of divorce or loss,
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and other family matters.
Preparing individuals for marital relations
Training for the essence of marital life, during the engagement period, contributes to deep and honest acquaintance between the two partners and to understanding the contents of the marital relationship with its ramifications, responsibilities, and enjoyment. The foundations of building a healthy, integrated sexual relationship are also addressed.
Preparing couples for marriage helps develop the ability to dialogue between partners and acquire tools to manage future problems for the benefit of the marriage. Educating for a future married life can be a preventive tool, preventing traditional pitfalls in the early stages of marriage.
Preparing couples for parenthood
Parenthood is a developmental stage for both men and women, affecting the entire life of each of them.
Healthy parenthood requires appropriate preparation for the stage in which the couple is ready to move from a marriage in which each takes care of himself/herself and the other to a stage of parenthood in which each will take care of one or more children over many years – and, sometimes, for the rest of their lives. The readiness of each party (emotionally, financially, timewise, etc.) for this important step in life is examined. The appropriate culture contributes to establishing a healthy parenting experience that accompanies the birth of each child and prevents all kinds of individual and marital problems within the family in the future.
Parents guidance for their children's transitional stages, such as adolescence or marriage.
The stages of human development are well-known and not surprising. When parents receive appropriate education on raising their children before each stage, they will have the appropriate tools to prepare their children and deal with them in a manner that is compatible with and beneficial to the most appropriate comprehensive development of boys and girls. This guidance provides parents with important preventive tools for adolescents, such as addictions, street gangs, sexual violence, academic difficulties, etc.
In a later stage of parenthood, parents need to encourage their children to become financially, socially, and psychologically independent. This stage is sometimes accompanied by depression in one or both parents, when their last child leaves home or it could awaken marital disputes that had been dormant for a long time, while the children lived with their parents. Therapy helps build new meanings for the individual's life, marriage, and parenthood that are appropriate for each stage.
Trauma, Loss and Sexual Abuse Therapy
,The death of a parent, child, spouse, sibling, relative or close friend is a trauma that affects the psychological and emotional structure of the individual. The closer the beginning of the therapy period is to the beginning of the trauma period, the more comprehensive and complete the recovery will be. Therapy helps provide the individual and the family with tools to recover. Sexual abuse of children and adults is one of the most difficult emotional and psychological traumas that an individual experiences. Minors are often sexually abused in familiar environments, such as, homes, schools, neighborhoods, and playgrounds. On the other hand, some children and adults have tendencies to sexually abuse and become perpetrators themselves. These tendencies appear at an early stage, but the environment ignores them due to the lack of appropriate diagnostic tools. Victim and perpetrator therapy contributes to healing past abuse and helps in making value, mental, emotional, and behavioral changes that protect the individual and provide him/her with healthy and supportive relationships in the future. During therapy, appropriate guidance is provided to the parents of minors - whether they are victims or perpetrators.