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+400
Weekly Clients
+80
quality therapists
20
supervisors
6
training options
The Family Institute has been training family therapists since 1999 while offering quality and affordable clinical services to individuals, families and couples in Har Nof, Jerusalem.
Educating Torah Observant Therapists
Post masters, advanced training in psychotherapy, couples and family therapy is given within a Dati/Chareidi framework and under rabbinical guidance. Our programs are in English or Hebrew
Theoretical Education
Our teachers are helpful but firm. They know how to teach information while being kind.
Individual and group supervision
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Full Clinical Accomodations
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ADVANCED TRAINING
Education According to Your Needs.
We are here to educate therapists who have completed their master’s degree in a mental health related field. We have programs in English or Hebrew, advanced specialization units for those who have finished the core program, and a track for therapists visiting from abroad. Training is given within a Dati/Chareidi framework and under rabbinical supervision.
Program in English
Advanced training for post-master’s therapists (write more)
Program in Hebrew
Advanced training for post-master’s therapists (write more)
MASA track
Family Therapy Training Program for visiting therapists from abroad.
Specialized Units
Advanced specialization for the alumni of the Family Therapy Training Program. Options for extended specialization include working with children, families, trauma or sexual abuse.
The Family Institute is recognized by the Israeli Association for Couples and Family Therapy as a category A institution.
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Dr. Micha Belzer
- Director of The Family Institute, Lecturer

Deena Mendlowitz, M.S.W.
- Clinical Director, Clinical Supervisor, Lecturer

Rivkah Menkes, M.S.
- Administrative Director, Clinical Supervisor, Lecturer

Yoel Steiner, M.S.W.
- Clinical Supervisor-, Hebrew Program Coordinator, Lecturer

Fran Ackerman, M.S.W.
- Clinical Supervisor

Bracha Coopersmith, M.S.
- Children's Unit Coordinator, Clinical Supervisor

Bilha Fruchter, M.S.W.
- Clinical Supervisor, Lecturer, Sexual Abuse Unit Coordinator

Dr. Zev Ganz
- Clinical Supervisor-, Lecturer

Joan Kristall, M.S.W.
- Clinical Supervisor

Dr. Stacey Leibowitz-Levy
- Clinical Supervisor, Trauma Unit Coordinator

Moshe Hoffman, M.A.
- Clinical Supervisor-

Rivkah Harel, M.S.W.
- Clinical Supervisor

Chana Levitan, M.S.
- Clinical Supervisor, Lecturer

Silvana Winer, M.A.
- Clinical Supervisor, Lecturer

Marcela Finaret, M.S.W.
- Clinical Supervisor, Lecturer

Esther Marcus, M.S.
- Clinical Supervisor

Miriam Timsit, M.S.W.
- Clinical Supervisor

Aviva Zahavi Asa, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
- Clinical Supervisor

Michal Shalev Ben Nun, M.S.W.
- Clinical Supervisor, Lecturer
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EXPLORE OUR CLINICAL SERVICES
Get in Touch
Members of our intake staff are specially trained to receive calls and emails and take information in a professional and sensitive manner.
Our Location
1 Beit Yitzhak Street, Har Nof, Jerusalem. On the Neve Yerushalayim Campus.
Call or Whatsapp
Phone: +972-2-654-4600
WhatsApp: +972-55-928-6050
familyinstitute@nevey.org
Office Hours
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Sunday – Thursday
Local Buses
52, 55, 74 and 33