Soteria Israel: A Personal & Professional Story
Sunday, June 20, 2021, 10-12 AM PDT
- How a psychiatrist and a former patient turned psychology PhD student got recognition for Soteria Houses by the Federal Health Department.
- How Israel’s Soteria Houses are similar to and different from the original Soteria.
- Challenges and successes!
Meet the presenters:
Avraham (Avremi) Friedlander, a clinical psychologist trainee at Sheba Hospital in Israel and a doctoral student researching alternatives to psychiatric hospitalization. He began his professional career with a personal spiritual / psychotic experience, 16 years ago, which made him want to make a change in the conventional method of treatment. Together with Prof. Pesach Lichtenberg, he established the first Soteria Houses in Israel and managed the Soteria House for men in Jerusalem. In addition, he is currently a member of a number of founding teams for additional alternatives in Israel and in thinking groups for changing the therapeutic paradigm within the conventional framework.
Prof. Pesach Lichtenberg the former Head of the Department of Psychiatry at the Hebrew University, headed a closed psychiatric hospital ward for 25 years before being fired. He is the founder and professional director of Soteria Israel, a non-profit organization currently operating three Soteria homes and planning more.
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