KFAR MACCABIAH, Israel –CBN Israel and Regent University are taking a unique approach to help Israelis traumatized by the ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in northern Israel. It involves training Russian-speaking Israeli counselors in Israel. The key is using trauma therapy techniques learned by counselors during the Ukraine war with Russia.
After the October 7th massacre and the ensuing war, Regent University involved its International Institute of Postgraduate Education in Ukraine to train Russian-speaking counselors in Israel. Together with CBN Israel and the Israel Trauma Coalition, they came up with a plan.
“We’ve been seeing the same scenes and we’ve been feeling so connected to Israeli people in our suffering and your suffering, because it’s very similar to what we experienced as a nation when we experienced a barbarian attack on our democracy, on our freedom in the middle of the 21st century. That was unbelievable,” Regent University Professor in the School of Psychology & Counseling Dr. Olya Zaporozhets said.
Originally from Ukraine, Zaporozhets spearheaded the counseling work in Kyiv and then brought it to Israel recently. They gathered at the Maccabiah Village near Tel Aviv where Jewish athletes train and compete in the Jewish Olympics. Here they held two two-day seminars
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