Mission

EMET’s mission is to guide the survivor of sexual abuse on her journey to healing by supporting her to reclaim autonomy, overcome shame and isolation, solidify trust and hope, and ulitimitly return to her true self.

EMET’s Principles of Care

EMET’s comprehensive treatment integrates clinical psychotherapy, holistic modalities, and Torah-based spirituality into a unified path to healing.

Personalized

Every survivor requires requires a personalized course of treatment. Together with EMET’s team of multidisciplinary professionals, each woman participates in choosing her own therapeutic program best suited for her personal healing. This process helps restore the freedom of choice that was robbed from her.

MultiDisciplinary, Collaborative, and Holistic

EMET’s highly trained psychologists and therapists work together to ensure a coordinated and comprehensive healing program for each woman.
Located in the Jerusalem Forest, EMET offers a variety of therapies, leveraging the surrounding nature as a source of healing and growth.
Some examples are: yoga therapy, water therapy, art therapy, gardening therapy and more.

Torah Based

EMET provides spiritual guidance to help women relate to the pain they experienced, utilizing their faith as a wellspring of healing and strength.
This enables them to heal the shattered fragments of their inner worlds, which will restore their hope, belief and trust in themselves and humanity.

Community

EMET creates a supportive community of survivors which promotes healing through shared experiences and the establishment of healthy relationships. After every group session, a therapist accompanies the women as they share the process of their emotional journeys with each other.

Personalized

Every survivor requires a personalized course of treatment. Together with EMET’s team of multidisciplinary professionals, each woman participates in choosing her own therapeutic program best suited for her personal healing. This process helps restore the freedom of choice that was robbed from her.

EMET’s highly trained psychologists and therapists work together to ensure a coordinated and comprehensive healing program for each woman. Located in the Jerusalem Forest, EMET offers a variety of therapies, leveraging the surrounding nature as a source of healing and growth. Some examples are: yoga therapy, water therapy, art therapy, gardening therapy and more.

MultiDisciplinary, Collaborative, and Holistic

Torah based

EMET provides spiritual guidance to help women relate to the pain they experienced, utilizing their faith as a wellspring of healing and strength.
This enables them to heal the shattered fragments of their inner worlds, which will restore their hope, belief and trust in themselves and humanity.

EMET creates a supportive community of survivors which promotes healing through shared experiences and the establishment of healthy relationships. After every group session, a therapist accompanies the women as they share the process of their emotional journeys with each other.

Community

Challenges and Services

EMET addresses the multi-layered, short and long-term challenges faced by survivors of sexual abuse.

1.

Emotional
and spiritual
challenges

Trauma ramifications, including PTSD, dissosiation, depression, eating disorders, suicidal thoughts and spiritual crises.
EMET’s therapists and counselors provide ongoing support for survivors throughout their healing journey.

2.

Social
challenges
Overcoming the isolation taking place within family and communiy causing a survivor to suffer loneliness.
EMET provides a secure and supportive environment and community where survivors can develop, strengthen, deepen and practice healthy relationships based on honesty and trust.

3.

Treatment
coordination
challenges

Integrating the various treatments and therapies necessary into a coordinated healing program for each individual is an often insurmountable challenge for many survivors.
All EMET’s services are provided under one roof, allowing the survivor choice of prefrence while providing dynamic collaboration and coordination amongst all therapists, clinicians, and counselors which is a key to the healing process.

4.

Financial
challenges

Costs of therapies and loss of earning ability prevent women from seeking the help they need.
EMET ensures that every woman who turns to us receives the services and support she needs with a highly subsidized treatment plan.

The therapeutic programs at EMET emphasize the body-soul connection and utilize nature, community and relationships as crucial elements in the healing process. Torah values are interwoven into every element of our work.