Upcoming events
Living Alongside the Pain — Trauma, Bereavement and the Search for Meaning Free for members
Seventh meeting in the series, with Dr. Einat Kaufman — cognitive psychotherapist and author. Based on over 20 years of clinical experience accompanying trauma survivors and bereaved families, with practical tools for carrying pain without being swallowed by it. 30 ILS for the public, free for AHAVA members. In Hebrew.
Details & registration →The Annual Israeli ACT Conference — Into the Heart of ACT Save the date
The community's annual conference, in partnership with ACBS-IL and the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo: live therapy and supervision demonstrations by Israel's leading ACT therapists, workshops and a community gathering. Details and registration coming soon.
On the Plate and Beyond It: ACT in Nutritional Work with Eating Disorders
Eighth meeting in the series, with Tali Nachum — clinical dietitian specializing in eating disorders, emotional eating and PCOS. The meeting covers applying ACT in nutritional treatment of eating disorders, combining research review with case descriptions from individual and group work. In Hebrew.
Details & registration →Reading Together: Mindfulness for Two Ongoing
A shared reading group of Kelly Wilson and Troy DuFrene's book — a practical and theoretical guide to the role of mindfulness in therapy and in ACT. Organizer: Keren Nisan-Ilser. Open to everyone, regardless of membership.
Details & registration →Past conferences
The annual conference is the community's flagship event — plenary lectures, workshops at all levels of experience, and a community gathering.
The Fourth Israeli Conference — AHAVA 2025
The first conference held under the AHAVA organization. A wide range of workshops: ACT with psychodrama, integrating ACT and CBT, ACT and the unconscious, the READY group model for resilience after trauma and loss, FAP workshops and more.
Conference page →The Third Conference — postponed following October 7th
Planned for 12.10.2023 at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo and postponed due to the war: "this is a time to protect home, to mourn, to recover and to heal."
Conference page →The Second Israeli ACT Conference
Greetings from Dr. Maria Karekla, president of the international ACBS. Opening lecture "Toward a Self: Different Perspectives — One Self(?)" by Lior Gilad, a plenary panel on clinical and research developments in Israel, two workshop blocks and a closing social activity.
Conference page →The First Israeli ACT Conference
The community's first conference: recorded opening remarks by Prof. Steven Hayes, an opening lecture by Dr. Ran Almog on the future directions of ACT in Israel, and a guest lecture by Dr. Emily Sandoz — "Looking Back to Stay Ahead: Recasting ACT as Behavior Analysis" — alongside workshops combining ACT with psychodrama, art therapy, body work and more.
Conference page →Past meetings
From Intrusive Thoughts to Inner Freedom: Mapping the Loop and Intervention Points
With Ido Sadeh — CBT and ACT therapist and supervisor with a decade of experience treating anxiety, intrusive thoughts, OCD and sleep difficulties. The lecture presented a functional model of intrusive thinking — from the initial trigger to rumination — and demonstrated, through clinical examples, how to find the intervention point that leads to meaningful change.
Event flyer →When "Well Done!" Makes Things Worse: Rethinking Encouragement in Chronic Pain Treatment
With Adi Davidovich — physiotherapist of 25 years, behavioral therapist (ACT, FAP, DBT, RFT) and author. A critical look at the role of encouragement in chronic pain treatment, and tools for values-directed work that expands functioning and psychological flexibility.
Event flyer →Giving Feedback in ACT Supervision
With Dr. Karin Stern — behavior analyst, ACT therapist, teacher and supervisor, chair of AHAVA. How to make feedback something supervisors love giving and supervisees want to receive — research-based principles in the spirit of ACT.
Event flyer →ACT in Health and Illness
With Dr. Orna Shtater — family medicine specialist and ACT therapist and supervisor. Working with patients coping with chronic and serious illness and chronic pain: understanding non-adherence and developing flexibility and choice in the direction of one's values.
Event flyer →When Survival Speaks and the Muses Fall Silent: Contextual Behavioral Therapy for Complex PTSD
With Roni Tzur — psychotherapist and arts-based group facilitator working with women coping with complex PTSD. The unique challenges of this work, with clinical examples from Matrix-based and DBT-skills treatment.
Event flyer →The ACT Matrix — For Moments of Stuckness in Therapy
With Neta Amiel — clinical psychologist in training, ACT therapist and teacher. A deep dive into the ACT Matrix as a tool for intervention, conceptualization and behavior analysis in context.
Event flyer →An Evening with Dr. Robyn Walser: ACT for Trauma and Moral Injury International guest
A special evening with Dr. Robyn Walser — clinical psychologist, lecturer and author, a world leader in trauma and ACT. A lecture on values, pain and moral injury in therapy.
Event flyer →Want updates?
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