Dec 28, 20206 minCorona and beyond: What we can learn about stress from COVID-19 pandemicWritten By Mordechai Katz With the introduction of vaccines for covid-19, it seems that, hopefully, the world will no longer have to be...
Dec 7, 20203 minDreams Come TrueDaniel had never been popular. He didn’t try to fit in with his peers and gravitated towards outsiders. He had always been a strikingly...
Nov 16, 20204 minImagining The WorstTami, a young mother of two, had always been a worrier and liked to be prepared for worst-case scenarios. She was the sort of person who...
Nov 2, 20204 minSound Of SilenceIdo's parents were pretty laid-back, until they got a phone call that stopped them in their tracks.
Sep 21, 20204 minMoving Back to Move ForwardJoel moved numerous times, but this last time really left a big hole
Aug 24, 20203 minImproving Social SkillsQ: My school aged child is having trouble making friends. How can I help him improve his social skills? A: As the world of play and...
Aug 17, 20204 minLearning the Unwritten Social RulesSocial Cues: Unwritten Social Rules Ever since she was tiny, Sarit had been the sort of girl that other people found it hard to relate...
Aug 10, 20204 minBreakup Depression: Broken Heart Impacts Your MindWedding Fever Keren was engaged to be married to a boy she’d known almost all her life. When they were old enough to move their childhood...
Jun 15, 20204 minSocial Anxiety: To Be Heard Is To Be SeenSocial Anxiety It didn’t seem like social anxiety was an issue. Eti had been part of the same group of close friends since she was six....
Mar 1, 20204 minBuilding a social emotional connectionASD: Difficult to build a connection and interact with others Autism Spectrum Disorders are a group of developmental disabilities that...
Jan 6, 20203 minOvercoming Social AnxietyWhen Tamar was 14, she was waiting for a bus when she witnessed a horrific car crash just ahead. Other people at the bus stop rushed to...
Dec 2, 20192 minWhat’s So Special About Aspergers?It’s all because of my Aspergers. Itai was preparing for his Bar Mitzvah. He needed to spend time learning his Torah portion, but he...
Sep 2, 20193 minChaim’s JournalChaim’s Journal is based on Chaim’s responses in his sessions with Moshe, his Kav L’Noar school group mentor. October 19th 2018 Hi, Good...
Aug 19, 20193 minConquering Fear: How a Pawn Became a QueenWhen fear takes over Adele’s mother was very clear on the phone about why she wanted help for her daughter. “I don’t care about her...
Aug 12, 20193 minSelf-Conscious: A mentor and a sandwich make a differenceSelf-Conscious and uncommunicative Binyamin is one of nine brothers and sisters. One day, his father walked into the Kav L’Noar...
Jul 29, 20192 minShifting PerspectiveWhat’s the point in even trying to deal..? It was my last meeting with Huvi. As her mentor, I knew that I had helped. We had been meeting...
Jul 8, 20192 minSocially Awkward and Anxious: Can a School Mentoring Group Help?Socially Awkward: lacking accepted social skills, inability to judge interactions with others in an acceptable manner. Hillel was a...
May 20, 20192 minBeing Supportive Makes a DifferenceAre you on my side? Shani was extremely thin and hated the way she looked and the way that others looked at her. She was never a big...
May 6, 20191 minCan We Have A Conversation?Nir didn’t like small talk. He didn’t like deep and meaningful conversation either. In fact, he just didn’t like talking to other people...