Atzat Nefesh controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
Prison sentence for Reuven Israel Welcher
Welcher was sentenced to three years in prison. Available reference material states that Atzat Nefesh had not apologized to his victims.
2015
Questionable conversion-therapy referrals reported
An undercover report by Natan Azulay alleged that Atzat Nefesh referred people to practitioners with questionable training who were not recognized mental-health professionals.
2015
Sexual-assault charges involving chairman
Reuven Israel Welcher, identified as Atzat Nefesh’s chairman, was criminally charged with sexually assaulting patients who had sought conversion therapy.