The Israeli Association for Couple and Family Therapy

The Israeli Association for Couple and Family Therapy (Hebrew: האגודה הישראלית לטיפול זוגי ומשפחתי) is an Israeli professional body dedicated to the field of couple and family therapy. It operates as a membership association and a credentialing organization: its website presents a directory of certified therapists for the general public, a dedicated area for members covering membership, services and benefits, and a section for students and interns that explains study paths, certification support, criteria and forms. It also addresses educational and training institutions through a track for approving theoretical and practical study and training programs. The association's public-facing activity is heavily oriented toward continuing professional education. Its homepage advertises an annual program for 2026/27, clinical supervision seminars held in various Israeli locations, and a series of online and in-person events. These include a theatrical performance and lecture, a four-session series on psychedelics in the therapy room, a clinical panel on infidelity from three therapeutic approaches, and a course on artificial intelligence in couple and family therapy. Seminars listed on the site cover topics such as dilemmas in family and couple therapy, moving from stuckness to movement in couple therapy, family work with adolescents and their parents, a psychoanalytic view of the couple field, ecological psychotherapy, creative tools in therapeutic work, and the application of the Satir model. The association thus functions as a hub connecting therapists, trainees, training institutions and the public in Israel. It certifies therapists and supervisors, approves training programs, and organizes professional development events across the country, including in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Gedera, Shimshit, Ra'anana and Hod HaSharon, as well as online via Zoom. Its stated purpose, as reflected in its site structure, is to help the public find the right therapist and treatment while supporting the professional standards and ongoing learning of its members.

The available evidence does not provide a founding date or a detailed institutional history for the Israeli Association for Couple and Family Therapy. What can be documented from its official website is its current scope of activity and organizational role. The association presents itself as the body responsible for certifying couple and family therapists and supervisors in Israel, and for approving theoretical and practical study and training programs offered by educational institutions. Its website is organized around distinct audiences: the general public, which can search a directory of certified therapists; members, who access information on membership, services and benefits; students and interns, who find study information, certification guidance, criteria and forms; and training institutions, which use the track for approving study and training programs. A major part of the association's work is continuing professional education. Its homepage promotes an annual program for 2026/27 and a dense calendar of clinical supervision seminars and special events. These seminars are held in multiple Israeli cities and online, and cover a wide range of clinical and theoretical topics, from family and couple therapy dilemmas and the Satir model to ecological psychotherapy and creative tools in therapy. The association also hosts events on contemporary themes, such as psychedelics in the therapy room and artificial intelligence in couple and family therapy, indicating an effort to keep practitioners current with emerging issues in the field. Because the evidence is limited to the association's homepage and a Wikidata entry, this dossier does not assert founding year, founders, headquarters address, membership numbers or governance details. Those elements would require additional sourcing.

• Official website advertises the association's annual program for 2026/27.

• Association offers a course on artificial intelligence in couple and family therapy, scheduled for January 27.

• Association hosts a theatrical performance and lecture with Osnat Cohen Ganor on 2.11 at the Cameri Theatre.

Professional membership and credentialing association for couple and family therapy in Israel, combining therapist certification, training-program approval and continuing education.

• Certified therapist directory

  Public searchable database of certified therapists to help the public find appropriate treatment.

• Certification of therapists and supervisors

  Certification process for couple and family therapists and supervisors, with criteria and forms.

• Approval of study and training programs

  Track for approving theoretical and practical study and training programs offered by educational institutions.

• Clinical supervision seminars

  Seminars held in various locations and online, covering clinical topics such as family therapy dilemmas, the Satir model, and ecological psychotherapy.

• Annual program 2026/27

  Annual professional program advertised on the association's homepage.

1. 1האגודה הישראלית לטיפול זוגי ומשפחתי - הסמכת מטפלים ומדריכים בטיפול זוגיmishpaha.org.il
2. 2The Israeli Association for Cuple and Familywikidata.org