http://www.afnatal.org Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:08:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   OCTOBER 2010 - NATAL VISIT TO U.S. Judith Yovel Recanati, NATAL's Founder and Chairperson and Orly Gal, NATAL's Executive Director are planning to visit the United States (East Coast) between October 24th - 30th. They will be very happy to meet with anyone who may be interested. Please get in touch with Orly orly@natal.org.il http://www.afnatal.org/2010/08/660/ [caption id="attachment_616" align="aligncenter" width="164" caption="Read our Autumn 2009 Newsletter!"][/caption] http://www.afnatal.org/2009/12/autumn-2009-newsletter/ NATAL would like to wish all of our friends around the world a very happy Chanukah. This year as you light your chanukah candles, please think of the thousands of Israeli citizens who have been emotionally scarred by acts of terror and war and cannot experience the joy of this beautiful ... http://www.afnatal.org/2009/12/happy-chanukah-from-natal/   [caption id="attachment_583" align="alignleft" width="213" caption="NATAL's Chairperson and Co-Founder, Judith Yovel Recanati"][/caption] In 1998 Mrs. Yovel Recanati co-founded NATAL: Israel Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War, and is involved in the center on a daily basis as a chairperson and volunteer. Mrs. Yovel Recanati is the Founder and Chairman of the ... http://www.afnatal.org/2009/12/judith-yovel-recanati-2/   [caption id="attachment_582" align="alignleft" width="162" caption="NATAL's Executive Director, Orly Gal"][/caption]   Colonel (Res.) Orly Gal, the Executive Director of NATAL, was born in Tel Aviv, and comes to the organization with 25 years of hard work and dedication to the IDF and a Masters Degree in Public Policy.  After serving in a number ... http://www.afnatal.org/2009/12/orly-gal/ To be a multi-disciplinary treatment center for victims of terror and war related trauma and to improve their quality of life. To train professionals and at-risk populations in preventing and coping with trauma. To promote knowledge and awareness about terror and war related trauma in Israeli society. http://www.afnatal.org/2009/12/natals-mission/  "Suddenly it is like an earthquake. The sky is falling down on you and there's a terrible bombing at the post..."      Uri: It's Saturday afternoon. I am standing at the gate wearing sandals. Yes, like all the rest I acquired the local habits very quickly. You know, you pick up these ... http://www.afnatal.org/2009/11/testimony-from-the-yom-kippur-war/   Each person responds to traumatic situations in different ways. On one hand, the way in which an individual responds to a traumatic event depends on the type of event, its intensity and duration; one the other hand, it is dependent on the individual’s personal history, the amount of social and ... http://www.afnatal.org/2009/08/how-does-trauma-affect-people/     “National trauma” is the term that NATAL uses for trauma that occurs to an individual as a result the Israeli-Arab conflict in all of its various manifestations.    >>Enter Natal's research http://www.afnatal.org/2009/08/national-trauma/     Not every unpleasant or even difficult experience is traumatic in the professional sense of the word. A traumatic event is when a person experiences a combination of: 1. A sense of immediate threat to the physical and/or emotional well-being of himself or another. 2. Flooded by emotions of the helplessness or fear. In addition, the ... http://www.afnatal.org/2009/08/difficult-experience-and-trauma/