For the first time: an expanded program for mental health care and support for the adoption community in Israel

The Beit Ham Association for Mental Health is currently launching a new program called "Love for the Family", which will provide psychological care and close, culturally sensitive support to the adoption community in Israel.

The Children's Service of the Ministry of Welfare and Social Security chose Beit Ham to lead the program which will respond to the needs of young and adult adoptees and their family members, both adoptive and biological.

As part of the program, which will be a center of professional knowledge in the field, a wide variety of treatments will be provided, in a wide country-wide area, to all sectors of the company. Among the treatments that the program offers: individual therapy, parent guidance, family therapy, dyadic therapy, group therapy and more. Already in the first month of activity so far, the care workers and professionals have provided assistance to dozens of adoptees and their families.

CEO of Beit Ham Rabbi Aryeh Monk, adoptive father of a 3-year-old girl with Down syndrome, explains: "The experience of adoption is an experience that affects the adoptee and the circles surrounding him even over the years. Three years ago, my wife, I and our family of nine children were blessed to be an adoptive family for a sweet girl and we welcome every morning a significant addition that contributes to all family members and brings light and joy."

The adoption community in Israel currently numbers about 100 thousand people, and every year about a hundred adopted children join them. Beit Ham has been providing treatment and rehabilitation services in the community for over 25 years.

Thousands of people facing various life crises benefit from a therapeutic-rehabilitation process through a team of about 300 employees with extensive therapeutic experience in 11 mental health clinics throughout the country.

"The ability to provide a comprehensive professional response under one roof is so important for the adoption community and I welcome the privilege of accompanying them. From today they have a warm home," concludes Monk.