In the sixth meeting of the "Meetings Between the Fragments" series, we will be asked to speak with Dr. Esther Bamberger, Dr. Aviv Nof, and Dr. Lior Severnevsky about principles and tools to help children and parents who are dealing with cycles of harm from a variety of types of trauma at different levels of intensity. The events of October 7, the war that followed, and Israeli society's struggle with processing trauma today, present many challenges to parents and educators:

• How to talk to children in different educational settings?

• How to help children and teenagers cope with the way they experience the traumas their parents went through?

• What are the tools to help children and teenagers cope with the various types of trauma they experience, at the different levels of material they encounter?

• Are there any principles of thinking and coping tools that are particularly important in the context of Israeli society today? And if so, what are they?

• What are the emphases that the writers suggest in order to create an optimal psychological climate for the future generation?

At the meeting, Dr. Esther Bamberger, Dr. Aviv Nof, and Dr. Lior Severnevsky will present the ideas, principles, and tools included in the chapters they wrote in the book: " Among the Fractures: Trauma, Coping, and Hope," discuss the questions detailed above, and invite the audience to a conversation about the challenges of the hour in treating children and adolescents at the social, family, and individual levels.

Dr. Aviv Nof and Dr. Lior Severnevsky wrote the chapter: "Flexible Kit: Initial Treatment for Children Exposed to Difficult Events," in which they propose five basic principles that combine to form a therapeutic model for children suffering from various consequences of the events of October 7th, from a crisis and mild to moderate stress disorder . This is a focused therapeutic model that combines work with the children and parents, a model that, according to the authors' experience , contributes to alleviating the children's distress and improving their ability to adapt and function.

Dr. Esther Bamberger wrote the chapter "Speaking the Unspoken" - Talking with Children in Times of Security Tension , focusing on the need to talk with children about what is happening around them and in their world in times of difficulty, stress and crisis, while presenting three questions: Why is it important to talk to children about the difficult experiences they are experiencing? Why is it difficult to talk to them about this? How should it be done? From these questions, the chapter presents a roadmap for talking with children , From it, every parent can find the appropriate way for them to talk to their children in a way that will ease their distress.

Dr. Esther Bamberger - an expert clinical psychologist and instructor. Specializes in the field of treating parents of children and youth with an integrative approach. Head of the field of treatment of children, youth and parenting at the Mifrasim Institute for Research and Teaching of Psychotherapy at the Tel Aviv-Yafo Academic College, lecturer at Reichman University, certified instructor in the CPP trauma-focused child-parent psychotherapy model.

Dr. Aviv Nof - a clinical psychologist and co-director of the Nof Institute for Integrative Therapy in Haifa. Aviv is an academic faculty member at the Open University in the Developmental Psychology course, an adjunct lecturer in the clinical program at the University of Haifa, and a lecturer at the Mifrasim Institute in courses on child therapy. Aviv's research and teaching interests include child therapy, the therapeutic alliance, short-term dynamic therapy, and the treatment of children and adults with trauma.

Dr. Lior Severnevsky - Social psychologist, lecturer at the Open University in the Department of Education and Psychology and moderator of seminar papers. Researches social dilemmas, negotiation processes and crisis situations by examining the mental and emotional processes that affect them. Develops resilience programs for parents and communities in crisis situations.