Ori Harel
Ph.D. Educational-Psychologist
After years of research, fifteen years of working as a psychologist, and twenty years of yoga training; After living as an expat on three different continents and having three children of my own – It is now time to share some of my gathered experience and knowledge. Through my workshops and consultations, I'll help you walk towards your better life.
I’m an educational psychologist and a mindfulness-yoga teacher. In my work, I combine these two passions and use mindfulness practices and positive psychology tools to increase mental resilience and happiness among my clients. I am trained in many different techniques, which I weave into sessions as needed:
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CBT: Cognitive-Behaviour-Therapy
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ACT: Acceptance-Commitment-Therapy
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Narrative psychotherapy
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Group psychotherapy
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Play psychotherapy
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Child psychotherapy
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Animal-assisted-psychotherapy
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Parental-therapy
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Pedagogic-counseling
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Outdoor pedagogy counseling
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Using dream analysis, Tarot cards, and art
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Mindfulness-counseling
Why do I love working with x-pats?
Living as an expat family on three different continents has filled me with the passion to research and discover ways to successfully raise third-culture kids. Throughout the years, I have worked with families in transitions around the globe and have realized that we all share similar struggles. Combining my studies about “third-culture-kids” with “mindful-parenting”, was both very beneficial for my family struggles and for the families I’ve been working with. I am especially motivated to work with expats because I have a deep personal connection with the difficulties of establishing life in a different culture, and because I feel and science shows - that after all the difficulties, there are ways to elevate the experience to its utmost.
