The program can be studied on its own or as part of "Sipunim - a three-year modular program for studies Psychotherapy", which grants accreditation from a school of psychotherapy. Completion of the "Sipunim" program also requires studying a year of core studies for integration in psychotherapy before or after the Haofek studies.

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Study format

Classes will be held online on Mondays from 2:00 PM to 7:15 PM, with every Sunday of the school year and the last day of each semester being face-to-face.

• Core Program: 13 concentrated study days of 4 hours each in each of the four semesters (total of 52 online meeting days, 180 hours).

• Online group tutoring: 13 online group tutoring sessions of 2 hours (90 minutes) in each of the four semesters (total of 52 sessions, 104 hours). The tutoring group will take place as part of the concentrated study days on Mondays.

• Focus Courses: The program's focus courses are taught in semesters 1 and 2 of the second year as part of the concentrated study days on Mondays, and are designed to deepen knowledge and skills in applying the DBT approach in unique and complex clinical contexts (52 hours).

• Elective courses: A minimum of 30 hours and a maximum of 40 hours, from the elective courses (frontal or online) at the Mifrasim Institute.

First year - First semester

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) (12 hours)

Basic concepts in debit (40 hours)

Workshop: Therapist-patient relationship between sessions (6 hours)

Group training (26 hours)

First year - Second semester

Attentiveness and Dialectic (26 hours)

Main intervention strategies in treatment (26 hours)

Workshop: Working on Suicidal Behavior (6 hours)

Group training

Second year – third semester

Learning skills - didactic experience part one (26 hours)

Focus Course - DBT and Dynamic Therapy (13 hours)

Focus Course - DBT and Trauma (13 hours)

Workshop: Dialectical Parenting (6 hours)

Group training (26 hours)

Second year – fourth semester

Learning Skills - Didactic Experience Part Two (26 hours)

Focus Course - DBT and Addictive Behavior (13 hours)

Focus Course - DBT in the Education System (13 hours)

Workshop: Joint groups for parents and adolescents (6 hours)

Group training (26 hours)