About me
About me
Hi, I am Gabriel Shiraz
I’m 55, married and the father of four wonderful children. Apart from that, I am a psychotherapist working with individuals and couples, trainer and teacher in the field of Biodynamic Body Psychotherapy. I am an expert in working with traumas & anxiety, teaching meditation and mindfulness. I am working at my cliniqe in Tel Aviv and with On-line Therapy.
I teach psychotherapy, couples therapy, parent training in various institutions in Israel and other countries. These include Reidman College, the Hessegim College and the London School of Biodynamic Psychotherapy. I’m a member of the European Association for Body Psychotherapy
(EABP) and represent Reidman College
at this important organisation.
25 years ago, after studying business management and hotel management and then working in the business management field in Israel, I went to the UK. My aim was to take a journey of personal and spiritual development and through a series of ‘coincidences’, I met two pivotal teachers:
• Gerda Boyesen, who developed the sphere of biodynamic psychotherapy, continuing the path of Wilhelm Reich, the father of Body Psychotherapy. With her and her team of teachers, I studied for five years at the Gerda Boyesen Centre in London. Studies included biodynamic psychotherapy, with a specialisation in unique techniques of working with movement and touch, working with energy, and with breath and voice.
• Keith Casburn
- a spiritual teacher and author: an expert in the field of developing higher and super-sensory skills. At the College of Psychic Studies in London, I underwent long-term training with Keith for three years, studying and understanding the spiritual layer, how to develop inner intuition and higher intuition, learning meditation and guided imagery and other subjects.
In Israel I studied and specialised in couples and family therapy at T.L.M., and later at Beinenu. I am a qualified instructor in Body Psychotherapy, with close to twenty years’ experience. In the nineties I returned to Israel from that process of personal development and learning. Ever since I have worked as a psychotherapist, as well as teaching a range of subjects: body psychotherapy, couples therapy, mind-body balance, meditation and guided imagery, the therapist-client relationship, sexuality and professional ethics.
Between 2003 and 2010 I directed and advanced the body psychotherapy track at Reidman College - with 300 students and dozens of teachers. In tandem, I facilitated dozens of classes, teaching at the college and in the Be’er Yaakov Mental Health Centre. I had the privilege, together with Dr Mela Meyer, to partner in and lead the process of recognition by the EABP of Reidman College’s School of Body Psychotherapy.
Currently I continue to be part of the senior teaching staff where I teach and facilitate students in different years and at various institutions. I provide therapy for individuals and couples; facilitate workshops for professionals and the general public; and continue to represent the College and in Europe.
I’m delighted by the fact that over the past decade body psychotherapy has gained a distinguished place in the world of psychotherapy in Israel, and this includes involvement in the practical process of fifth-year students in hospitals and government institutions. A source of pride for me is the development of the School of Body Psychotherapy at Reidman College.
In my private clinic in Tel Aviv, and among colleagues in the field and the world of clinical psychology and psychiatry, I am seeing increasing awareness and desire to profoundly understand the world of the mind - in conjunction with the realms of the body, the breath, and the soul.
It’s an immense privilege to be part of the therapeutic profession and teaching of Biodynamic Body Psychotherapy, and to work with patients, students, and colleagues. This field also offers, I believe, a healthier way of life, by teaching fuller and more meaningful parenting, and helping those who must deal with the specific traumas caused by life in Israel.
