Keren Tzarfaty, Ph.D., MFT, is a co-founder of the Hakomi Institute of Israel and a Hakomi Trainer. She is also a trainer for MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) in Israel
Some key aspects of her background and career include:
- Education: Keren holds an MA in Somatic Psychology and a Ph.D. in East-West Psychology, both from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco
- Clinical Investigator: She is a clinical investigator in the MDMA PTSD FDA-approved clinical trial, examining the impact of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy on severe PTSD patients
- Open Access Project: Keren serves as the clinical director of the Open Access project of MAPS and the Israeli Ministry of Health (MOH), which offers MDMA-assisted therapy for 50 participants in five governmental hospitals in Israel
- Academic Founder: She is one of the founders of the new MA program at Haifa University, titled "Integrative Psychotherapy: Body, Mind, Spirit"
- Specialization: Keren specializes in integrating mindfulness-based psychodynamic psychotherapy with somatic attachment psychotherapy
- Presentations: She has presented on the principles of somatic clinical approach and its integration into psychedelic psychotherapy