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About Yochai Leshem
Who is behind the courses

Nice to meet you, I'm Yochai Leshem

Clinical social worker, lecturer in child development and father of four. For more than twenty years I have worked with children, teenagers and parents, mostly with the hard moments between a parent and a child.

My path

I started out working with at-risk youth, in an emergency center and in youth villages. That is where I learned that behind every outburst there is a child trying to say something, and not always knowing how.

Along the way I met two great people who shaped me: Dr. Chaim Peri, who placed the educator's hat on my head, and the late Prof. Rosenfeld, who placed the therapist's hat there. I still wear both hats today, in every meeting with parents and children.

In 2005 I began developing my own method for children with attention, concentration and behavior difficulties, and leading parent groups. In 2010 I founded the Leshem Institute, a center for attention, concentration and behavior difficulties, and since then I have guided many parents in Israel and abroad.

In these courses I gathered what I teach parents in my clinic: a little theory and many practical tools, in short lessons you can watch in the evening, after the children are asleep.

Education and training

  • MSW with distinction, Hebrew University of Jerusalem: child and family, trauma and CBT
  • BSW with honors, clinical track, Bar-Ilan University
  • BA and MA in therapy through movement, music and human encounter
  • Trauma therapy training in Somatic Experiencing
  • Organizational consulting studies, the Open University of Israel
  • Nutrition for behavioral difficulties program, the Israeli School of Homeopathy and Nutrition

Experience

  • Founder and director of the Leshem Institute for attention, concentration and behavior difficulties, since 2010
  • Providing clinical social work and organizational consulting services to nonprofits working in education and care
  • Leading parent groups for children with attention and behavior difficulties, since 2005
  • Lecturer at Ono Academic College and Herzog College, including child development
  • 16 years as a reserve mental health officer in the IDF: treating stress and trauma reactions
  • Recognized therapist of the Israeli Ministry of Defense
  • Head of treatment in frameworks for at-risk youth and for people with disabilities

Ready to start?

The first lesson of the Tantrums course is free to watch.

Watch the free lesson