Developing creativity
Presenting a new model for coping with loss
About the site
This website presents innovative and integrative knowledge in the fields of arts therapy and nature therapy, as developed by Dr. Ronen Berger. It is designed to support the work of professionals in therapy, education, and community settings, promoting well-being, happiness, and resilience.
The theoretical and practical content on the site is grounded in the Art as Therapy approach and the integrative arts model. Both approaches view the creative process as a central resource for growth and development.
This perspective, developed and applied by Dr. Berger in Israel and internationally, is reflected throughout the site's materials.
Ronen Berger. PhD
Dr. Ronen Berger is the founder of Nature Therapy, a drama therapist, researcher, author, and internationally renowned lecturer. He specializes in nature-based and arts-based therapy, with a focus on collective trauma and loss, and on fostering personal and community resilience through creativity, play, and connection to nature.
Dr. Berger has established and led therapy and training programs at Tel Aviv University, Ono Academic College, and Tel-Hai College, as well as in collaboration with Israel’s Ministry of Education and Ministry of Defense. He has written and edited twelve books and dozens of professional articles, including several free protocol books available online - designed to provide theoretical and practical methods accessible to educators, therapists, and community professionals.
His work integrates body, art, nature, and performance, and draws on his rich background as an ecologist, dancer, actor, and social innovator. He currently heads the children's and youth programs at the Community Tsress Prevention Center, and leads the therapeutic play specialization at Ono Academic College. He also serves as a visiting professor at the Universities of Ioannina and Thessaloniki in Greece.
Dr. Berger is currently writing his thirteenth book, commissioned by the Ministry of Education, which presents the theoretical foundation and practical models for a national school-based program promoting pluralism, acceptance of the other, and coexistence.