To observe the work - to see the soul
About the site
The site presents innovative and integrative knowledge in the fields of Arts Therapy and Nature Therapy as developed by Dr. Ronen Berger. It aims to help therapists, counselors and educators to improve their work and help individuals, groups and communities to increase their copping and resilience strategies, promote happiness, health and welling.
The applied and theoretical knowledge presented here is based on Berger’s 20 years’ experience as therapists, supervisor, teacher and researcher running therapeutic and training programs around the world.
Ronen Berger. PhD
Founder of Nature Therapy, A senior Drama Therapist and Nature Therapist, supervisor and lecture. Founded and managed the Nature Therapy training program, Tel Aviv University (2009-2015), the Drama Therapy MA program, Ono academic College, Israel (2013-2022) and the Arts Based Group Counselors training program, Oranim College (2018-2020), Israel.
He founded and managed few therapeutic and education national programs for the Israeli ministry of education, associations and organizations.
Ronen wrote and published many articles and 5 books, initiated and held tens of conferences. He developed the Nature Therapy framework as well as few art based methods for assessment, supervision and intervention with individuals, groups and communities.
Currently Ronen is a senior lecture at Ono Academic College, Israel, where he runs the Play Therapy program, part of the education MA program. He is also a visiting professor at Prague University of Economics and Business and teaches in different institutions around the world.
He currently runs innovative Art Based therapeutic programs for woman coping with cancer, with war veratrin’s dealing with post trauma and with widows and orphan that lost their beloved in war.
Ronen also accompanies and supervisors a unique school’s staff helping them to develop creative and suited pedagogy that allows to include children with different needs in it.
His work style is creative, playful and dynamic, integrating all the arts: movement, drama, visual arts and text. He loves working with (large) groups with people from different cultures and agendas.
His background as an ecologist, dancer, performer and body practitioner is present in his work today giving it color and supporting its integrative and holistic orientation.