Founded in 1985 by Drs. Noga Rubinstein-Nabarro, Haviva Ayal-Meir & Sara Ivanir, Shinui is among Israel's most prominent Institutes for Systemic Family Therapy & professional training. Since its inception, Shinui has become renowned throughout the professional community in Israel & abroad as a leading establishment in the field, and is continually expanding its scope of influence & activities.

Shinui's prestigious reputation stems from the staff's research & development of innovative models for working with couples & families. The Systemic Approach, developed at here at Shinui, is currently practiced and studied throughout Israel & abroad, with impressive clinical results. This approach is also successfully implemented in the field of organizational counseling, as well as management training & coaching.

Our Graduate Training Center offers a variety of certification programs, internships, courses & workshops, spawning new generations of family & couples' therapists.

We are deeply committed to being updated and innovative in leading developments in the field of Systemic – Integrative psychotherapy. As such, we work relentlessly towards the advancement of these developments by creating professional forums for the study and exchange of ideas, promoting research & discourse on key concepts, their clinical implementation and training future practitioners while servicing public & private institutions & organizations.

Our staff maintains a vital connection with the international professional community through continuous academic publication, participation in professional forums worldwide, lecturing abroad, and by hosting a highly esteemed panel of international staff members to lecture and lead workshops throughout the year.

Our clinical staff consists of 15 certified therapists who specialize in a variety of fields, with adjunct scholars & specialists who serve as professional consultants. This diversity enables us to offer effective, shorter-term therapy for families, couples & individuals.   

What typifies the Systemic Approach?

This approach explores the unique relationships and intricate contexts in which behaviors exist within a family, organization, group or system of any kind. Problems or symptoms that impair the functioning of a person or family are resolved by changing dysfunctional interactional patterns within that system, rather than attempting to alleviate symptoms in an isolated, fractional way. According to this approach, the entire system constitutes a cohesive, interconnected entity in which problems arise but which also embodies the most effective, comprehensive solutions!

The Systemic approach implemented here at Shinui is an integration of the structural, strategic, Ericksonian, solution-focused and the constructive post modern approaches, which incorporates various disciplines from the fields of psychology, cybernetics, anthropology, psychiatry, sociology and philosophy.