Aspire Israel provides professional education and development in Somatic therapies. Step into the future of embodied psychotherapy—right here in Israel.
About us & Our Affiliates
The people and organizations bringing Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to Israel
Rebeca Farca, PhDc, LMFT.
Training Facilitator
Rebeca is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (CA; LMFT115571), also licensed in Humanist Counselling and Gestalt Group Processing by the IHPG Institute in Mexico, and has training in CORE Energetics. She is a doctoral candidate at The Institute for Clinical Social Work. Rebeca holds a private practice in Los Angeles, CA, providing somatic therapy for individuals suffering from trauma and developmental wounds.
Her professional interests include PTSD, chronic pain, neglect and abuse. Rebeca is past faculty at Antioch Santa Barbara, where she taught an introduction to Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.
She developed and presented a workshop for the Department of Veteran Affairs in Los Angeles, CA, entitled, “Surviving the Aftermath: A Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Approach to the Wounds of War.” Rebeca also developed the “SPI Protocol for Clinicians of Victims of War, Violence and Other Traumatic Events” which she presented with Dr. Pat Ogden in the free webinar entitled, “Building Resilience in Times of War, Violence, and Other Traumatic Events”.
She currently divides her time between clinical practice, guest lecturing at agencies and institutions, and teaching Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.
Founder & Program Director,
Rabbi Binyomin Adilman
Binyomin Adilman, MSW, is a school social worker, a certified Jungian Sandplay Practitioner and a trauma therapist practicing in Beitar Illit and Jerusalem.
He has advanced training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and is actively involved in bringing this approach to Israel. In his work, he integrates somatic, relational, and symbolic methods to support healing and growth with children, adolescents, couples, and parents. During the war, he offered sandplay based interventions to displaced children in the Ramada Hotel Jerusalem and later at the Alon Scientific School in Sderot.
Lena Shore, MSc
Lena has been practicing psychotherapy for over two decades. Community involvement is important to Lena. She serves as a volunteer facilitator for the Family Connections program of the National Educational Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder.
As a creative individual, Lena is a member of Act Out Change, A Playback Theatre Troupe for Women. Lena also has been running a support group for women whose husbands are emotionally challenged for over 15 years.
In 2024, Lena initiated “Heartlinks”, a program to give solace, support and strength to parents and grandparents who are experiencing estrangement from their adult children. Heartlinks recently started a fledgling program “Mending Bridges” offering a path towards reconciliation and healing for family rifts. Lena has received training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (Level 1: Treatment of Trauma: 2021-2022; Level 2: Healing Attachment Wounds 2023-2024) She was an Alumni Assistant for Level 1 in 2024-2025.
In addition, Lena has training in Internal Family Systems (Levels 1-3); Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT); (EMDR (Levels 1&2 for Adults and for children) Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MSBR); Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT); Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT Levels 1 &2); and Narrative Therapy; Lena is also a certified Gottman Method Couples Therapy
Affiliates
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute (SPI) is a professional educational organization that designs and provides the highest-level trainings and services to serve a global network of mental health practitioners*, and for the public at large. Seeking to enhance human relationships, our paradigm is substantiated by interpersonal neurobiology and impelled by mindfulness applied in interactive contexts.
The Place
The Place, The Jerusalem Centre for Emotional Wellbeing was established in 2009 located in Ramat Eshkol founded by Lena Shore, MSc. With her team, Lena has built a haven for mental health growth and recovery. The Place’s ability to reach out to both individuals and the community is a source of pride for Lena. With a team of over 20 therapists, a thriving post-graduate internship program, a community library, and our continuing professional education programs, The Place provides top-quality therapy and emotional support, improving people’s lives.
The Place is more than a clinic. It’s a community that connects and fosters safety, strength, and success. The Place offers individual and group therapy, support groups, and educational classes. The Place’s comfortable, confidential clinic helps individuals explore and create positive change. The Place believes that the key to mental health and emotional wellbeing is inside each person.