Yael, married with 3 children, is a bibliotherapist. She has experience treating teenagers and adults with eating disorders, CPTSD, depression, sexual trauma and substance abuse. Yael specializes in individual and group creative writing and poetry-therapy. She works at the Outpatient Psychoanalytic Center for Women with PTSD at Beer-Yaakov. Her practicum experience was in the Eating Disorders Department at Sheba Medical Center and she has also taught creative writing courses for the past 10 years. Previously Yael worked as a lawyer in Commercial Law and non-governmental organisations. Her third baby was stillborn and she did not feel well supported after this devastating experience a number of years ago. She is committed to helping establish this new family support organisation, Candles of Hope.