Speaker Profile Dr. Danny Brom

Danny Brom is the Founding Director of Metiv – the Israel Psychotrauma Center, affiliated with Herzog Medical Center in Jerusalem. Dr. Brom is a certified clinical psychologist and was associate professor at the Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare of Hebrew University. Metiv creates new responses to needs of traumatized populations that are not getting adequate programs, such as young children, released soldiers of the IDF and victims of terrorism. The main effort of Metiv at this moment is the creation of a Comprehensive Veteran Care Model to serve combat veterans after their war experiences. He published the first controlled outcome study on brief therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in 1989. Among his publications are the books "The Trauma of Terrorism: Sharing Knowledge and Shared Care, An International Handbook" (Danieli, Brom & Sills, 2005) and "Treating Traumatized Children: Risk, Resilience and Revery" (Brom, Pat-Horenczyk & Ford, eds.). His main effort goes to bridging the gap between scientific data and the development of service provision in the community.