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Stories from the Field: Mental Health and the Outdoors


Feb 3, 2021

Chaim Livneh, Senior Staff for Juvenile Probation Services for Israel. Chaim's journey into the field started as a child in the U.S. and then to Israel when his family emigrated there when he was a teen. Chaim shares how being in a tank corps helped him to get closer to the wilderness and how he found healing in a greenhouse when he had cancer.
Chaim shares how Israel views wilderness therapy and how it is funding wilderness therapy treatment for juvenile offenders. Chaim shares where the field is going.