Ofra Ayalon
Ofra Ayalon is a doctor of psychology and the director of Nord
International Trauma Consultancy. She also heads the COPE Center,
which trains professionals in Israel in the use of therapeutic cards,
is employed as scientific editor for Nord Publications and promotes
The OH-Cards in Israel.
During her 35-year career at Haifa University Ofra has written and
published many articles, books and intervention programs on the
subjects of divorce, domestic violence and child abuse, death and
bereavement, suicide prevention and war and terrorism.
Her publications are available in many languages, including Hebrew,
English, Arabic, Thai, Finnish, Croatian and Spanish.
As a trainer and consultant, Ofra has worked with mental health workers
on-site in traumatized communities in Israel, South Africa, Angola,
the former Yugoslavia and Ireland. She has also trained professionals
in Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Finnland, England and Portugal.
Ofra´s current focus is the effects and prevention of violence
in the media, in society and in the family, and on the use of associative
cards (the OH-Cards and their offshoots) to promote communication
and creativity.
