Talia Goshen
Talia Goshen
I was born in Jerusalem in 1966.
I live in Tel Aviv, married in a civil marriage,
mother of two biological sons and two daughters adopted abroad.
I conduct life ceremonies, high holiday ceremonies, support and recovery circles, and peace gatherings in a humanistic, universal, and multicultural spirit based on the principle of the human at the center and Judaism as a culture. I have been engaged for many years in providing relief, support, guidance, and spiritual counseling at all stages of the life cycle.
I come to counseling, guidance, and mediation from the world of film and television, where I worked for years in England and Israel. After completing my studies in communications, directing, and production in England, I founded Edit Studios with my partner in Tel Aviv.
Following an illness and an in-depth process of treatment, studies, and a personal journey, I was certified as a secular rabbi and ceremonial leader, and later as a spiritual guide, business and family mediator, couple and family counselor, and expert in life intervention and conflict resolution.
The essence of my work is to enable dialogue, collaboration, emotional flow, and the resolution of dilemmas and conflicts both within the soul and in relation to the world.
We meet for conversations, practice guided imagery, use mediation and enabling techniques, meditation and mindfulness (attentive awareness), journey therapy, Life Coaching (life coaching in crisis situations), Life Intervention (intervention in extreme situations), rituals, prayers, reading texts and bibliotherapy (therapy using the written word), listening to music, leading groups, circles and empowerment workshops.
We meet with you at the most convenient place for you: at the clinic, my home, your home, in a neutral place like a cafe, park or beach, in the delivery room, at the hospital, in the nursing home/assisted living, in the geriatric/nursing department, in the rehabilitation center and in the hospice. We work together in a direct face-to-face meeting and when that is not possible, we meet via Zoom, Skype, Hang Out and by phone.
More about me
I believe in a broad spectrum of support and offer to work with you in a combination of areas:
Professional mediation, spiritual guidance, organizing and producing ceremonies, and creative work that uses many and varied tools from the worlds of culture, art, and spirituality.
This interdisciplinary combination is the added value that I bring to our work together, which produces a broad and in-depth, open and supportive discourse that is constantly conducted in parallel with professional techniques, procedures and accepted rules.
Certifications and studies:
Film and Television - Bachelor's Degree in Communications, Directing and Production
BA (Hons) Media Production, Northumbria University England 1987-1990
Judaism as Culture - Certification as a Secular Rabbi and Ceremonial Master - "Tmura" Institute for the Training of Secular Rabbis, Jerusalem 2004-2008.
Guidance and advice:
Birth accompaniment (certified doula) - "Ameldat" School, Laniado Hospital, Netanya 2003-2004
Spiritual guidance and counseling - "Mezurim" Blaustein Center, Hebrew Union College, Jerusalem 2012-2014
Couples guidance and counseling - Michal Aloni, Guma Gavim, Tel Aviv 2024
Treatment:
Bio-Ergonomics - Certificate Studies, "Renewal" Institute, Tel Aviv 2004
The "Journey" Method - Therapists' Pathway, Israel, Netherlands 2015-2020
Mediation:
Certified Mediator "Barak Melamed" 2020
Certified Family Mediator - "Hamutal Gat" 2020-2021
Dialogic Mediation - Insight Dialogue, Ran Kutner 2021
Informal studies and numerous professional training courses:
Group facilitation, philosophy, Judaism as a culture, tantology (the science of bereavement, mourning and loss) and geriatrics, bibliotherapy, phototherapy.