Israela Meyerstein
Israela Meyerstein LCSW-C, has helped families, couples, and individuals for over forty years often focusing on serious illness, spirituality and healthy coping. In 2001 Baltimore Magazine named her a leading mental health professional. She has an MSW from Columbia and was a Fellow at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston where she became a Faculty Associate. Israela directed a Family Therapy Training Program at Sheppard Pratt Hospital from 1986-98, trained hundreds of professionals, taught Family Therapy to college and graduate students, and published over thirty articles. She co-founded the Baltimore Jewish Healing Network and with Rabbi Gila Ruskin, co-led Spiritual groups for those with serious illness. She wrote Bridge to Healing: Finding Strength to Cope with Illness, available in English and Hebrew, for patients, family, caregivers and health professionals. Her new book is Miracle Nation. Seventy Stories about the Spirit of Israel. www.bridge-to-healing.com
