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Naama Atzaba-Poria. Credit: Courtesy.

Naama Atzaba-Poria

Professor Naama Atzaba-Poria, in the psychology department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, is the chair and co-founder of its Duet Center, which promotes optimal developmental environments for children in Israel by emphasizing adult attentiveness to children’s emotional needs. Through collaboration among researchers, therapists, educators and policymakers, the center fosters resilience and healthy development.

Israel has become a global laboratory for understanding trauma across an entire society. This reality carries responsibility.