About

Merkaz Shefer trains coaches to work with people, partners and parents.

Our mission:
To help people understand themselves in a new way, discover their choices and strengths, and take meaningful action towards personal and relationship goals.

Our work is rooted in the belief that each and every one of us can change, from the inside out.

Self-awareness is the foundation to personal growth, a sense of meaning, and closer personal and family relationships. It enables new choices and behavior that support relationships rather than sabotage them.

“Gishat Shefer” – the “Shefer Approach” – is a modern development based on the principles of Adlerian psychology.

Bilha Shefer – our center’s namesake – studied with Adler’s student Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs.

Yael Elitzur continued to develop and apply what she learned from Bilha Shefer.

Merkaz Shefer today is led by a team of Yael Elitzur’s most experienced students.

All our staff is committed to helping people, partners and parents create change through understanding, not conflict, cooperation not control.

Merkaz Shefer has trained hundreds of coaches who lead groups and work individually in private clinics, schools and communities.
Shefer coaches participate in continuing professional supervision and mentoring, ensuring quality, integrity, and personal growth in their work.

Join us to learn about yourself, and about how you can help others.

Together we’ll change the world. One life, one family at a time.