Yaffa Balsam is a Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Los Alamitos. She is also a public speaker advocating for Israel and its right to exist. She also helps people develop, achieve, and maintain emotional endurance as the antidote to terrorism and other life traumas. Ms. Balsam is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. She also completed the EMDR training. Both methods are geared to healing trauma. Yaffa’s program has three major parts: (1) Education, (2) Support, and (3) Spirituality. Currently her guide on the subject is available.
Yaffa was born and raised in Israel and served in the Israeli Army. She experienced the threats of terrorism and its aftermath first hand. Her vast professional experience as a therapist includes helping survivors of different life traumas heal. Yaffa has also worked extensively with stepfamilies. She is president of the Los Angeles Chapter of Stepfamily Association of America for the third year now. She has designed and facilitated different programs for stepfamilies.
Yaffa Balsam is a Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Los Alamitos. She is also a public speaker advocating for Israel and its right to exist. She also helps people develop, achieve, and maintain emotional endurance as the antidote to terrorism and other life traumas. Ms. Balsam is a certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. She also completed the EMDR training. Both methods are 
geared to healing trauma. Yaffa’s program has three major parts: (1) Education, (2) Support, and (3) Spirituality. Currently her guide on the subject is available.
