Helen Chaya Kurtz

Background

Kurtz, Helen Chaya was born on August 9, 1941 in New York City. Daughter of Irving Auerbach and Anna Meth.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, City College New York, 1962. Master of Arts, Ferkauf Graduate School Yeshiva University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology, Ferkauf Graduate School Yeshiva University, 1969.

Career

Senior clinical psychologist Kupat Cholin Mental Health, Haifa, Israel, 1966—1969. Director and chief psyholgist Psychotherapy & Counseling, 1970—1997. Associate professor University Haifa, since 1989.

Supervisor psychotherapy and psychodiagnostics clinical sector Psychology Board Ministry of Health, since 1984. Court appointed expert Haifa Regional Court, since 1987, Supreme Court, 1991.

Achievements

• Helen Chaya Kurtz has been listed as a noteworthy psychologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member education committee Municipal Council Haifa, 1987—1994. Member governing board Besod Siach Association for Conflict Dialogue, Tel-Aviv, 1998—2001, Sahar Emergency Aid to Youth in Distress, Tel-Aviv, since 2000. Member of Israel Psychological Association (clinical branch since 1970).

Interests

• Deep sea diving, classical music, mosaic art.

Connections

Married Tzvi Izchak Kurtz, September 14, 1960. Children: Naamah, Yechiel, Sarit.

Father:

Irving Auerbach

Mother:

Anna Meth

Spouse:

Tzvi Izchak Kurtz

child:

Yechiel Kurtz

child:

Sarit Kurtz

child:

Naamah Kurtz