Head of the Phototherapy for Therapists program. Psychotherapist and art therapist. Her thesis paper was entitled “Photography in Everyday Life as a Snapshot of Reality”. Certified supervisor. Graduate of the Halfaba School of Psychotherapy and the program, “Self Psychology and the Therapeutic Act”. Has rich experience in therapeutic work through photography and art, with various populations in mental health institutions, rehabilitation institutions, residential treatment centers, parent and child centers, and more. She currently has a private clinic, is a supervisor at the Winnicott Center and the Self Psychology Training program, and conducts workshops in phototherapy for practitioners.

Since 1987, she has been integrating arts in her therapeutic practice; an artist, therapist, supervisor, teaches in West and East Jerusalem for over 25 years, in hospitals, social welfare offices, trauma centers and additional treatment centers. In her doctoral thesis she focused on culture and multiculturalism in Jerusalem. The dissertation, included, among other things, portrait photographs, paintings, poetry and dance. She has been teaching in the Phototherapy program in Musrara since 2003.

Graduate of Musrara’s Phototherapy program, holds a PhD in Musicology. Graduate of the Tel Aviv University’s Jungian Psychotherapy program and Early Childhood Psychiatry program. Member of the seminar “Dreams for Therapists and Patients”, led by Prof. Abramovich at Ma’agan, Jerusalem. Over the past few years she has been working as a phototherapist in a parents and toddlers center at Ma’ale Adumim, and as an independent therapist. Teaches at Kibbutzim College, the Open University and Musrara’s Phototherapy program.

Senior drama therapist, certified supervisor by YAHAT (Israel Association of Arts Therapies), member of the American, English and Swiss drama therapy associations. Lectures at the Hebrew University, Tel Hai College, and other higher education facilities in Israel and around the world. Pendzik has developed a model for therapeutic assessment and intervention according to creative processes, has published numerous articles in the field, and co-edited a book on assessment in drama therapy (together with Prof. David Johnson and Prof. Stephen Snow), published in 2011.

Holds an MA in Art Therapy from Lesley College. Owns a private practice. Conducts workshops for professionals as well as general audiences in the fields of video therapy and phototherapy. Lecturer at Levinsky College and Beit Berl College. Works in the Adult Eating Disorder Department at Tel Hashomer Hospital and the Tel Aviv Municipality’s Youth Empowerment program.

Art therapist and supervisor, dyadic art therapist, graduate of the “Photography in the Therapeutic Process” program for therapists of the Musrara School’s Phototherapy Department. Holds an MA in Special Education and a BA in Fine Art, centering on photography. Works as a therapist and supervisor in the Ministry of Education, in special and general education; works in Ministry of Social Services programs, and in a private clinic – with children, youth, parents and in dyadic treatment.