CATHARSIS

Holistic Healing Center

Healing in the Midst of Continuous Trauma

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CATHARSIS

Holistic Healing Center

Healing in the Midst of Continuous Trauma

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Introduction

Catharsis Holistic Healing

Healing in the midst of ongoing trauma. Rooted in the body. Guided by ancestral wisdom.

Catharsis Holistic Healing was born from lived experience. A reality where trauma is not something that has passed, but something that continues to shape daily life.

Our work exists to create pathways for healing within conditions of ongoing oppression, displacement, and uncertainty.

Not as a luxury, but as a necessity for dignity, continuity, and life itself.

Our Story

We began in Palestine, working closely with former child prisoners who had endured profound psychological and physical trauma. These early encounters revealed the depth of what the body carries under conditions of violence and captivity, and the urgent need for approaches that go beyond conventional therapy. From this foundation, our work expanded to reach communities across Palestine, responding to the ongoing and cumulative impact of continuous trauma. Over time, what started as small, intimate healing spaces grew into a wider movement. Today, Catharsis Holistic Healing supports Palestinians wherever they are, including those living in exile, as well as activists and communities across the world experiencing the impacts of colonial violence and displacement. We have trained hundreds of individuals in trauma-informed, somatic, and culturally rooted healing modalities. These practitioners now carry this work into their own communities, extending its reach across borders We began in Palestine, working closely with former child prisoners who had endured profound psychological and physical trauma. These early encounters revealed the depth of what the body carries under conditions of violence and captivity, and the urgent need for approaches that go beyond conventional therapy. From this foundation, our work expanded to reach communities across Palestine, responding to the ongoing and cumulative impact of continuous trauma. Over time, what started as small, intimate healing spaces grew into a wider movement. Today, Catharsis Holistic Healing supports Palestinians wherever they are, including those living in exile, as well as activists and communities across the world experiencing the impacts of colonial violence and displacement. We have trained hundreds of individuals in trauma-informed, somatic, and culturally rooted healing modalities. These practitioners now carry this work into their own communities, extending its reach across borders

A Collective Movement

In 2022, we organized one of the largest trauma healing gatherings in Palestine, bringing together over 200 participants from across the country. The conference featured the internationally recognized physician and trauma expert Gabor Maté, and created a space for collective learning, reflection, and deep engagement with the realities of trauma and healing. This gathering marked an important moment in expanding the conversation around trauma beyond individual experience, into collective, political, and embodied dimensions.

Our Approach

We believe that healing cannot be separated from context. Our work is grounded in liberation psychology, recognizing that trauma is not only personal, but shaped by systems of oppression and political reality. We center somatic healing, understanding that the body holds what words cannot always reach, and that true transformation requires engaging the nervous system, not only the mind. We draw from indigenous knowledge systems and ancestral medicine, honoring practices that have sustained communities through generations of survival, resistance, and renewal.

A Collective Movement

We hold a clear understanding that resistance is a fundamental right of oppressed people. Healing, in this context, is not separate from resistance. It is intertwined with it. Our work supports individuals and communities in sustaining sumud: the embodied practice of steadfastness, presence, and the refusal to disappear. We create spaces where: • the body can release what it has been forced to carry • grief, rage, and resilience are all given space • people reconnect to their breath, their ground, and their inner strength • collective healing becomes a source of continuity and resistance This is not about fixing individuals in isolation. It is about restoring connection, dignity, and the capacity to remain present and alive in the face of ongoing reality.

A Living Practice

Catharsis Holistic Healing continues to evolve as a living, breathing practice shaped by the communities it serves. From Palestine to communities in exile across the world, from intimate healing spaces to global trainings, the intention remains the same: To offer grounded, culturally rooted pathways for healing in the midst of continuous trauma, where healing itself becomes an act of presence, dignity, and resistance.

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EFT Emotional Freedom Technique1

NLP Neuro-Linguistic Programming

Sociology

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Yoga

Meditation

Hypnotherapy

Energy work

Somatic Experiencing

Embodiment work

Internal Family Systems

Coaching

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Psycadlic Therapy

Ayurveda

Children therapy

Psychiatric talk therapy

Compassionate Inquiry

Play therapy

Gestalt

Nutrition

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Coach.Majdi Joseph

Coach and therapist

EFT NLP Yoga COACH

LMFT.Meredith Redding

LMFT

Yoga SE EMB CHILD

LMFT.Mimi Akhand

licensed marital and family therapist

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The retreat in Jericho was transformative. Being surrounded by nature and supported by such compassionate healers allowed me to finally begin my healing journey.

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The retreat in Jericho was transformative. Being surrounded by nature and supported by such compassionate healers allowed me to finally begin my healing journey.

Mahmoud

award-winning entrepreneur

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CATHARSIS

CATHARSIS

Catharsis Holistic Healing

Our Story

A Collective Movement

Our Approach

A Collective Movement

A Living Practice

Services we’re offering

Online Therapy Access

Training of Trainers

Healing Retreats in Palestine

Support for Healers from Gaza

Healing for Gaza Communities in Exile

Trainings for Solidarity and Support

Begin Your Transformation

EFT Emotional Freedom Technique1

NLP Neuro-Linguistic Programming

Sociology

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Yoga

Meditation

Hypnotherapy

Energy work

Somatic Experiencing

Embodiment work

Internal Family Systems

Coaching

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Psycadlic Therapy

Ayurveda

Children therapy

Psychiatric talk therapy

Compassionate Inquiry

Play therapy

Gestalt

Nutrition

Meet Our Practitioners

Coach.Majdi Joseph

LMFT.Meredith Redding

LMFT.Mimi Akhand

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