You're not alone

Start with a quiet hello.

Whether you are carrying trauma, stress or grief, you can write to us without deciding anything. No forms to fill in first, no story you have to be ready to tell.

If you need help right now

This is not an emergency service and we cannot answer immediately. In a crisis, call ERAN on 1201 (24 hours, free) or emergency services on 101.

You write

As much or as little as you want. A first name and a way to reach you is enough.

A person answers

A person at Mercaz Tally reads your message and replies within three working days. Never an automated response.

We talk, if you want to

A short, practical conversation about which of our programs might fit and what it involves. Not therapy and not an assessment. Just information, with no commitment.

Write to us

Your message goes to one person at Mercaz Tally. We do not share it, and we will not add you to anything.

Prefer plain email? contact@mercaztally.org

First name or what you would like to be called Email or phone Anything you want us to know (optional) Please keep this brief, and leave out diagnoses, medication and medical history. You do not need to explain yourself to get a reply, and this form is not a secure place for health details. I agree that Mercaz Tally may hold what I have written here in order to reply to me. How we handle it

We reply from a person, not a system. If you would rather we did not email, say so and give a phone number instead.

What happens to your message

One person reads it. It is kept for 24 months and then deleted. It is never sold, never used for fundraising, and never shared outside Mercaz Tally without your say-so, unless we believe someone is in danger. If that ever happened, we would tell you.

You can ask us at any time what we hold about you, correct it, or have it deleted: contact@mercaztally.org.

What we offer

Small group programs in Ramat Bet Shemesh, open to anyone in the Beit Shemesh area: clinical groups led by licensed therapists, and creative and wellness workshops led by trained facilitators.

We work alongside conventional care, never instead of it. If you are already seeing someone, that continues.

Some groups are women only, some men only, and some open to everyone. Tell us what you would be comfortable with and we will tell you what we have.

What we are not

We are not an emergency service, a psychiatric service, or a replacement for medical treatment.

If what you need is outside what we do, we will say so, and point you somewhere better where we can.

If cost is the problem

Every group keeps a funded scholarship place. Nobody is turned away because they cannot pay.

Say so in your message. It stays between us, and it makes no difference to how you are treated.

Where else to turn

These are not us. They are national services, free and confidential, and some of them answer at hours we cannot. If one of them fits you better than we do, use it.

NATAL, 1-800-363-363. 24 hours. For anyone carrying trauma from war or terror: soldiers, reservists, civilians and the families around them.

Nefesh Achat, *8944. 24 hours. The Ministry of Defense line for wounded veterans and discharged soldiers living with post-trauma, and for their families. Answered by NATAL’s people.

MOSHE, WhatsApp +972-50-999-0940. Sunday to Thursday, 08:30 to 16:00. Community support around the risk of suicide, for yourself or for someone you are worried about. Not an emergency line.

If you are serving now, the fastest route is your unit’s mental health officer, the kaban.

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