Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body
IMFA is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and making integrative medicine accessible in Israel and worldwide. This approach combines a medical protocol that simultaneously treats the body, mind, and spirit.
Integrative medicine views an individual as a holistic entity, recognizing that mental healing and emotional resilience significantly enhance physical recovery and motivation to heal. This approach focuses on treating the person behind the illness or injury—not just the condition itself.
Since June 2022, the organization has been operating Medical Care, an integrative rehabilitation medical center in Bat Yam—the first in Israel to implement an integrative medical protocol as part of every patient’s fundamental treatment. Patients benefit from a comprehensive rehabilitation program that combines focused healing with advanced support tools for awareness and empowerment. The program is designed for individuals recovering from serious illnesses or traumatic injuries who are actively undergoing rehabilitation.
Medical Care established to be a pioneering rehabilitation hospital, introducing a unique and enhanced recovery protocol. This includes state-of-the-art conventional rehabilitation, based on cutting-edge medical science, alongside integrative supportive therapy that combines body, mind, and spirit. The latter focuses on the emotional aspects of illness, injury, and the healing process.
Within this holistic protocol, both patients and their families receive a personalized treatment plan that integrates advanced medical care with supportive emotional therapy. This approach boosts motivation to endure the demanding rehabilitation process and regain a fulfilling, meaningful life. A dedicated mobile app accompanies the program, helping patients manage their sessions and providing tools for practice and implementation.
Trauma Treatment & Prevention
Since October 7th, the urgent need for trauma treatment—both for those physically wounded and those suffering from emotional trauma—has become more apparent than ever.
Entire populations are now in trauma and require immediate care:
- Wounded soldiers and civilians
- Families of hostages and fallen soldiers
- Evacuated families displaced from their homes
IMFA provides trauma treatment for soldiers who have served over 100 consecutive days in the war. These soldiers return home with active trauma that must be treated immediately to prevent it from developing into PTSD. The organization conducts five-day trauma therapy retreats in hotels, offering full accommodations and comprehensive treatments. Trauma symptoms are measured before and after the workshops, consistently showing improvements of hundreds of percent.
Through the IMFA Resilience and Integrative Trauma Center, recognized by the Israel Trauma Coalition, the organization also treats other affected populations, including:
- Survivors of the Nova massacre
- Families of displaced individuals
Additionally, IMFA is developing preventative integrative medicine programs for various populations, including:
- Frontline workers facing burnout and extreme stress
- Organizations seeking resilience tools and improved focus for their employees
By integrating holistic healing with cutting-edge medical treatments, IMFA is revolutionizing rehabilitation and trauma recovery, providing hope, healing, and resilience for individuals and communities.
Our Vision, and a Word from the Chairman of the Board
Integrative medicine views the body as a single unit rather than a collection of organs, and sees the person as a whole made up of body, mind, and spirit, which profoundly and fundamentally influence one another. According to integrative medicine, it is not enough to treat physical symptoms; one must address the entire whole—body, mind, and spirit—to achieve health and wellness, often referred to globally as “Wellness.”
The October 7, 2023 war, along with the preceding global COVID-19 crisis, has pushed the integrative approach to the forefront of medical discourse. These disasters have sharpened our understanding that mental health greatly impacts physical health, and that untreated stress, anxiety, and trauma contribute to the development of illnesses and weaken the body’s immune systems and resilience.
We established IMFA with the vision of transforming healthcare in Israel into integrative medicine, where the therapeutic medical protocol includes simultaneous treatment plans for both the mind and body. This is a non-profit organization created to leverage the opportunity that has arisen:
- To change the perception of healthcare services among the public in Israel and around the world
- To expand the understanding of conventional medicine
- To establish integrative medicine as a legitimate and accessible option for anyone who desires it
I invite each and every one of you who hold this issue close to your hearts, and who understand that true healing involves not only the body but also the mind and spirit, to join us, contribute, and participate in advancing the health and wellness revolution.
With my best wishes of health and wellness,
Gilad Segev
Chairman of the Board
CEO's statement
As the CEO of IMFA, I lead a non-profit hospital dedicated to providing comprehensive, patient-centered care. My journey in healthcare was inspired by my parents, who founded a private hospital 50 years ago with a vision to put patients at the heart of medical care. For 30 years, I managed the hospital alongside them, gaining invaluable insights into what truly defines quality healthcare.
Over the years, I came to understand that real healing goes beyond treating physical ailments—it must also include emotional and psychological support. This realization led me to develop my life’s work: integrating mind-body healing as an essential part of medical treatment.
Although my formal training is in law and management, my passion for trauma care drove me to specialize in the field. I recognized that trauma is often the missing link in traditional medical protocols—yet it plays a crucial role in the healing process.
At IMFA, we developed InHeal—a groundbreaking therapeutic approach that empowers patients and promotes deep healing from within. Our primary focus is on rehabilitating soldiers returning from extended service, many of whom struggle with both physical injuries and deep emotional scars. Our commitment is to help them recover not only physically but also find true emotional healing.
we are always one step ahead!
Providing therapeutic care for
families of hostages
people impacted by hostilities
Through our InHeal method—an integrative rehabilitation approach based on a holistic body-mind-spirit medical protocol—we address physical recovery, emotional trauma, and renewed life purpose simultaneously.
This method has been rigorously tested in a comprehensive clinical study and has been proven to drive a dramatic improvement of hundreds of percent in participants’ quality-of-life indicators.
Each patient receives a personalized emotional treatment plan, guided by a dedicated psychologist serving as a Case Manager throughout their journey. The treatment is also supported by a unique mobile application, providing tools for ongoing progress and implementation.
The Service We Provide
Immediate trauma treatment
to prevent the development of PTSD
Integrative therapy programs based on the InHeal method, personally tailored for those affected by the war:
These programs are built upon a treatment protocol that integrates body and mind, and includes various individual therapies, therapies for women, group workshops for resilience building, and more.
The program enables treatment for different populations affected by the war:
Soldiers and civilians who were physically injured – treatment in a hospital setting within various departments
Families of the wounded, who undergo the acute rehabilitation phase and contend with a new reality.
Soldiers who are currently coping with physical and emotional difficulties.
Civilians who have suffered psychological harm and receive trauma care at the Resilience Center.