Barbara and Richard Dash lived in Arab villages in the West Bank as well as living in Israel for over eighteen years. They specialize in translating quality systems of communication into extremely tangible and practical tools that can be accepted and used by these diverse organizations and individual participants.
Barbara is a professional counselor, trainer, and lecturer for over twenty-five years. She has created and facilitated dynamic communication programs that have reached thousands of individuals in the Middle East, Europe, Canada, and the United States. Her skills include conflict resolution techniques, mediation, leadership, diversity, team building, wellness, relationship and couples work. Certified in several modalities of trauma therapy, she maintained a successful psychotherapy practice for over seventeen years. Her inspirational and expert ability to deeply touch her diverse audiences have earned her a reputation as a brilliant and captivating speaker. Barbara is one of the co-founders of Israel's first non-religious non-political urban kibbutzim. She is the author of "Among the Broken Sons", a memoir chronicling her extraordinary journey in Palestinian Arab villages and Israeli communities.
Richard is an educator, administrator, corporate officer, business consultant and mediator. Richard has brought his conflict resolution and team building skills to communities, businesses and organizations on four continents. He specializes in teaching proactive skills of non-adversarial resolution modalities, organizational collaboration, clarity of communication and multi-cultural understanding. He is a key note speaker for universities, conferences, and medical institutions. Richard has provided Mastery Teaching classes for Jewish and Arab teachers for the Israeli Ministry of Education. He is a consultant and advisor to senior leadership teams for Fortune 500 companies, and was a trainer and program supervisor for Jewish / Arab peace organizations in Israel.
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