Dr. Bert A. N. Meltzer is a Clinical and Developmental Psychologist (B.S. Tufts University; M.A. & Ph.D. from Clark University, Worcester, Mass) and co-founder of the Israeli Sandplay Therapists Association. His therapeutic orientation is Analytical, Developmental and Gestalt Therapy.  A former member of the American Academy of Psychotherapists. His previous work has included Adolescent and Children’s Clinical Services and Drug Prevention programs in both California and New York.  He served as the Executive Director of Operation Breakthrough in Southern California.   He has worked as a Training Psychologist at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and has worked as a Supervising Psychologist for the Israel Ministry of Education training and supervising therapy work with children and adolescents.  He is a teaching member of ISST.

He currently works in private practice with children, adolescents, adults, and families and provides training and supervision for Sandplay Therapists out of Moshav Nir-ysrael in the Northern Negev, and teaches, supervises, and is involved in training once a week in clinic in Jerusalem.