Ruth Perednik lic. psych.

The Selective Mutism Treatment C

Ruth Perednik is a senior psychologist, whose passion is the treatment of children and teens suffering from selective mutism. She heads the Selective Mutism Treatment Center in Jerusalem, and offers parents and teachers guidance, the world over. Her book “The Selective Mutism Treatment Manual; Still Waters Run Deep” has been translated into several languages.

She has developed an innovative treatment approach, over three decades, and thousands of cases of treating children with SM. Her treatment manual is divided into three sections: for therapists, parents, and teachers. This cognitive-behavioral treatment focuses on improved social communication, usually resulting in an excellent response to intervention within several months. The treatment is an integrative approach: the significant adults in the child’s world - the teacher, parents, and therapist - are all considered therapeutic agents for change, and whenever possible, carry out their own, complementary interventions, in this way leveraging momentum for change and healing.

Perednik has developed online treatment courses – for parents and therapists, and has treated clients and trained mental health professionals the world over. She carries out brief intensive treatments around the world, and lectures in English, Spanish, and Hebrew.

Perednik’s life's work treating selective mutism dates back to when her trilingual son suffered from the then-unknown condition of selective mutism.