Gabo Weis was born in Kibbutz Gaash, Israel, where he began to learn traditional Karate as a child. He has followed the path of Karate until this day, as a 3 Dan level student and teacher in his own Dojo. Gabo specializes in Psychotherapy and Couple and Family Therapy. He currently treats patients in his clinic through Compassion-focused Therapy (CFT) in combination with methods derived from the martial arts. He teaches the central ideas behind this approach, described for the first time in this book, as a lecturer in the Advance Training Program for Psychotherapists and Couple Therapists at Bar Ilan University as well as through intensive enrichment workshops for therapists nationwide. So far, he has published a number of academic papers in the field of Therapy Through the Martial Arts and Couple and Sex Counseling. This is his first book.

Gabo lives in a small town in Central Israel, married, father of three, and in between training and work at the clinic and university, he enjoys cooking, reading fantasy fiction and practicing Karate, yoga and meditation every day.