Stress and Trauma

Senior Faculty

​​​​Prof. Yael Benyamini

Prof. Yael Benyamini

Research Topic:

Research on risk factors and protective factors against depression and post-trauma after childbirth

Prof. Liat Hamama

Prof. Liat Hamama

Research Topic:

Growth from trauma/crisis the contribution of personal and environmental resources in situations of stress and trauma.

Prof. Zahava Solomon

Prof. Zahava Solomon

Research Topic:

Psychiatric epidemiology psychological and social effects of traumas including wars, captivity, terrorism, and the Holocaust; identification of risk and resilience factors; evaluation of intervention effectiveness; treatment and rehabilitation of post-traumatic victims.

Prof. Karni Ginzburg

Prof. Karni Ginzburg

Research Topic:

Self-representations and body representations among survivors of traumatic events.

 

 

Prof. Guy Shilo

Prof. Guy Shilo

Research Topic:

Social pressures affecting the mental and physical health of minority groups.

Dr. Maya Fennig

 

Dr. Maya Fennig

Research Topic:

Multicultural mental health children affected by war and conflict.

Prof. Noga Tsur

Prof. Noga Tsur

Research Topic:

Interpersonal trauma and its implications for bodily perceptions and experiences; chronic post-traumatic pain; the relationship between bodily experiences during trauma and afterwards.

Dr. Shilat Nachum

Dr. Shilat Nachum

Research Topic:

Identification and understanding of behavioral and neural mechanisms linking trauma and psychopathologies.

 

Adjunct Faculty

 

Dr. Daniela Shebar-Shapira

Dr. Daniela Shebar-Shapira

 

 

Dr. Cigal Knei-Paz​​​​​

Dr. Cigal Knei-Paz

 

​​Dr. Adi Atrom

Dr. Adi Atrom

 

Dr. Ofir Levi

Dr. Ofir Levi

Research Topic:
יעילות ומועילות של טיפולים בפוסט טראומה / השפעות של טראומה על תקווה

 

MSW Ayal Varshaviak

MSW Ayal Varshaviak

 

 

Dr. Rony Berger

Dr. Rony Berger

Research Topic:

הפחתת דעות קדומות וסטריאוטיפיזציה, תוכניות חברתיות רגשיות במרחב החינוכי, מיינדפולנס וחמלה

 

 

Dr. Julia Gouzman

Dr. Julia Gouzman

Research Topic:

לחץ וטראומה במצבי בריאות וחולי

 

PhD students and postdoctoral fellows

Bennit Gurish-Wingarten​​​

 

Bennit Gurish-Wingarten

Research Topic:
Changes in post-traumatic growth among female ex-prisoners of war: examining the roles of attachment and self-differentiation in these changes – a longitudinal study.

 

Racheli Hasson

 

Racheli Hasson

Research Topic:
Healthy (and unhealthy) sexuality: Trauma in early childhood relationships and its connection to adult sexuality through a relational perspective.

Ada Talmon

 

Ada Talmon

Research Topic:
The role of embodied empathy in the vicarious transmission of post-traumatic orientation toward the body.

Yael Hollander

Yael Hollander

Research Topic:

Patterns of peri-traumatic responses to childhood abuse and neglect and their implications for mental and physical health among adolescents:
the role of self-differentiation and positive life experiences.

Shani Shaked\

Shani Shaked

Research Topic:

The relationship between childhood abuse and neglect and the practice of tattooing.

Shahar Habar

Shahar Habar

Research Topic:

The implications of childhood abuse — with a particular focus on moral injury among survivors of childhood abuse as part of a mechanism of identification with the aggressor.

 

Tamar Rosenberg

Tamar Rosenberg

Research Topic:

"The Link Between Childhood Abuse and Trauma Reenactment: The Role of Confusion and Identification with the Perpetrator"

Ayana Halpern

Ayana Halpern

Research Topic:

Partners of individuals with gambling addiction: inhibiting and facilitating factors in the recovery process.


Recent Publications
 

Levi Ofir, "Effectiveness of CPT (Cognitive Processing Therapy) and Trauma-Focused Dynamic Therapy":
How effective are CPT (Cognitive Processing Therapy) and Trauma-Focused Dynamic Therapy for trauma survivors of the Iron Swords War.

In collaboration with: The National Center for Trauma and Resilience, Tel Aviv University
 

 

Levi Ofir, "Effectiveness of trauma-focused group couples intervention with couples who were at home in the Gaza Envelope on 7/10/23":

Based on a trauma-focused intervention protocol developed in 2011 for soldiers, a group couples intervention is being conducted with couples from the Gaza Envelope who survived the attack on 7/10 while at home. Under this intervention, measures of post-trauma symptoms, couple relationship quality, and functioning are assessed before the intervention, after it, and during follow-up sessions.

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