Academic
Higher Education
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2017 - 2021
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (Direct Track)
Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Israel
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2017 - 2020
M.A. in Clinical Neuro-psychology (Cum laude)
Department of Psychology, University of Haifa, Israel
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2013 - 2017​
B.A. in Psychology (Summa cum laude)
Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel, Israel
Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education
2024 - Present
Senior Faculty Member; Lecturer
Department of Clinical Psychology of Adulthood and Aging | Ruppin Academic Center
2022 - Present
Senior Faculty Member; Lecturer
Departments of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences | Kinneret Academic College, Israel
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2022 - Present
Principal Research Associate (Amit Mechkar)
School of Psychological Sciences | University of Haifa, Israel
Membership in Professional & Scientific Societies
2023 - Present | Member of the Israel Psychological Association
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2023 - Present | Member of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC)
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2023 - Present | Licensed Psychologist (No. 27-161560), Ministry of Health, Israel
Participation in Scholarly Conferences
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National Conferences
2024
Oral Presentation at the biennial conference of the Israel Gerontological Society I The International Convention Center (Binyanei Hauma), Jerusalem.
"Psychotherapy in the days after the “End of Days”: Adaptations for an integrative and short-term intervention for traumatic bereavement among older adults after the events of October 7"
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2023
Oral Presentation at the Annual Conference of METIV – The Israel Psycho-trauma Center | Herzog Hospital, Jerusalem.
“Ambiguous Loss and Traumatic Grief”
2023
RAMBAM Health Care Campus Annual Research Day | RAMBAM Health Care Campus, Haifa.
“Applying the Two-Track Model of Dementia Grief for Spouses of People Living with Cognitive Impairment”
2022
Oral Presentation at the biennial conference of the Israel Gerontological Society | David Inter-Continental, Tel Aviv.
“Silent Widowhood”
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2022
Invited plenary Lecture at the Annual Conference of the Israeli Geriatric Association | Expo (Merkaz Hayeridim), Tel Aviv.
“Spousal Dementia Grief”
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National Seminars
2022
Invited seminar at the Internal-Geriatric Department | Sourasky Medical Center, “Ichilov”.
“Till Death (Won’t) Do Us Part”
2022
Invited seminar at the Central European Immigrants Organization | Haifa,
“Attachment, Loss and Dementia”
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2021
Invited seminar at the Scientific Committee of the Alzheimer's Association of Israel - “EMDA” | Israel.
“Mourning over the Living”
International Conferences
2021
Oral Presentation at the Fourth International Conference on "Loss, Bereavement and Human Resilience" / Online Conference, Israel.
“Until Burial and Beyond: Grief in the Shadow of a Cognitive Decline”
2019
Oral Presentation at the Third International Conference on "Loss, Bereavement and Human Resilience in Israeli Society and the World: Facts, Insights and Implications" | Eilat, Israel.
“Loss and Bereavement among Dementia Caregivers”
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International Seminars
2022
Invited half-day seminar for mental health professionals assisting refugees from Ukraine | Krakow, Poland.
“Trauma, Post-Trauma and Post-Traumatic Growth”
2022
Invited seminar for the International Association of Psychologists for Grief and Severe Loss | Ukraine (ZOOM)
“Loss, Trauma and Traumatic Loss in Wartime”
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Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the Institution
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Journal Article Reviews
2018 - Present
“Death Studies - Counseling, Research, Education, Care and Ethics”; “OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying”, and “Mortality - Promoting the interdisciplinary study of death and dying” Journals
Scholarships, Awards and Prizes
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2022-2023
Award of excellence for academic achievements, Kinneret Academic College
2021 - 2022
Post-doctoral funding; The International Laboratory for the Study of Loss, Bereavement and Human Resilience, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Haifa
2020
School of Psychological Sciences Dr. Dafna Eviatar award for outstanding thesis on the topic of loss and bereavement, University of Haifa
2019
Outstanding M.A. student scholarship in the field of psychology, University of Haifa
2019 - 2021
Grant awards for publishing scientific articles, University of Haifa
2017 - 2021
Full tuition scholarships and research grants, University of Haifa
2016
President’s Excellence Scholarship and Outstanding student scholarship in the field of psychology; In memoriam of Uri Marom, granted by Prof. Ruth Beyth-Marom and the Open University of Israel
2015
President's Excellence Scholarship, the Open University of Israel
2014
Dean’s Excellence, The Open University of Israel
Teaching
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Courses Taught in Recent Years
2024 - Present
Clinical Interview and Observation
Lecture; Department of Clinical Psychology of Adulthood and Aging, Ruppin Academic Center
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2024 - Present
Practicum Supervision
Workshop; Department of Clinical Psychology of Adulthood and Aging, Ruppin Academic Center
2024 - Present
Clinical Gero-psychology Theories
Lecture; Department of Clinical Psychology of Adulthood and Aging, Ruppin Academic Center
2024 - Present
M.A. Thesis Supervision
Workshop; Department of Clinical Psychology of Adulthood and Aging, Ruppin Academic Center
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2024 - Present
Psychodynamic Theories
Lecture; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Kinneret Academic College | B.A.
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2024 - Present
Clinical Gero-psychology
Lecture; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Kinneret Academic College | B.A.
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2024 - Present
Loss, Bereavement, and Human Resilience
Lecture/workshop; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Kinneret Academic College | B.A.
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2024 - Present
Non-Death Losses
Lecture/workshop; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Kinneret Academic College | B.A.
2023 - 2024
Psychodynamic Theories
Lecture; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Kinneret Academic College | B.A.
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2023 - 2024
Introduction to Psychology
Lecture; Department of Psychology, Kinneret Academic College | B.A.
2023 - 2024
Cognitive Psychology
Lecture; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Kinneret Academic College | B.A.
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2023 - 2024
Loss, Bereavement, and Human Resilience
Lecture; Department of Psychology, Kinneret Academic College | B.A.
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2023 - 2024
Non-Death Losses
Lecture/workshop; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Kinneret Academic College | B.A.
2022 - 2023
Cognitive Psychology
Lecture; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Kinneret Academic College | B.A.
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2022 - 2023
Introduction to Psychology
Lecture; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Kinneret Academic College | B.A.
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2022 - 2023
Clinical Gero-psychology
Lecture; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Kinneret Academic College | B.A.
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2022 - 2023
Loss, Bereavement, and Human Resilience
Lecture; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Kinneret Academic College | B.A.
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2022 - 2023
Non-Death Losses
Lecture/workshop; Department of Behavioral Sciences, Kinneret Academic College | B.A.
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2018 - 2019
Personality Theories (Teaching Assistant for Prof. Tomer Shechner)
Research Student Employed in Teaching, Phase II; Department of Psychology, University of Haifa | B.A.
2017 - 2018
Personality Theories (Teaching Assistant for Prof. Tomer Shechner)
Research Student Employed in Teaching, Phase I; Department of Psychology, University of Haifa | B.A.
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Supervision of Graduate Students
2024 - Present
M.A. Thesis Supervision
M.A. in Clinical Psychology of Adulthood and Aging, Ruppin Academic Center | M.A.
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Additional Teaching Experience
2023 - 2024
Research Seminar for Excellence on the topic of: “Trauma, Meaning Reconstruction, and Post-Traumatic Growth after the October 7 events"
Active supervision of undergraduate students in Behavioral Sciences, Kinneret Academic College / B.A.
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2019 - 2022
M.A. Thesis Guidance with Prof. Simon Shimshon Rubin as the formal supervisor
Active supervision of graduate student’s M.A. research substantially based on my Ph.D. work across all phases of the M.A. in Clinical Psychology, University of Haifa / M.A. / 1 Student
2018 - 2021
B.A. Research Supervision in psychology with Prof. Simon Shimshon Rubin as the formal supervisor
Active supervision of undergraduate students in psychology as part of the "Guided Research" psychology course conducted with the International Laboratory for the Study of Loss, Bereavement and Human Resilience, University of Haifa / B.A. / 4 Students
Previous Additional Experience
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2016 - 2017
Research Assistant in the Neurobiology Laboratory of Prof. Tom Schonberg, “Sagol” School of Neuroscience, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
2016 - 2017
Research Assistant in the Neuro-Cognitive Laboratory of Prof. Liad Mudrik, “Sagol” School of Neuroscience, School of Psychological Sciences, Tel Aviv University
2016 - 2017
Research Assistant in the Psycho-Cardiology Laboratory of Prof. Noa Vilchinsky, Bar-Ilan University in collaboration with the Intensive Cardiac Care Unit, “Sheba” Medical Center, Tel Hashomer
2016 - 2017
Participant in the undergraduate “Research Seminar for Excellence” on the topic of: “Language Processing, Mathematical Capacities and Aging”, under the supervision of Prof. Gitit Kave, Dept. of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel
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