Prof. Rachel Dekel

Telephone
Email
rachel.dekel@biu.ac.il
Fields of Interest

Trauma; Post Trauma; Domestic Violence

    CV

    Education

    1999

    Ph.D.

    Tel-Aviv University, School of Social Work

    1993

    M.A.

    Hebrew University, School of Social Work (Graduated Cum Laude)

    1990

    B.A.

    Hebrew University, School of Social Work (Graduated Cum Laude)

     

    Research Grants

    2016-2018

    The Israeli Ministry of Welfare (Co-PI with Dr. Ben-Porat, A.):

    The role of complex PTSD and it’s contribution to family violence

    2016-2018

    The Israeli ministry of defense: the families wing (Co-PI with Nuttman-Shwartz, O.):

    The re-instatement of government benefits to widows of military veterans: characterizations and implications

    2016

    European Association of School of Social Work (EASSW)  (Co-PI with Nuttman-Shwartz, O. college and 4 partners from School of Social Work in Europe): 

    Challenges for the social work profession at a time of a global migration crisis: Is a new social work curriculum needed?

    2015

    WIZO (Co-PI with Dr. Ben-Porat):

    The experience of men who turn for assistance to Violence Prevention Centers in Israel

    2013

    Israel Science Foundation: Research workshop grant:

    Trauma and the family: a life span perspective

    2012

    I- CORE: Israeli Centers of Research Excellence: 

    Mass Trauma

    2012

    The Israeli Ministry of Defense, The Rehabilitation Wing:

    Implementation of the evaluation report on the unique needs of IDF disabled women 

    2011

    The Rehabilitation Wing, The Israeli Ministry of Defense:

    Evaluating the unique needs of women with disabilities.

    2011

    The Israeli Ministry of Social Affairs. With Dr. Ben-Porat and Prof. Itzhaky, Bar Ilan University.

    Research Project: Ministry of Social Affairs - a  longitudinal study on battered women in shelters.

    2011

    University of Minnesota - Co PI with Prof. Abi Gewirtz.

    Research Project: The role of parents in Israeli families exposed to political violence.

    2011

    Israel Science Foundation - Principal Investigator.

    Research Project: Couples' adaptation following the Second Lebanon War.  

    2010

    The Israel Ministry of Immigrant Absorption. With Dr Ben-Porat and Prof Itzhaki, Bar Ilan University.

    Research Project: A follow-up research on new-immigrant battered women staying in shelters.

    2010

    The Israeli Ministry of Health. With Prof. Soskolne, Bar Ilan University.

    Research Project: The consequences of chronic exposure to security threats on glycemic control in patients with diabetes mellitus.

    2006

    Meir General Hospital.

    Research Project:  Follow-up of Lebanon War 2 victims.

    2004

    Meir General Hospital.

    Research Project:  Follow-up of terrorist victims.

    2004

    The Rachel and J. L. Gewurz Center for Gender Research, the Program in Gender Studies, Bar-Ilan University.

    Research Project: Motherhood in terror.

    2003

    Israel Science Foundation - Co-Principal Investigator with Prof. Solomon, Tel-Aviv University.

    Research project: Psychological aftermath of being a prisoner of war: A Longitudinal Study of the Yom-Kippur War.

    2003

    Rehabilitation Wing, Israel Ministry of Defense - Principal investigator in collaboration with Prof. Solomon and Prof Bleich.

    Research project: Evaluation of mental disability among veterans with PTSD.

    2001

    Internal grant by the Committee for the Promotion of Research, Bar Ilan University.

    Research project: Psychological aftermath of being a prisoner of war: A Longitudinal Study of the Yom-Kippur War.

     

    Additional Information

    2012-2016: Head of  the School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University.

    2012-present: Member of Information Committee: Social Work Council of Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services

    2010-2012: Deputy Director and Chair of Bachelor's Degree Program, the School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan Universuty.

    2011: Member of Disciplinary Committee (Bar-Ilan University).

    2009-present: Member of the Committee for Advanced Graduate Students (The Faculty of Social Sciences).

    2004-present: Editorial board: Anxiety, Stress, & Coping.

    2004-present: Reviewer of Journals.

    2009-present: Reviewer of abstracts for International conferences:

    The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies- Program Deputy, Atlanta.

    13TH ESTSS Conference (European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies), Bologna.    

    2009: The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies- Program Deputy, Atlanta.

    2004-present: Reviewer of research proposal: Israel Academy of Science and Humanities (ISF); Bi-national Foundation of Science (BSF); The Haruv Institute` Health & Medical Research Fund - The Government of Hong Kong, SAR

    2004: Guest editor, Society and Welfare: Special issue: The impact of ongoing terror on the Israeli society (Hebrew).

     

    Organization of Scientific Conferences

    2004: "Conservation of Resources Theory: Stress and Trauma” Guest Lecturer: Prof. Steven Hobfoll, University of Kent, in collaboration with the Department of Psychology

    2009: Program Deputy: The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Atlanta, U.S.A.

    2012: Scientific Committee: From Helplessness to Active Coping Tel- Hai College

    2014: Organization of Research Workshop: ISF International Conference on Trauma and the Family: A Life Span Perspective          

     

    Voluntary activities

    Information Committee, Social Work Council, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services - operates within the Social Workers' Act - 1991. The Committee is authorized to rule on issues related to providing information by Social Workers.

    2016 – On the Board of Directors of The Rackman Center, which works towards the advancement of the status of women, Bar-Ilan University

     

    Publications

    www.racheldekel.com/publications.html

     

    Papers Presented at Scientific Conferences

    Year

    Subject of Conference

    Place

    Subject of Presentation

    1996

     

    Second World Conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

    Jerusalem, Israel

    Posttraumatic residuals of captivity: A follow up of Israeli ex-POWs

    2000

     

    PYRGOS International Conference on Violence in the Family

    Nicosia, Cyprus

    The complex relationship between the private mother and the general mother in shelters for battered women

    2000

     

    Personality and Trauma

    Warsaw, Poland

    Coping with war captivity

    2000

     

    The X Annual Conference of the Israel Psychiatric Association

    Jerusalem, Israel

    The role of social disability in assessing psychological disability among PTSD veterans

    2001

     

    Evaluating Shelters for Run-Away Youth

    Tel-Aviv, Israel

    Evaluation of shelters for homeless youths: Do they meet the youths' needs

    2001

     

    Conference of Social Workers in Mental Health Services

    Maaela Hamischa, Israel

     

    The ongoing trauma of the battered women

    2002

     

    The X Annual Conference of Gender and Women's Studies

    Tel-Aviv, Israel

    From front line to home front

    2003

     

    Social Workers in General Hospitals

    Jerusalem, Israel

    Longitudinal follow up of terror victims

     

    2003

     

    The 8th European Congress of Psychology

    Vienna, Austria

    The role of personality resources in coping with captivity

    2004

     

    25th International Conference of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society

    Amsterdam, Holland

    Does acute stress disorder predict PTSD: Longitudinal results from a follow-up study of victims of a terror attack

    2004

     

    The international society for traumatic stress studies

    New Orleans, U.S.A.

    Secondary traumatization among spouses of ex-POWs

    2005

     

    Adler research center for child welfare and protection

    Tel-Aviv, Israel

    Secondary traumatization among children of veterans with PTSD

    2006

     

    The IXth European Congress of Psychology

    Athens, Greece

    PTSD and Post Traumatic Growth Following Qassam Attacks: Correlations and contributing factors among development town and kibbutz residents

    2008

     

    School of Social Work, Boston University 

    Boston, USA

    The consequences of captivity on veterans and their spouses: Lessons learned from the Israeli experience

    2008

     

    VA National Center for PTSD, Women’s Health Sciences Division 

    Boston, USA

    Trapped in captivity: Secondary traumatization and growth among wives of former prisoners of war

    2008

     

    School of Education, Harvard University 

    Boston, USA

    Children in the face of terror

    2008

    The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

     

    Chicago, USA

    The contribution of ways of coping and sense of belonging in times of ongoing terror

     

    2008

    The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

     

    Chicago, USA

    The adjustment of Israeli young adolescents following the Second Lebanon War

     

    2009

    Ashkelon Academic College

    Ashkelon, Israel

    Secondary traumatization among workers who intervene with offenders

    2009

    Sapir Academic College, Israel Trauma Coalition for Response and Preparedness 

    Sderot, Israel

    Traumatizing Shared Reality, the case of the South of Israel

    2009

    The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

    Atlanta, U.S.A

    Trapped in captivity

     

    2010

    Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University 

    Indianapolis,

    U.S.A.

    Veterans with PTSD and their spouses: chanisms of transmission of distress

     

    2010

    Ashkelon Academic College

    Ashkelon, Israel

     

    The consequences of veterans post-traumatic distress on their spouses

    2011

    Society for Social Work and Research

    Florida, U.S.A.

    Secondary Traumatization among adult offspring of male veterans with PTSD: The role of the mother-child relationship

    2011

    The 5th Scientific Conference in remembrance of Prof` Victor Florian 

    Ramat-Gan,

    Israel

    Together and alone: Marital relationship in the shade of PTSD

     

    2011

    25th European Health Psychology Conference   

    Crete

    The contribution of marital satisfaction to depressive     symptoms following acute coronary syndrome: Testing dyadic dynamics in a longitudinal design

    2011

    The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

    Baltimore, U.S.A.        

    Multiple losses of social resources following collective trauma: The case of the forced relocation from Gush Katif 

    2011

    Public Health School Columbia University

    NYC, U.S.A.                   

    Together and alone: The effects of PTSD on marital relations

    2012

    Trauma through the Life cycle

    Hebrew                      University, Jerusalem

    Israel  

    The effects of PTSD: Dyadic perspective

    2012

    Therapists at the Front: Symposium for Youth Law Officials          

    Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    Developmental trauma in children suffering from violence within the family

    2012

    The First Annual International Women & War Conference: Building an Interdisciplinary Dialogue 

    Hydra, Greece

    The effects of combat related PTSD on female spouses: Lessons learned from the Israeli experience

    2013

    13th ESTSS Conference Trauma and its Clinical Pathways: PTSD and Beyond

    Bologna, Italy

    Ambiguous loss PTSD and marital relations

    2014

    International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference

     New Hampshire

    Posttraumatic symptoms in battered women who seek help in shelters

    2015

    I-CORE Winter School Workshops

    Tel-Aviv

    Secondary Traumatization:
    Conceptual and methodological challenges

    2015

    ESTSS

    Vilnius, Lithuania

    The double-sided role of empathy in the emergence of Secondary Traumatization

     

    2015

    European Conference Domestic Violence (ECDV)

    Ireland

    Using an ecological model to predict PTSD and well-being among women entering shelters

    2016

    University of Haifa

    Haifa

    You, me, and war: Couples and post trauma

    2016

    Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    Shame, guilt and PTSD in the marital dyad

    2016

    ISTSS: Listening to Trauma: Insights & Actions

    Washington, USA

    Shame and guilt in the dyadic context

    2016 

    ISTSS

    Dallas, USA

    The Interpersonal paradox of trauma: Principles and practice of treating trauma in couple and family systems

    2016

    Psychology Department, University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    The effects of PTSD on families: 
    Conceptual and Methodological challenges

    2017

    Psychology Department, University of British Columbia 

    Vancouver, Canada

    Traumatic events and their multiple effects

    Courses

    7678401 - Crisis and Trauma: Coping and Recovery (Seminar)

    7678501 - Crisis and Trauma: Coping and Recovery (Practicum)

    76996201 - Seminar for Doctoral Students A

    76996301 - Seminar for Doctoral Students B

    Research

    1. Coping and adjustment following traumatic events

    2. Secondary traumatization: The implications of traumatic events on the family system and on the therapists

    3. Domestic violence

    4. Gender and disability

     

     

     

     

    Last Updated Date : 27/09/2023