Contemporary research in the field of trauma and loss has shifted from an exclusive focus on pathology toward a broad understanding of resilience, adaptation, and psychological growth. Research findings indicate that while exposure to trauma and loss creates significant vulnerability, it can also lead to "Post-Traumatic Growth" (PTG)—a process in which new insights, mental resilience, and a deeper perspective on life emerge from the crisis, provided there is adequate emotional processing within a supportive environment.
Our clinic conducts diverse studies on the processes of trauma, grief, and loss. These are closely integrated with clinical practice, which has intensified and deepened following the events of October 7th. Recently, a unique collaboration was launched between the clinic's research and the new Center for Multidisciplinary Trauma Research in the shadow of the war, led by Prof. Danny Horesh. Leading the field alongside him are Dr. Gali Hellinger, Dr. Tamar Silberg, Prof. Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon, Prof. Rivka Tuval-Mashiach, Prof. Yogev Kivity, and formerly Prof. (Emeritus) Tuvia Peri.
Publications
Azoulay, R., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2022). Social construction and evolutionary perspectives on gender differences in post-traumatic distress: The case of status loss events. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, Article 858304. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.858304
de Haan, A., Meiser-Stedman, R., Landolt, M. A., Kuhn, I., Black, M. J., Klaus, K., Patel, S. D., Fisher, D. J., Haag, C., Ukoumunne, O. C., Jones, B. G., Flaiyah, A. M., Catani, C., Dawson, K., Bryant, R. A., de Roos, C., Ertl, V., Foa, E. B., Ford, J. D., Gilboa-Schechtman, E., ... & Dalgleish, T. (2024). Efficacy and moderators of efficacy of cognitive behavioural therapies with a trauma focus in children and adolescents: An individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised trials. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 8(1), 13–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00253-5
Elinger, G., Hasson-Ohayon, I., Barkalifa, E., Boelen, P. A., & Peri, T. (2021). Narrative reconstruction therapy for prolonged grief disorder: A pilot study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 12(1), Article 1896126. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1896126
Elinger, G., Hasson-Ohayon, I., Bar-Shachar, Y., & Peri, T. (2023). Narrative reconstruction therapy for prolonged grief disorder: Basic interventions and mechanisms of change. Death Studies, 47(10), 1082–1093. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2022.2164633
Elinger, G., Hasson-Ohayon, I., Bar-Shachar, Y., & Peri, T. (2023). A quasi-experimental trial of narrative reconstruction for prolonged grief disorder: Symptomatic improvement and enhanced memory integration. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 79(12), 2849–2868. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23583
Gofman, M., Kivity, Y., Bar-Kalifa, E., Vidan, Z., Hasson-Ohayon, I., Tuval-Mashiach, R., & Peri, T. (2021). Narrative reconstruction as an intervention for posttraumatic stress disorder: A pilot delayed intervention quasi-randomized controlled trial. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34(1), 92–103. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22537
Hasson-Ohayon, I., Peri, T., Rotschild, I., & Tuval-Mashiach, R. (2017). The mediating role of integration of loss in the relationship between dissociation and prolonged grief disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 73(12), 1717–1728. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22479
Keshet, H., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2019). The focality of sexual trauma and its effects on women's symptoms and self-perceptions. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 43(4), 451–466. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684319861100
Keshet, H., Foa, E. B., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2019). Women's self-perceptions in the aftermath of trauma: The role of trauma-centrality and trauma-type. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 11(5), 542–550. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0000393
Peri, T., Elinger, G., & Hasson-Ohayon, I. (2019, June). Narrative reconstruction for prolonged grief disorder: A pilot study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 10(Suppl. 2), 4.
Peri, T., & Gofman, M. (2014). Narrative reconstruction: An integrative intervention module for intrusive symptoms in PTSD patients. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 6(2), 176–183. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031965
Peri, T., Gofman, M., Tal, S., & Tuval-Mashiach, R. (2015). Embodied simulation in exposure-based therapies for posttraumatic stress disorder: A possible integration of cognitive behavioral theories, neuroscience, and psychoanalysis. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 6(1), Article 29301. https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v6.29301
Peri, T., Hasson-Ohayon, I., Garber, S., Tuval-Mashiach, R., & Boelen, P. A. (2016). Narrative reconstruction therapy for prolonged grief disorder: Rationale and case study. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 7, Article 30687. https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v7.30687