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Lab Members

Principal Investigator

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Prof. Yogev Kivity

Principal Investigator

Prof. Kivity is a Clinical Psychologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Bar Ilan University. Prof. Kivity directs the Dynamic Processes of Psychopathology and Psychotherapy Laboratory.

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Leeav Sheena

PhD Student

Completed her B.A. in Psychology and Education at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and her M.A. in Clinical Children’s Psychology at Bar-Ilan University.

Leeav is interested in researching and developing possible short-term interventions to enhance mentalization abilities for patients with borderline personality disorder.

Currently, Leeav coordinates the psychology Department's community clinic at Bar-Ilan University.

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Rotem Moshe‏

PhD Student

Rotem completed her B.A. in Psychology and Criminology at Bar-Ilan University and her M.A. in Clinical Psychology at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Rotem is interested in associations among mental state vacillations, mentalizing and emotion regulation in patients with borderline personality disorder.

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Shir Basson

PhD Student

Shir completed her B.A. in Psychology and Education at Ben- Gurion University of the Negev and her M.A. in Child Clinical Psychology at Haifa University of Jerusalem.

Shir is interested in the role of comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in impairments in mentalizing among individuals with borderline personality disorder. 

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Noa Steinberg

PhD Student

I am currently a PhD student in the Psychology Department at Bar-Ilan University.

As part of my PhD, I am involved in research that aims to explore mindfulness and mentalizing processes in the daily lives of individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) using momentary assessments. This research examines the relationship between mindfulness and mentalizing and their contribution to BPD symptoms. Additionally, I am interested in mindfulness-based interventions and how they can enhance mentalizing abilities.

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Tom Livni

PhD Student

Tom completed his B.A. in Psychology and Hebrew at Ben Gurion University of the Negev and M.A. in Clinical Psychology at the Hebrew University. Tom is interested in the role of psychological distance and construal level in the mentalizing process and its association with psychopathology.

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Rosie Greenbaum

M.A student

I am a second-year graduate student in the clinical psychology program at Bar Ilan University. I studied my B.A in psychology at Bar Ilan as well. My research in the lab focuses on borderline personality disorder and trauma. 

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Itamar Duek

M.A student

I am an M.A student in the Clinical Psychology Program at Bar Ilan University. I completed my B.A  in Psychology and Philosophy at Tel Aviv University. I'm interested in the relations between borderline personality disorder (BPD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as well as in new and innovative ways to treat BPD patients. 

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Ruth Booton

M.A student

I completed my B.A at Bar-Illan University and currently I am a first-year graduate student in clinical psychology at Colman College.
In the laboratory, I am taking part in the daily mentalizing study, which aims to understand the mentalization processes in the lives of individuals with BPD, by using momentary assessment.

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Shirel Lion

B.A student

I am a second-year undergraduate student in the Psychology and Criminology Departments at Bar Ilan University. In the future, I would like to pursue a graduate degree in clinical psychology.

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Hadar Weill

B.A student

I am a second-year undergraduate student in the psychology and special education departments at Bar Ilan University. In the future, I would like to pursue getting a Master's degree in psychology.

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Tzipiya Fraiman

B.A student

I am a second- year undergraduate student in psychology and special education at Bar- Ilan university. In the future I would like to pursue a graduate in clinical or educational psychology. 

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Yarden Peleg

B.A student

I am a second-year undergraduate student in psychology and sociology- anthropology departments at Bar Ilan University. In the future, I hope to pursue a degree in clinical psychology.

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Yael Frainovich

B.A student

I’m a second-year undergraduate psychology student at Bar Ilan University.
I would like to pursue a graduate degree in adult clinical psychology.

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Reut Matot 

B.A student

I’m a second year undergraduate student at Bar Ilan University.

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Tirtza Montrose

B.A student

 I am a second-year BA student in psychology at Bar-Ilan University, focusing on a single major. In the future, I would like to pursue a master's in clinical psychology. 

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Yishai Kandler

B.A student

I am a second-year undergraduate student in psychology and economics at Bar- Ilan university.

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Nitzan Gonen

B.A student

I am a third year psychology-biology student at Bar Ilan.

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Ariel Bar 

B.A student

I'm a third year psychology student at Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo

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Ori Burstein

B.A student

I completed my B.A. in Psychology and Criminology at Bar-Ilan University. 
I am currently working with children with special needs. 
In the future, I would like to pursue a graduate degree in clinical psychology.

M.A students

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