Lab Alumni
M.A students
Yonatan Arnon
M.A student
I am an MA student in the Clinical Psychology Program at Bar Ilan University. I have a MSc degree in Psychoanalytic Studies from UCL in London. I am interested in unconscious mental processes that happen within and between people. My thesis will focus on psychotherapy outcomes for people suffering from eating disorders and comorbid personality disorders.
Nili Neuthal
M.A student
I am an M.A student in the Clinical Psychology Program at Bar Ilan University. I hold B.A in Psychology and Sociology from Tel Aviv university. I find interest in Object Relation Theories and the relationship between internal images, interpersonal relationships and mentalizing vacillations in patients with borderline personality disorder.
Meitar Keinan
M.A student
I completed my B.A. in Psychology and Amirim (Interdisciplinary Honors Program in Humanities) at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and am now an M.A. student in the Clinical Psychology Program at Bar Ilan University.
I am interested in interpersonal emotion regulation, processes within psychodynamic therapy and translation of psychoanalytic ideas and terms into therapy methods.
Kai Damti
M.A student
I’m an M.A. student in the Clinical Psychology Program at Bar-Ilan University. I hold a B.A. in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which lead me to collaborate with startups in the fields of neuroscience and data science. My Thesis includes integrating ML algorithms onto clinical texts in order to analyze and predict mentalization phases.
Shira Menahem
M.A student
I am an M.A student in the child clinical psychology program at Bar-Ilan University. I hold a B.A in Psychobiology from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I find interest in Object Relations Theories and especially Borderline Personality Organization (BPO). In my thesis, I examine aspects of BPO as they occur during psychotherapy such as splitting in object-relation dyads. I also take part in research on mentalizing capacities in individuals with and without Borderline Personality Disorder.
Adi Zahavi
M.A Student
I am an MA student in the Clinical Psychology Program at Bar Ilan University.
I find interest in the treatment of patients who struggle with addiction and comorbid conditions.
As part of my work in the lab, I am leading a pilot study that aims to examine the integration of structured contemporary psychodynamic psychotherapy in the treatment of patients who struggle with comorbid conditions. In my thesis I examine the effects of specialized treatment on treatment process and outcomes.
Hadassah Dahari
M.A Student
I am an M.A student in the Clinical Psychology Program at Bar Ilan University. I hold a B.A in Psychology and Sociology from Bar Ilan University. I am interested in treatment efficacy and psychotherapy outcomes for people suffering from various disorders and comorbid personality disorders.
Yagel Sagi
Research assistant
I hold a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from The Open University in Ra'anana.
I came to the lab after a variety of interesting experiences at a psychiatric hospital, where I first met patients suffering from comorbidity of Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Abuse Disorder.
In the future I hope to continue to a Master's degree in clinical psychology and to become a therapist.