The Assumptive Worlds of Psychopathy VIII: Embracing Shame and Guilt—Unraveling the Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness
In this essay we address both historical and modern perspectives of mental illness and how societies reject abnormal behavio…
The Assumptive Worlds of Psychopathy IX: The World of Aspirations
We have been living for many years in what has been termed the “age of anxiety”. This phrase has been employed by poets (Aud…
Revisiting COVID-19 Policy: A Psychological Perspective on Consideration and Compassion
Early in 2020, I published an essay concerning policies that were being or could be enacted in response to the emerging COVI…
Psychological Perspectives on Israel during the COVID Pandemic: Table of Contents
“Loneliness is More Dangerous to us than the Corona” Table of Contents Issue Three: Psychological Perspectives …
Hope in Covid Times in Israel
“Squills Bloom in Dry Soil” (Ilan Sharif) Abstract This work was conducted as a phenomenological study to summar…
Group Therapy, Individual Therapy and Supervision Group in “Corona-Days”
The interview focuses on fundamental differences between group therapy, individual therapy and supervision group during coro…
Animal Assisted Therapy and The Bowlby Center for Animal Assisted Therapy
Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) is a psychotherapeutic method aimed at improving aspects of personalities or delayed developme…
Opportunities, Challenges and Benefits of Group Interventions in Schools During COVID-19 Social Distancing
A Training Program and Its Outcomes and Recommendations The author recommends listening to “Wind of Change” by the Scorpions…
COVID-19 Crisis in Therapy
The following essay was written in Hebrew by Dr. Gil Erlich who operates a private clinic in Israel. Dr. Erlich works with p…
Squalls Bloom in Dry Soil
Following is an interview conducted in Hebrew by Dr. Varda Silberberg with Ilan Sharif, PsyD, MSW. who is Director of the Se…