People:
Dr. Shimrit Daches, Head of Lab
Why do some people find it difficult to regulate their negative mood? My research suggests that there are important behavioral, cognitive, and physiological processes that underlie maladaptive emotion regulation related to risk for depression. We are interested in further exploring the relationship between these underlying processes. We are currently also working on the development of interventions for individuals at risk for depression that aim at changing key underlying processes. My previous work also raise important questions in relation to how emotion regulation changes over distinct developmental periods and what are the cognitive and physiological changes that assist this change. We are interested in processes by which biological and cognitive correlates of emotion regulation are formed, taking into consideration the contexts in which these phenomena are rooted.
Noa Tsuck-Ram - Lab Manager
Noa is a B.A student in the psychology and education departments at Bar Ilan University.
She will be our lab manager this year.
Doctoral Students:
Or Cohen
Or received her B.A. in Psychology and her M.A in Clinical Child Psychology, from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC). She is currently a PhD student at Bar-Ilan University. Or is interested in life threatening behaviors and suicide prevention. In her work, she seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of short-term suicide prevention program for the prevention of suicide behavior among youth.
Shahaf Bitan
Shahaf received his BA in Psychology and Sociology from Tel-Aviv University, and his Master's in Clinical-Rehabilitation Psychology from Bar-Ilan University, where he is currently a PhD student. Shahaf is interested in the experience of adult cancer survivors, who despite the social expectation to return to full function with recovery, are still experiencing emotional distress that makes it difficult for them to do so. His research focuses on psychological resilience while coping with fear of cancer recurrence after recovery.
Shachar Rozalis
Shachar received her B.A in Psychology and Education, and her M.A in Clinical Psychology from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). She is currently a PhD student at Bar-Ilan University. Shachar is interested in positive emotional regulation, in relation to depressive symptoms. In her work, she investigates the mechanism and strategy of positive emotional processing that may be associated with the maintenance of depressive symptoms
M.A students:
Barak Dakar
Barak received his B.A in Psychology and Film from Tel-Aviv University. He is currently a M.A student in the Clinical Psychology program of Bar Ilan University.
Asaf Raphael Shimoni
Asaf received his B.A. in Psychology from Bar-Ilan University, and has a B.Ed. and Teaching Certificate from Orot Israel College. He is currently a Master's student in the Clinical Psychology Program at Bar-Ilan University. His research focuses on the effect of emotional awareness and self-monitoring on well-being.
Elisa Milwer
Elisa received her B.A. in Psychology and International Relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is currently a Master’s student in the Clinical Psychology Program at Bar Ilan University.
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Adi Moka
Adi is a B.A student in the psychology department at Bar Ilan University. This will be her second year working in our laboratory. Has a B.A in nursing from Tel-Aviv University. Also has a license to practice nursing in Israel.
Research Assistants:
Noa Meroz
Noa is a BA student at the psychology and educational department at Bar Ilan university. She aspires to continue to a masters degree in clinical psychology and Practice Psychotherapy focusing on psychodrama.
Rotem Bassan
Rotem is a BA student at the psychology and educational department at Bar Ilan university. She aspires to continue to a master’s degree in clinical psychology and focus on the inner world of children and adolescence.
Noam Goldis
Noam is a B.A. student at the Psychology Department of Bar Ilan university. She aspires to continue to a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, and specializing in adolescents and adults.