Eli (Eliezer) Somer (; born 1951) is an Israeli

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of Clinical Psychology at the

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, School of Social Work. He is the former President of both the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ESTD, 2009-2011) and the

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(ISSTD, 2005-2006), and serves as scientific advisor in Trauma and Dissociation Israel.

Biography

Personal life

Somer was born in

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, a son of

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Academic and professional life

Somer received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The

(1976, 1980). He received his

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at the

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in 1984. Somer’s

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under the supervision of Carolyn M. Tucker was on "

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Marital Adjustment and Patient Life Engagement as Factors in

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Compliance of Chronic

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Patients." Between 1987 and 2007 he was a Clinical Director of Maytal - Israel Institute for Treatment and Study of Stress. Somer's service at the University of Haifa began in 1987, when he joined the R.D. Wolfe Centre for the Study of Stress. He has been a faculty member of the University of Haifa School of Social Work since 1992.Eli Somer CV
Haifa University Somer is a

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certified supervisor in both

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and

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. Currently, he is a clinical professor of psychology at the University of Haifa School of Social Work. He is also a Clinical Director at Somer Counseling and Psychotherapy, and serves as scientific advisor in Trauma and Dissociation Israel. Eli Somer has conducted research on maladaptive daydreaming, and is credited with coining the term.

Honors and awards

* 2000 Cornelia Wilbur award by International Society for the Study of DissociationAnnual Awards
, ISSTD * Fellow, International Society for the Study of DissociationISSTD Fellows
, ISSTD * 2014 Lifetime achievement award by International Society for the Study of Dissociation

Publications

Books

* Somer, E. (1999)
Dual Relationships: Seduction and sexual exploitation in counseling and psychotherapy
Tel Aviv: Papyrus - Tel Aviv University Publishing House (in Hebrew), 279 pages. * Somer, E. & Bleich, A. (Eds.) (2005)
Mental Health In Terror's Shadow: The Israeli Experience
. Tel Aviv: Ramot - Tel Aviv University (in Hebrew), 588 pages.

Articles

Some of Somer's more notable publications: * Somer, Eli, and Anat Braunstein. "Are children exposed to interparental violence being psychologically maltreated?." Aggression and Violent Behavior 4.4 (1999): 449-456. * Somer, Eli, and Meir Saadon. "Therapist-client sex: Clients' retrospective reports." Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 30.5 (1999): 504. * Somer, Eli, and Meir Saadon. "Stambali: Dissociative possession and trance in a Tunisian healing dance." Transcultural Psychiatry 37.4 (2000): 580-600. * Somer, Eli, and Sharona Szwarcberg. "Variables in delayed disclosure of childhood sexual abuse." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 71.3 (2001): 332. * Somer, Eli, Michael Dolgin, and Meir Saadon. "Validation of the Hebrew version of the Dissociative Experiences Scale (H-DES) in Israel." Journal of Trauma & Dissociation 2.2 (2001): 53-65. * Somer, Eli, et al. "The stress and coping of Israeli emergency room social workers following terrorist attacks." Qualitative Health Research 14.8 (2004): 1077-1093. * Somer, Eli, et al. "Terrorism, distress and coping: High versus low impact regions and direct versus indirect civilian exposure." Anxiety, Stress, and Coping 18.3 (2005): 165-182. * Somer, Eli, et al. "Brief cognitive-behavioral phone-based intervention targeting anxiety about the threat of attack: A pilot study." Behaviour Research and Therapy 43.5 (2005): 669-679.

References

External links

* ttp://www.estd.org The European Society for Trauma and Dissociation
Personal website

Dr. Carolyn M. Tucker

Prof. Erika Fromm

Trauma and Dissociation Israel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Somer, Eli Living people Israeli Jews Israeli psychologists Clinical psychologists Academic staff of the University of Haifa University of Haifa alumni 1951 births