Intervention in a Shared Traumatic Reality: A New Challenge for Social Workers

Abstract

Rachel Dekel is an Associate Professor at the Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. She is particularly interested in the study of individuals who have experienced secondary exposure to traumatic events. Her research has examined spouses of former veterans and prisoners of war, children of fathers with PTSD and therapists who have treated victims of terrorism. In addition, Prof. Dekel is interested in exploring the consequences of direct exposure to traumatic events. Nehami Baum, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer of the School of Social-Work at Bar Ilan University. She is a social worker with experience in both public and private practice. Her main areas of interest are: men’s way of mourning and non-death related losses, and situations that mental health professionals confront in their practice. More specifically, in the last few years she has been studying professionals’ private experiences (e.g., pregnancy) and environmental conditions (e.g., terror, war and political conflict) on their professional functioning.