Associate Prof. Anat Ben-Porat
Domestic violence; Treatment of trauma-affected populations
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Education
2024 - Graduate of the "Tefenit" program for organizational consulting, Open University
2018 - Summer Visiting Scholar - School of Social Work, University of Sydney, Australia
2018 - Graduate of the Group Psychotherapy Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
2008 - Ph.D. Bar-Ilan University, School of Social Work
2002 - M.A. Bar-Ilan University, School of Social Work
1994 - B.A. Tel-Aviv University, School of Social Work
Awards/ Honors/ Research Grants
2023: Connection Grants, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHR), The Complexities of Men and Abuse in an International Context: An Academic Community Approach PI: Susan Chuang; collaborator
2023: WIZO-The Women’s International Zionist Organization. Follow-up research on women victims of domestic violence in shelters in the community after their participation in "Growing Together" program
2022: WIZO-The Women’s International Zionist Organization. Follow-up research on teenagers after their participation in an intervention for violence prevention
2021: Schusterman Family Philanthropies with collaboration of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services. Turning new page in the community: Follow-up research on women who had been victims of domestic violence in the community
2016: Ministry of Social Affairs - The treatment of men who turn for assistance to Violence Prevention Centers in Israel- learning from success. With Prof. Rachel Dekel, Bar-Ilan University
2015: The therapeutic Riding Center of Israel: The positive and negative consequences of volunteering in the Therapeutic Riding Center for the volunteers
2014: Wizo-The experience of men who turn for assistance to Violence Prevention Centers in Israel. With Prof. Rachel Dekel, Bar-Ilan University
2014: The Israeli Ministry of Social Affairs. With Prof. Itzhaky, Bar-Ilan University. Research Project: Ministry of Social Affairs - follow-up research on battered women staying in shelters and return to the community
2011: The Israeli Ministry of Social Affairs. With Prof. Itzhaky and Prof. Dekel, Bar-Ilan University. Research Project: Ministry of Social Affairs - a longitudinal study on battered women in shelters
2010: The Israel Ministry of Immigrant Absorption. With Prof. Itzhaky, and Prof. Dekel, Bar-Ilan University. Research Project: A follow-up research on new-immigrant battered women staying in shelters
2004: Doctoral fellowship of excellence, Bar-Ilan University
2002: Israel Association of University Women Scholarship
Papers Presented at Scientific Conferences
Ben-Porat, A., Dekel, R., & Gilbar, O. (2024). "What Keeps Men in Treatment: from the Voices of Men". 3rd International Men & Families Conference, International Families Alliance, Toronto, Canada.
Ben-Porat, A. (2022). “Help-seeking among women who are victims of domestic violence: What makes the difference?” International Conference on Peace, Humanitarian Aid and Service (ICPHAS-22), Rome.
Ben-Porat, A., Dekel, R., Gilbar O. (2022). “The Policy of Intimate Partner Violence Service Providers in Israel Regarding Men as Clients.” Men and Families Conference 2022. Toronto, Canada.
Ben-Porat, A., Dekel, R. & Gilbar, O. Service Providers and Their Perceptions of Treatment Policy and Practice of Male Batterers in Israel. 2019 Society for social work and research (SSWR) Annual Conference in San Francisco, CA.
Ben-Porat, A., Dekel, R. & Gilbar, O. (2018, June 26). Male Batterers Treatment- The Movement to Self-Expansion. Symposium for the social workers of the Center for the Treatment and Prevention of Domestic Violence Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
Ben-Porat, A. (2017). "Social workers, Neoliberalism and the cost of compassion", ESPAnet Annual Meeting (Bar-Ilan University, Israel).
Ben- Porat, A., Dekel, R., Itzhaky H. (2016). "Patterns of service utilization among women who are victims of domestic violence: The contribution of ethnicity, characteristics of violence and psychological distress", Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Domestic Abuse and Violence - 13th Global Meeting (Prague).
Gilbar, O. Dekel, R. Ben- Porat, A. (2016). "PTSD and complex PTSD in male- perpetrated intimate partner violence". ISTSS 32nd Annual Meeting (Dallas, U.S.A).
Ben-Porat, A. (2015). "Burnout among trauma social workers: What makes the difference?" International Conference on Changing World and Social Research (Vienna).
Ben-Porat, A. (2015). From field work to research and back: What have we learned from follow-up studies in shelters of women victims of domestic violence in Israel (Bar-Ilan University, Israel). "Back to the beginning point: What we wanted to learn about the characteristics of the women in the shelters and their partners".
Ben-Porat, A. (2014). "The implications of treating family violence for therapists and social lawyers". Symposium for social lawyers on the emotional price of social attorneys in Israel, (Tel-Aviv University, Israel).
Ben-Porat, A. (2014). "The relation between financial dependence and violence against women". Symposium on the economic and employment status of women victims of violence (WOMEN'S SPIRIT and Tel-Aviv University, Israel).
Dekel, R., Ben-Porat, A., & Itzhaky H. (2014). "Posttraumatic symptoms in battered women in shelters". International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference (New Hampshire).
Ben-Porat, A. (2014). "Domestic violence in the Ethiopian community: Evaluation of a culturally sensitive training program”. 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology (Paris).
Ben-Porat, A. (2014). "Domestic violence in the Ethiopian community: Evaluation of a culturally sensitive intervention". The Asian conference on psychology & the behavioral sciences (Iafor) (Osaka, Japan).
Ben-Porat, A. (2013). "Family violence therapists: Burnout, secondary traumatization, vicarious traumatization and growth". International conference of the stress and anxiety research society (STAR)(Faro, Portugal).
Ben-Porat, A. (2012). "Looking for a safe place: the contribution of personal and environmental resources to PTSD among Israeli youth exposed to terror attacks ". Joint World Conference: Social Work Social Development: Action and Impact (Stockholm, Sweden).
Ben-Porat, A. (2012). "Domestic violence - Reality and media". Violence in the dialogue between therapists and members of the media (Bar-Ilan University, Israel).
Ben-Porat, A. (2012) "The implication of treating abused children for the therapist". Therapists at the Front: Symposium for Youth Law Officials (Bar-Ilan University, Israel).
Ben-Porat, A. (2011). "Does the world know something we do not know: Assessment findings of shelters for women victims of domestic violence abroad". From the research field and back: What have we learned about women victims of domestic violence in shelters in Israel (Bar-Ilan University, Israel).
Itzhaky H. & Ben-Porat A. (2009). "Domestic violence Therapists: The Contribution of Training and Supervision to Role Competence, Secondary Traumatization, and Burnout". International Interdisciplinary Clinical Supervision Conference (Buffalo, NY).
Ben-Porat, A. (2008). "Connecting Two Worlds: Training Social Workers to Deal with Domestic Violence in the Ethiopian Community". International Conference: Ethiopian Jewry- Identity, Heritage, History and Society (Bar-Ilan, Israel).
Ben-Porat, A. (2008). "Family violence therapists: Contribution of personal, social and organizational resources to sense of role competence, secondary traumatization and growth". A one day Seminar "Opportunity for Research" (Bar-Ilan University).
Ben-Porat, A. (2007). "Violence Against Women as a Universal Phenomenon". Conference on the Prevention of Violence Against Women in the Ethiopian Community (Bar-Ilan University, Israel).
Ben-Porat, A. (2003). "The Effect of Staying in Shelter on Battered Women's Sense of Empowerment". The Annual Conference of Social Workers in Israel (Tel-Aviv, Israel).
Additional Information
Editorial Board
2023 - present: Research on Social Work Practice
2023 - Research on Social Work Practice
Reviewer of research proposal
Israel Academy of Science and Humanities (ISF)
Reviewer for Journals
2011-present: British Journal of Social Work
2012-present: Journal of Community Psychology
2015- present: International Journal of Social Welfare
2014-present: Journal of Child and Family Studies
2014- present: Journal of Poverty
2017-present: Psychology of Women Quarterly
2015-present: Hevra Urevaha (Society and Welfare)
Publications
Article in Periodical
Ben-Porat, A., Dekel, R. & Gilbar, O. (2024). The perspectives of intimate partner violence service providers regarding men as clients: Between “gender” and “gender-inclusive.” European Journal of Social Work , 27(2), 361-373.
Ben-Porat A., & Reshef- Matzpoon, A. (2022). Stay-leave decision-making among women victims of domestic violence in Israel: Background, interactional, and environmental factors. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Weiss-Dagan, S., Ben-Porat, A., & Itzhaky, H. (2022). Secondary traumatic stress and vicarious posttraumatic growth among social workers who worked with abused children. Journal of Social Work, 22, 170–187.
Ben-Porat A., Gil L., Brafman D., Zriker, A., Levy, D, (2021). Secondary traumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among volunteers at a therapeutic riding center: The role of personal and environmental factors, Current Psychology.
Gilbar, O., Wester, S. R., & Ben-Porat, A. (2020). The Effects of gender role conflict restricted emotionality on the association between exposure to trauma, PTSD and intimate partner violence severity. Psychology of Men & Masculinities
Ben-Porat, A., Shemesh S., & Reuven Even-Zahav, R. Gotlib, S Refaeli T. (2020). Secondary traumatization among social work students: the contribution of supervision, self-differentiation, and control. British Journal of Social Work
Even-Zahav, R., Refaeli T., Shemesh S., Gotlib, S., & Ben-Porat, A. (2020). Supervision satisfaction: supervision components, peer- support, and trauma-related factors. Research on Social Work Practice,30, 884-894.
Dekel, R. Shaked,O.Z. & Ben-Porat A. (2020). Predicting changes in PTSD and depression among female IPV survivors during Shelter Residency: A Longitudinal Study. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
Levy, D., Ben-Porat, A., Katora, O., Dekel, R. & Itzhaky, H. (2020). Predicting depression among Jewish and Arab Israeli women who are victims of intimate partner violence. Violence against women, 26, 1209-1227
Dekel, R., Shaked, O., Ben-Porat, A., & Itzhaky, H. (2020). The interrelations of physical and mental health: Self-rated health, physical health, depression and PTSD among female IPV survivors, Violence against Women, 26, 379-394.
Dekel, R., Shaked, O., Ben-Porat, A., & Itzhaky, H. (2019). PTSD Upon Admission to Shelters among female IPV survivors: An ecological model of trauma. Violence and Victims, 32, 329-345.
Ben-Porat, A., Gottlieb, S., Refaeli, T., Shemesh, S., & Reuven Even Zahav, R. (2019). Vicarious growth among social work students in Israel: what makes the difference? Health & Social Care in the Community, 28, 662-669.
Ben-Porat, A., & Sror-Bondarvesky, N. (2018). Length of stay in women's shelters: The contributions of level of violence, motives, and expectations of shelters. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Ben-Porat, A., Levy, D., Katora, O., Dekel, R., & Itzhaky, H. (2017). Domestic violence in Arab society: A comparison of Arab and Jewish women at shelters in Israel. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Ben-Porat, A.(2017). Patterns of service utilization among women who are victims of domestic violence: The contribution of cultural background, characteristics of violence and psychological distress. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Weiss-Dagan, S., Itzhaky, H. & Ben-Porat, A. (2016). Affective supervision and secondary traumatization among Child Protection Workers. Society and Welfare (Hebrew).
Weiss-Dagan, S., Ben-Porat, A. & Itzhaky, H. (2016). Child Protection Workers Dealing with Child Abuse: The Contribution of Personal, Social and Organizational Resources to Secondary Traumatization. Child Abuse and Neglect, 51, 203-211.
Refaeli T., Levy, D., Ben-Porat, A. Dekel, R., & Itzhaky, H.(2016). Personal and Environmental Predictors of Depression among Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Comparison of Immigrant and Israeli-Born Women, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, First Published 10 Jul 2016
Ben-Porat, A. (2015). Competence of trauma social workers: The relationship between field of practice and secondary traumatization, personal and environmental variables. Journal of interpersonal violence.
Ben-Porat, A. (2015). Vicarious post-traumatic growth: Domestic violence therapists versus social service department therapists in Israel. Journal of Family Violence, 30(6).
Dagan K., Itzhaky, H., & Ben-Porat, A. (2015). Therapists working with trauma victims: The contribution of personal, environmental, and professional-organizational resources to secondary traumatization. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation.
Ben-Porat, A. & Itzhaky, H. (2014). Burnout among trauma social workers: The contribution of personal and environmental resources. Journal of Social Work.
Ben-Porat, A., Yablon, Y. B., & Itzhaky, H. (2012). Is the development of PTSD blind to differences in social resources? evidence from high school students facing terrorism. Journal of Community Psychology.
Ben Porat, A. (2012). Factors that influence secondary traumatization: Comparison between domestic violence therapists and therapists in social service bureaus. Society and welfare (Hebrew).
Ben Porat, A. & Itzhaky, H. (2011). The contribution of supervision and professional training to role competence, secondary traumatization and burnout among family violence therapists, The Clinical Supervisor, 30(1), 95-108.
Ben Porat, A. (2010). Connecting two worlds": Training social workers to deal with domestic violence in the Ethiopian community. British Journal of Social Work, 40(8), 2485-250.
Ben Porat, A. & Itzhaky, H. (2009). Implications of treating family violence for the therapist: Secondary traumatization, vicarious traumatization, and growth, Journal of Family Violence, 24(7), 507-515.
Ben- Porat, A. & Itzhaky, H.(2008). Factors that influence life satisfaction among Battered women in shelter: those who stay versus those who leave, Journal of Family Violence, 23(7), 597-60.
Itzhaky, H. & Ben- Porat, A. (2005). Battered women in shelters: internal resources, well being and integration, Affilia, 20(1), 39- 51.
Chapters in Books
Ben Porat, A. & Itzhaky, H.(2009). Family violence therapists: Personal and social resources, role competence, secondary traumatization and growth. In R. V. Schwartzhoffer (Ed.), Psychology of burnout: predictors and coping mechanisms (Chap. 10). Nova science publisher inc.
Courses
7620904 - Group Dynamics
7631604 - Methods of Group Intervention
7641101 - Group Dynamics
7669901 - Team Management in Social Work
7694901 - Profession Team as a Small Group
Research
- Domestic Violence.
- Treatment effects on therapists who treat trauma victims: secondary traumatization, burnout and growth.
- Evaluation of shelters for women victims of violence.
Last Updated Date : 19/02/2025
